Director, Center for Academic Innovation

Director, Center for Academic Innovation
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Applications received by October 1,  2025 will be guaranteed full review and consideration.  Applications will continued to be reviewed until the position is filled. 

Montana Technological University invites applications for a visionary and dynamic leader to serve as the Director of the Center for Academic Innovation. This is a rare opportunity to shape a campus-wide hub dedicated to advancing excellence in teaching and learning at Montana’s only Special Focus Institution in STEM and health sciences.

At Montana Tech, we are committed to providing transformational, hands-on, and experiential learning opportunities. Our faculty, staff, and students are creative, forward-thinking, and innovative—and thrive in a community grounded in collaboration, respect, and shared purpose.


Duties:

The Director will lead the Center for Academic Innovation at Montana Technological University and play a central role in advancing teaching and learning excellence across the institution.

Key responsibilities include developing and coordinating a Network for Teaching and Learning, supporting and expanding online and technology-enhanced instruction, collaborating with campus partners to ensure ADA compliance, overseeing New Faculty Orientation, and designing a comprehensive portfolio of faculty development programs. Additional duties may be assigned to support institutional priorities.

Required Qualifications:

• Education: Master’s degree in Instructional Design, Educational Technology, or a related field.
• Experience: Minimum of 3 years of experience in instructional design or a closely related field, preferably in higher education.
• Familiarity with LMS: Strong working knowledge of Canvas and other instructional tools (e.g.,  Panopto).
• Technical Skills: Proficient in multimedia design software and general productivity applications (e.g., Microsoft Office).
• Strong communication skills and interpersonal skills with a proven ability to work collaboratively across institutional units

Preferred Qualifications:

• Previous experience in a STEM educational environment is preferred.
• Prior supervisory or managerial experience in which candidates developed, implemented and/or assessed an organizations missions, services or programs
• Demonstrated experience in creating degree granted on-line educational programs, including design, building implementing and assessing.
• Knowledge of best practices for on-line education administration
• a track record of program or course evaluation that leads to demonstrable improvements in student learning
• Previous experience teaching/training in a higher education environment

For full consideration application materials must be complete.  
Please include: 

• Cover letter addressing qualifications,
• Resume
• Contact information for 3 professional references. 

 

For full consideration application materials must be complete.

Any offer of employment is contingent upon a satisfactory criminal background check.

Montana Tech is committed to providing a working and learning environment free from discrimination. As such, the University does not discriminate in the admission, access to or conduct of its educational programs and activities nor in its employment policies and practices on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, ethnicity, creed, service in the uniformed services (as defined in state and federal law), veteran status, gender, age, political beliefs, marital or family status, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, genetic information, gender identity, gender expression, or sexual orientation or preference. In support of the Un