Center for Faculty Innovation

Call for Faculty Associate

Mon, 20 Mar 2023 8:00 AM - Tue, 12 Apr 2022 5:00 PM

Application materials are due by Wednesday, April 12 at 5 PM.

Please consider becoming a CFI faculty associate in the Teaching Area of the Center for Faculty Innovation (CFI). The CFI is a community of faculty and educational developers collaborating to create opportunities for professional growth and innovation. Our vision is to cultivate inclusive communities of peers committed to helping each other succeed, advancing individual and organizational change. 

CFI Faculty Associates are JMU instructional faculty who join a dynamic, innovative and collaborative team typically for a three-year period, contributing substantially to the creation, delivery, and evaluation of programs that support the professional development of JMU faculty. 

The CFI’s Teaching Area supports a rich and responsive array of programming designed to foster JMU faculty’s growth as instructors. These programs range from one-on-one consultations to pedagogical workshops, from the Teaching Toolbox to the Inclusive Teaching Institute. We hope applicants will possess familiarity with the scholarship of teaching and learning, awareness of teaching trends in higher education, strong project management and administrative skills, experience with teaching initiatives offered by the CFI, and, most importantly, a commitment to learning, working as part of a team, and participating in feedback cycles.  

The CFI is committed to working as a team of educational developers that represents diverse viewpoints, backgrounds, and experiences. We encourage all interested faculty to apply.

Positions will start just prior to the Fall 2023 semester. There may be summer opportunities available. During the academic year, Faculty Associates receive a course release (negotiated with the academic unit head) or a $3,600 stipend per semester for their contributions to the CFI. 

APPLICATION PROCESS

  1. Candidate documentation submission
  2. Supporting documentation submission

All candidate and supporting documentation must be submitted by: April 12 @ 5pm

Candidate Documentation

Candidates will submit a survey response to include the following materials uploaded (as a Word doc or PDF preferred) where indicated in the survey and must answer 2 questions pertaining to support.

  1. Cover letter, indicating relevant experience and/or interest, including experience contributing to diverse working environments. (upload)
  2. Current curriculum vitae (CV). (upload)
  3. Question - I have provided the survey link submission for my letter of nomination 
  4. Question - I have provided the survey link submission to my AUH

APPLY by APRIL 12 @ 5pm 

Supporting Documentation

Please request that the Letter of Nomination and AUH endorsement be submitted through the survey links below.

  1. Letter of nomination (generally nominations are provided by peers or administrators with knowledge of your work and strengths as a faculty member).

    LETTER OF NOMINATION SUBMISSION

  2. Endorsement statement from your Academic Unit Head (AUH). Endorsements need only indicate support and take the form of acknowledging the following statement with a survey submission.
"I support  ___________________'s application for the position of CFI Faculty Associate.
Name: __________Title: ___________"

AUH ENDORSEMENT SUBMISSION

Note: For cases in which the AUH is also the nominator, the AUH should submit each document separately, but may supply both as part of the same email. 

Questions about the position may be directed to the Teaching Area director, Emily Gravett (graveteo@jmu.edu). All other questions in relation to the survey may be emailed to cfi@jmu.edu.

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