Job Information
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York Educational Technologist II in New York, New York
- Job Type: Officer of Administration
- Regular/Temporary: Regular
- Hours Per Week: 35
- Salary Range: $80,000 - $85,500
Position Summary
Responsibilities
- Develops, leads, and coordinates professional lectures, workshops, working groups, seminars, and similar initiatives to disseminate advances in the fields of information technology to the language faculty.
- Engages in continuous outreach to the language faculty to assess pedagogical needs, working one-on-one with individual instructors to assist with understanding and applying technological and non-technological solutions to the second language learning process, and develop a community of shared interest among language faculty.
- Monitors developments in the field of L2 pedagogy, instructional design, and technology to keep up to date on the effective strategies and best practices in the field.
- Assists faculty with the development of educational objectives on digital elements of courses.
- Delivers project-management guidance to full-time and part-time language faculty engaging in projects funded by Instructional Innovation Grants.
- Creates and edits digital video, sound, and images; including designing and deploying virtual environments for language teaching and language exchange.
- Performs related duties & responsibilities as assigned/required.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree and/or equivalent related experience required.
- 3 years of related experience.
Additional Position-Specific Qualifications
- Interest and familiarity with educational theories and have an interest in applying technical expertise to solve educational challenges.
- Knowledge of classroom technologies including networking, projectors, and other media equipment typically found in networked classrooms.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills. Ability to provide detailed documentation including specifications as well as articles for online and print publications.
- Training skills - Must deliver high-quality training workshops and courses.
- Extensive experience using Macs and Windows machines with Web-based technologies in general and Web 2.0 technologies in particular.
- Proven track record designing multimedia materials for instructional use in a second-language setting preferred.
- Experience teaching in a second or foreign language or TESOL environment.
Equal Opportunity Employer / Disability / Veteran
Columbia University is committed to the hiring of qualified local residents.
Minimum Salary: 31200.00 Maximum Salary: 31200.00 Salary Unit: Yearly