ID | 2024-1385 | Job Locations | US-IL-Chicago | Category | Undergraduate College | Position Type | Faculty |
Job Summary:
The Director and Open Rank Professor of First Year Academic Experience will provide vision and strategic direction for the academic experience of all first time, first year students in the Undergraduate College at NLU. Serving over 500 students every year, the position will oversee all academic onboarding experiences, college success coursework, and individualized student plans in order to ensure that the student experience is meaningful, supports students with a sense of belonging and leads to students persisting through their college career. This position will report to the Senior Associate Dean, will be 12-month administrative faculty with a teaching load of 10 QH, and will collaborate extensively with other departments across the university in order to ensure that all units are working together to support first year student success.
You are: Driven to Succeed
You are energetic and passionate about a diverse student body that includes many first-generation students. To be successful teaching in this program, you must be committed to excellence in teaching and learning in Higher Education. The position requires you to be agile, creative, and engaging while offering an unparalleled experience to undergraduate students. Enthusiastic candidates have the belief that all students can be successful students. As an active team member, you believe in a supportive environment and a student-driven and data-informed culture.
You are ready to: Make an Impact
Each and every day, our Undergraduate College changes lives. You want to be a part of that meaningful innovation. You are someone that will always look for creative ways for students to earn success. We know this work is challenging, but we are in it together.
You are: an experienced classroom educator with content knowledge of career development best practices, who is passionate about building students' career skills and confidence. You have made equity and inclusion a priority in your work and believe that all students, when given the opportunity, can achieve success. You also have 3-5 years of applied career development experience through professional leadership roles and can apply current industry trends to classroom instructional practices.
To be successful in this program, you must be committed to excellence in teaching and learning in higher education. The position requires you to be agile, creative, and engaging while offering an innovative, practice based curriculum and an unparalleled experience to undergraduate students. You believe in a supportive environment, a strengths-based approach to learning, and a student-driven culture. As an active team member, working closely with both internal and external partners, you are open to continued learning and self-reflection.
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NLU Inclusion Statement:
National Louis University is deeply committed to serving its community, advancing access and equity, and ensuring that all individuals are welcomed and valued. We are dedicated to fostering a culture where diversity, equity, and inclusion remain at the core of who we are. These are more than just words to us: they are truly a way of life for the NLU community. We recognize that differences in abilities, age, ethnicity, gender (identity and expression), race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, and background bring richness to our work environment. We affirm diverse perspectives, innovative contributions, and authentic presentations of self from every member within the NLU community. We believe inclusion is grounded in the actions we intentionally take each day. Our goal is to inspire and empower NLU employees and community members to cultivate an environment where we collectively focus on uplifting and advancing our institutional culture.