**Internal Only**Assoc Vice Provost for Learning Innovations/Professor

The Associate Vice Provost for Learning Innovations is a senior level leadership position within Jayhawk Global and is responsible for leading the instructional and learning design supports provided for innovative academic programs at KU. This person will work closely with the Jayhawk Global Associate Vice Provost responsible for Project Management and Assistant Vice Provost responsible for Finance and Administration in support of these programs, as well as with the Vice Provost of Jayhawk Global, to whom this position reports. The Director of the Center for Online and Distance Learning reports to this position. This position will be either fiscal year appointment (12 month) or an Academic Year (9 month) appointment with summer salary.

This position is 50% as the Associate Vice Provost for Learning Innovations is an Internal Only Search open to current KU tenured faculty. The hired candidate will maintain a 50% faculty responsibility in their academic department.

Jayhawk Global is an education innovation center that advances and delivers flexible forms of learner engagement, including online degree programs, professional and workforce development, certifications, competency-based educational offerings, credit for prior experience, employee training, and enrichment learning. By coordinating and ensuring current campus resources work in harmony to support high-quality educational offerings for online degree programs and online and on-ground noncredit programs, Jayhawk Global provides access to the University of Kansas' high-quality engaging educational opportunities learners can enjoy in Kansas and around the world.

In Jayhawk Global's first phase we focused on online education. In our second phase we facilitated the improvement of university infrastructure to support more flexible, competency-based education programs as an addition to our online offerings. Soon we will enter a third phase where we will consider other learning innovations.

Jayhawk Global serves three functions in supporting innovative academic programs: (1) project management to ensure that programs have coordinated university supports required to develop and implement new innovative programs (currently online and competency-based), (2) financial support to reduce the cost of initial program development, and (3) instructional and learning design support to ensure new programs are of high quality and meet the accreditation requirements of the Higher Learning Commission. We now seek a faculty member who will be a champion of student learning and work with other faculty and administration to identify, improve, and help programs design and implement new learning models.

50% - Associate Vice Provost Duties

20% - Leadership and Vision

• Envision and implement learning innovations, foster collaborations within Jayhawk Global, across vice provost areas at KU, and especially with academic units.

20% - Innovation and Collaboration

• Identify promising academic innovations, create a collaborative environment to test and scale successful ideas, and develop centralized resources for academic innovation.

20% - Evaluation and Assessment

• Support evidence-based evaluation and assessment of academic innovations and new initiatives.

10% - Grant Support

• Obtain external grant support for academic innovation and collaboration.

10% - Support for Faculty

• Empower faculty, staff, and students to share new ideas and seek professional development opportunities to create improved programs that foster better student learning.

10% - Mentorship

• Mentor and develop staff and educators to champion academic innovation and cross-university collaboration.

10% - Management and Supervision

• Responsible for budget and personnel management of a group that initially has about 12 staff.

50% - Faculty Tenured Appointment

• 40% - Teaching
• 40% - Research
• 20% - Service

This position is open to current tenured KU faculty only.

A complete pack of information will include a current Curriculum Vitae and a letter describing your qualifications for the position and your vision of the role.

The initial review of the position will be Monday, March 24, 2025 and will continue until a candidate is selected.

Tara Campbell
Executive Associate
campbell@ku.edu

commensurate with experience

Monday March 24, 2025

Sunday June 1, 2025