Northwestern University
Curriculum Director For Litowitz Center For Enlightened Disagreement
Department:
Office of the Provost
Salary/Grade:
EXS/11 Job Summary: Northwestern University has committed to developing the world's leading center on effectively navigating difference through the newly created Litowitz Center for Enlightened Disagreement. The Litowitz Center will serve as a hub for developing community, curriculum, and scholarship on how to harness the power of divergent perspectives, as well as serving as a convening space for leading experts and practitioners in this area and engaging in outreach to share insights developed at the Center with policy makers and the public. The Center will place Northwestern at the forefront of helping society address complex moralized social and political issues, including by delivering evidence-based content and experiential learning to the undergraduate Northwestern population. The Litowitz Center was recently funded by a $20M gift and is now forming its administrative structure. The Curriculum Director will focus on infusing the Litowitz Center work into undergraduate residential and academic experiences, overseeing faculty and staff who deliver Center content, spearheading One Book One Northwestern, and contributing to assessment of programmatic impact. This role requires enthusiasm for the mission of teaching the skills and character attributes of enlightened disagreement. The Curriculum Director will work closely with the Center's Senior Director and Program Coordinator, while also engaging with the Faculty Co-directors. Specific Responsibilities: Represent the Litowitz Center for Enlightened Disagreement to the Division of Student Affairs in all aspects of the Center residential program implementation including identification/recruitment of cohort leaders (faculty and staff); scheduling of up to 96 program sessions; coordination of staff support for sessions; recruitment of up to 800 student cohort members. Oversee up to 16 cohort leaders (full-time faculty and staff with residential affiliations) who facilitate Litowitz Center modules for groups of 30-50 undergraduate students, which includes but is not limited to engaging internal and external subject matter experts to ensure leading-edge content and best practices; building a library of training resources (manuals, exercises, videos); organizing (with support of the Program Coordinator) and leading training sessions in late summer and during the academic year; co-facilitating Center modules with new cohort leaders. Partner with WCAS on integration of Litowitz Center content into College Seminars, including but not limited to providing curricular material for distribution to over 70 faculty teaching seminars; presenting at WCAS's orientation for faculty teaching seminars; working 1-on-1 with faculty teaching seminars who have questions or ideas for incorporating Center content into their pedagogical plans. Refine and refresh content for the Litowitz Center residential program modules and Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences College Seminars by keeping up with scholarship and news relevant to the Center mission and engaging the Faculty Co-directors about opportunities for innovation. Collaborate with Litowitz Center researchers, the Division of Student Affairs, and Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences on assessment of interventions via residential program and College Seminars, including control groups. Serve as lead staff of university-wide One Book One Northwestern (OBON) committee (to be chaired by a faculty member) for book selection and then coordinate associated programming ahead of and throughout the next academic year (including keynote by author); partner with university units to co-sponsor OBON programming; manage marketing materials and associated communications channels carrying OBON content (blog, social media, etc.); supervise work of the Program Coordinator and undergraduate fellows related to logistics and communications related to OBON programming. Recruit, train, and supervise up to 16 Litowitz Center undergraduate fellows who support cohort leaders in module facilitation and cohort community building; build awareness among students about the Center residential program; and contribute to OBON programming and communications. Minimum qualifications (education, experience, certifications, skills): Curricular design and classroom teaching Coaching and training Program implementation and supervision of part-time staff and/or instructors Preferred qualifications (education, experience, certifications, skills): Graduate degree in relevant field Academic or professional background in relevant field(s) Advising/mentoring of high-achieving students Experience as college-level instructor
Department:
Office of the Provost
Salary/Grade:
EXS/11 Job Summary: Northwestern University has committed to developing the world's leading center on effectively navigating difference through the newly created Litowitz Center for Enlightened Disagreement. The Litowitz Center will serve as a hub for developing community, curriculum, and scholarship on how to harness the power of divergent perspectives, as well as serving as a convening space for leading experts and practitioners in this area and engaging in outreach to share insights developed at the Center with policy makers and the public. The Center will place Northwestern at the forefront of helping society address complex moralized social and political issues, including by delivering evidence-based content and experiential learning to the undergraduate Northwestern population. The Litowitz Center was recently funded by a $20M gift and is now forming its administrative structure. The Curriculum Director will focus on infusing the Litowitz Center work into undergraduate residential and academic experiences, overseeing faculty and staff who deliver Center content, spearheading One Book One Northwestern, and contributing to assessment of programmatic impact. This role requires enthusiasm for the mission of teaching the skills and character attributes of enlightened disagreement. The Curriculum Director will work closely with the Center's Senior Director and Program Coordinator, while also engaging with the Faculty Co-directors. Specific Responsibilities: Represent the Litowitz Center for Enlightened Disagreement to the Division of Student Affairs in all aspects of the Center residential program implementation including identification/recruitment of cohort leaders (faculty and staff); scheduling of up to 96 program sessions; coordination of staff support for sessions; recruitment of up to 800 student cohort members. Oversee up to 16 cohort leaders (full-time faculty and staff with residential affiliations) who facilitate Litowitz Center modules for groups of 30-50 undergraduate students, which includes but is not limited to engaging internal and external subject matter experts to ensure leading-edge content and best practices; building a library of training resources (manuals, exercises, videos); organizing (with support of the Program Coordinator) and leading training sessions in late summer and during the academic year; co-facilitating Center modules with new cohort leaders. Partner with WCAS on integration of Litowitz Center content into College Seminars, including but not limited to providing curricular material for distribution to over 70 faculty teaching seminars; presenting at WCAS's orientation for faculty teaching seminars; working 1-on-1 with faculty teaching seminars who have questions or ideas for incorporating Center content into their pedagogical plans. Refine and refresh content for the Litowitz Center residential program modules and Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences College Seminars by keeping up with scholarship and news relevant to the Center mission and engaging the Faculty Co-directors about opportunities for innovation. Collaborate with Litowitz Center researchers, the Division of Student Affairs, and Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences on assessment of interventions via residential program and College Seminars, including control groups. Serve as lead staff of university-wide One Book One Northwestern (OBON) committee (to be chaired by a faculty member) for book selection and then coordinate associated programming ahead of and throughout the next academic year (including keynote by author); partner with university units to co-sponsor OBON programming; manage marketing materials and associated communications channels carrying OBON content (blog, social media, etc.); supervise work of the Program Coordinator and undergraduate fellows related to logistics and communications related to OBON programming. Recruit, train, and supervise up to 16 Litowitz Center undergraduate fellows who support cohort leaders in module facilitation and cohort community building; build awareness among students about the Center residential program; and contribute to OBON programming and communications. Minimum qualifications (education, experience, certifications, skills): Curricular design and classroom teaching Coaching and training Program implementation and supervision of part-time staff and/or instructors Preferred qualifications (education, experience, certifications, skills): Graduate degree in relevant field Academic or professional background in relevant field(s) Advising/mentoring of high-achieving students Experience as college-level instructor