Job Summary
Leads the instructional design processes and administers the Online Campus component of the college by facilitating technologyrich teaching and learning through collaborative curricular innovation including new course development course revision online courses faculty training/support and service reliability and consistency.
Essential Duties And Responsibilities
Provides leadership in the development of strategic approaches for the integration of technology into the educational environments of the College. Provides leadership and innovation for enhancing teaching and learning through the identification evaluation adoption and integration of effective educational innovations into the curriculum. Provides administration for the Online Campus and support for the faculty teaching in this medium; coordinates all ongoing activities associated with delivering courses on the Online Campus; and serves as liaison to students faculty student services and the Colleges educational leadership. Works collaboratively and effectively with faculty throughout the College to provide pedagogical and technical consulting to design develop and implement instructional content courses and projects that enrich teaching and learning through the use of technology in online hybrid and traditional courses including the integration of student learning outcomes. Collaborates with College Deans and Directors Information Services and others within the College to infuse technology into the educational areas if the College. Provides administrative and technical support for all instructional technology to improve learning outcomes facilitate technologyrich teaching and advance curricular innovation. Formulates and provides a professional development program designed to support faculty in the design development and delivery of curriculum and instruction using computermediated communications cognitive and interactive media tools and sound researchbased course design for both local and distance learning opportunities. Plans implements and maintains professional development programs for campus fulltime adjunct/dual enrollment faculty which conforms to the Institutions goals/objectives Develops and maintains an online repository of resources to provide information on current best practices innovations and emerging trends for faculty and students (e.g. tutorials interactive programs websites) to promote sharing of resources. Engages the academic community in the exploration discussion and assessment of educational technology and works collaboratively across the College to leverage and expand existing efforts into an intentional program of faculty support. Maintains awareness of best practices emerging technologies and new potentials in educational technology that may be adopted as new and emerging instructional media technologies pedagogies and practices. Establishes baseline data; tracks/records attendance at faculty training workshops; maintains course log by faculty by departments; analyzes outcomes based on training service and support provided to faculty; and monitors progress to achieve goals. Maintains appropriate records and data to produce monthly performance reports annual performance reports and external reports. Coordinates with the Colleges Information Systems to ensure adequate technology infrastructure to meet goals of technologyenhanced curricula. Participates in relevant College policy and planning committees and meetings. Represents the distance learning interests of the College in regional and state meetings and serve as liaison to other colleges and universities within the state and region for work on collaborative grants and projects in distance education. Reviews maintains and evaluates the functional area budget. Assists with the development implementation and monitoring of related policies and procedures in collaboration with the Associate Vice President of Institutional Effectiveness and Educational Technologies. Assists with the process for systematic review and evaluation of the educational technology and curricular innovation functional area per the model adopted by the College including the development and monitoring of outcomes and plans of action for improvement based on the assessment of those outcomes and plans. Attends the workplace regularly reports to work punctually and follows a work schedule to keep up with the demands of the worksite. Completes duties and responsibilities in compliance with college standards policies and guidelines. Uses interpersonal skills and makes sound judgments to decide how duties and responsibilities are completed between coworkers the supervisory chain faculty staff students and customers. Completes all required training and professional development sessions sponsored by Texas Southmost College TSC . Supports the values and institutional goals as defined in the Colleges Strategic Plan. Working hours may include evenings holidays or weekends depending on deadline requirements and special events. Performs other duties as assigned.
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job the employee is frequently required to stand. The employee is occasionally required to walk; sit; use hands to finger handle or feel objects tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop kneel crouch or crawl; talk or hear; and taste or smell. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision distance vision color vision peripheral vision depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
Required Experience:
Director