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Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning Innovation

Position Summary

Reporting directly to the Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, the Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning Innovation will be responsible for envisioning, leading, and implementing academic innovations across MSU by fostering collaborations among stakeholders internally, as well as external partners. The vice provost will lead a team of approximately 14 full-time staff, faculty fellows and student employees; overseeing the areas of Teaching and Learning Success Strategies, the Center for Teaching and Learning Innovation, #iteachmsu Commons, Online Program Management, and Spartans Learn.

The Vice Provost will be expected to:

• Serve as a connector to support academic innovation, facilitating market-driven and participant/student-oriented identification of opportunities, and fostering collaborations among leaders and stakeholders on campus.
• Empower educators, including faculty, staff, graduate students and post-docs, to share new ideas and seek professional development opportunities that will elevate the quality of teaching, research, and community impact of their work.
• Identify promising academic innovations and create a safe and collaborative environment to test and scale successful ideas that are in alignment with strategic institutional priorities.
• Create centralized resources for academic innovation and collaboration that operate synergistically with related resources in the colleges to pursue opportunities.
• Identify and develop cross-institutional connections and efficiencies.
• Support evidence-based evaluation and assessment of academic innovations and new initiatives.
• Oversee the development of operational functions necessary to succeed in the adult-learning market, including external functions such as enrollment management, learner support, and marketing as well as internal functions, including instructional design and content production.

Michigan State University's next Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning Innovation will be a student-centered team leader with experience in the areas of innovation for teaching and learning, educator development, initiatives to support positive post-degree outcomes, trends in academic life-long learning, distance education, and leading and managing positive change for a diverse student population. A doctorate or terminal degree from an accredited institution is required, along with a record of progressive leadership responsibilities and substantive administrative experience in an area related to academic innovation and student success in higher education.

Specific Responsibilities and Qualifications:

Furthering the University's commitments to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), student success, and staff and faculty success in all aspects of work, as articulated in MSU's 2030 Strategic Plan.

Furthering the University's lifelong learning mission in adult, lifelong, professional, and continuing education for both credential-bearing / credit-earning instruction and non-degree / non-credit offerings.

Advancing the vision, mission, and values of innovation and collaboration through shared goals and objectives.

Demonstrating creative leadership to address emerging issues in higher education.

Building, nurturing, and maintaining a robust network of relationships with the provost, deans, vice provosts, leaders, educators, and units across campus to advance unit-level and cross-institutional academic initiatives.

Obtaining external grant support in areas related to academic innovation and collaboration.

Mentor and develop staff and educator well-being who can champion educator development, lifelong learning, as well as a