UMass Boston · 1 day ago
Director of Curriculum & STEM Engagement
Greater Boston
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff, Director/Executive
5+ years expUMass Boston is seeking a Director of Curriculum and STEM Engagement for the Honors College, responsible for co-directing the curriculum and fostering partnerships in STEM fields. The role involves teaching, mentoring students, and ensuring academic rigor while collaborating with faculty and external partners.
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Responsibilities
Participating in the culture of shared leadership in the College, developing supportive working relationships, motivation, and engagement
Teaching 2 courses/year in the college at various levels of the curriculum
Advising and mentoring students (typically at least 60 students will be assigned to the incumbent)
Recruiting departmental faculty to teach in the Honors College and serving as a mentor to graduate students and post-doctoral fellows as they design and teach Honors College courses
Consulting with College faculty on course development and pedagogical approaches most appropriate to the Honors College, including organizing mid-semester faculty meetings, and training and supporting faculty in innovative and high-impact teaching methods
Assessing and analyzing course evaluations each semester to determine which courses should be repeated and/or made permanent, helping to create a sustainable teaching model for the College, and putting courses through governance to make them permanent
Helping to assess academic programs
Working with the dean on short-term and long-term course scheduling
Serving as senior thesis director or thesis committee member for those students who thesis is on a topic in the area of the incumbent’s expertise
Working with the Dean to ensure that the Honors College serves as a model on campus of undergraduate research, and chairing the university-wide Undergraduate Research Committee, and the university-wide Undergraduate Research Funds application process
Advising on, and helping to apply for, externally funded STEM-education initiatives, industry connections, and internship opportunities for Honors students
Developing and maintaining relationships with current and potential external partners and sponsors
Helping the Dean to ensure that juniors and seniors in the college are on track to identifying a thesis director and are progressing satisfactorily through the process of writing a senior thesis
Helping students identify and/or craft alternatives to the senior thesis that are comparable in their rigor and intellectual demands
Assisting the Dean on a variety of issues and serving on the Honors College Governing Council
In the Dean's absence, attending Dean's Council meetings and presiding at Honors meetings and events
Participating in the Honors overnight freshman orientation program, attending recruitment and other events designed to enhance the visibility of the Honors College
Serving as a member of several university-wide committees, such as the Undergraduate Research Committee, the Udall Committee, the Museum Partnerships Committee, the JFK Award Committee, the Academic Policy committee - and serving as chair for some of these committees
Founding, designing, and directing intensive summer and spring programs to build students' research skills, including units on reading and writing primary literature, analyzing and visualizing complex data, performing experimental design and statistical analysis, networking and career development
Identifying research and internship opportunities (including on-campus and off-campus, and in academia and industry) for students and supporting them in their application processes by editing resumes and personal statements and writing letters of recommendation
Supporting students through the process of applying to prestigious national and international fellowships, like those from Udall, NSF, and Goldwater, both before and post-graduation
Creating supportive pathways for students who intend to pursue graduate studies in STEM
Working with students to plan and prepare for a range of graduate school applications (for degrees including Masters, PhD, MD, PharmD, PA, etc.), including providing feedback on resumes, personal statements, and research summaries
Perform other duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
Ph.D. or comparable terminal degree and a publication record that indicates an active researcher/scholar; strong teacher; student-centered individual required
5-7 years of teaching experience with multilingual students at the pre-collegiate and/or undergraduate level required
Company
UMass Boston
UMass Boston is the city’s only public research university.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$3.84MKey Investors
National Telecommunications and Information AdministrationThe Boston FoundationMassachusetts Clean Energy Center
2023-02-27Grant· $2.97M
2018-12-14Grant· $0.01M
2017-12-07Grant· $0.85M
Leadership Team
Allyce Najimy
Professor & Co-Founder UMass Boston Sport Leadership & Administration Bachelor Program
Adán Colón-Carmona
PI of the U54 UMass Boston-Dana Farber/Harvard Cancer Center Partnership
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