CTE Hiring Assistant Director of Digital Accessibility Initiatives
Summary:
The ADDAI will help advance the Center’s and University's digital accessibility efforts.
The University of Virginia’s Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE) seeks applicants for an Assistant Director of Digital Accessibility Initiatives (ADDAI). The position is ideal for experienced and passionate professionals excited to serve as a key contributor to UVA’s on-going efforts to foster and support a culture of inclusion for those with disabilities.
The ADDAI will be a steadfast champion and advocate for digital accessibility in teaching and learning at UVA. This will require the ADDAI to:
Develop and deliver digital accessibility training workshops.
Design knowledge based materials and creative marketing campaigns to proactively encourage and support instructors’ efforts to create accessible course sites, electronic documents, and other digital resource materials.
Develop and implement a train-the-trainer model to strategically engage a wider reach for instructor learning about digital accessibility.
Provide supportive consultation regarding digital accessibility.
Analyze institutional data to identify trends in accessible course content and make recommendations for how to reduce or remove potential and existing digital accessibility barriers.
Provide guidance for the review, procurement, and adoption of new learning and/or assistive technologies.
Proactively review emergent national trends to actively contribute to university-level conversations and initiatives supporting digital accessibility, particularly the newly established Digital Accessibility Working Group.
Partner with a range of institutional leaders, including other accessibility-focused units, to support and advance shared strategic objectives.
The CTE, which is a nationally recognized, mature, well-resourced, and growing center for teaching and learning, especially seeks applicants who embrace the Center’s mission and core values of educational equity and inclusion; who thrive in work settings that encourage autonomy, creativity, and teamwork; and who wish to engage deeply in meaningful work in a supportive environment. As a member of the CTE’s professional staff, the ADDAI will contribute their full effort to advancing the Center’s digital accessibility work.