Center for Faculty Innovation

Call for Faculty Associates

Wed, 6 Mar 2024 12:00 AM - 11:59 PM

Application materials are due by Wednesday, March 6, 5 PM.

Please consider becoming a 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 offers a rich and responsive array of programming designed to foster JMU faculty’s growth as instructors. These programs include one-on-one consultations, pedagogical workshops and presentations, reading groups, the Teaching Toolbox email series, the Inclusive Teaching Institute, and more.

We hope applicants will possess familiarity with teaching and learning literature, awareness of teaching trends in higher education, strong project management and administrative skills, first-hand 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 loops. 

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 begin in August 2024, just prior to the start of the 2024-2025 academic year. There also may be summer opportunities available.

During the academic year, CFI Faculty Associates receive either a course release (negotiated with their Academic Unit Head) or a $3,600 stipend per semester for their contributions.

When applying, the following materials must be submitted.

  1. Cover letter, indicating interest and experience
  2. Current curriculum vitae (CV)
  3. The names and email addresses for three references
  4. Endorsement statement from your Academic Unit Head (AUH). The endorsement need only indicate their knowledge and support of the application. It can take the following simple form:
"I support  ___________________'s application for the position of CFI Faculty Associate.
Name: __________Title: ___________"

APPLICATION PROCESS

  • Please submit by email application items #1, #2, and #3, as noted above.
  • Ensure that #4, noted above, is submitted on your behalf. (Your AUH may also be listed as a reference for #3.)

All Application Materials must be submitted through email to Emily Gravett, CFI Assistant Director of the Teaching Area, at graveteo@jmu.edu by Wednesday, March 6, 5 PM.

Questions about the position may be directed to Emily Gravett or either of the two current faculty associates, Daisy Breneman (brenemdl@jmu.edu) and Kayla Yurco (yurcokm@jmu.edu). 

 

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