Director of Special Instructional Projects-21st Century Community Learning Centers (Grant-Funded)

Job Summary
The Director of Special Instructional Texas ACE Projects is responsible for providing highlevel support to the Associate Vice President of Educational Partnerships and Outreach which includes coordinating a large volume of complex and sensitive special projects that have communitywide impact utilizing honesty integrity good judgment and diplomacy to foster beneficial and innovative change at the College and community. This position is responsible for designing and implementing extracurricular activities for students and their families at local middle and high schools.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities
Supervises and manages site coordinators and program staff. Collects analyzes and summarizes data for ACE projects. Coordinates the Texas ACE Program implementation at each center with the site. coordinators appropriate K12 district administrators and other service providers. Provides leadership for staff collaboration to facilitate planning sessions to identify design and implement extracurricular and enrichment activities to complement the regular school day for target students and their families. Develops and implements marketing and recruiting strategies which include appropriate communication goals and objectives for all centers. Creates publishes and implements effective procedures to ensure an effective program. Serves as Texas ACE program liaison for TEA the K12 district and centers. Generates an evaluation plan with either an internal or external evaluator. Monitors and ensures compliance documentation is collected for Texas ACE Program requirements including daytoday data collection personnel procedures and fiscal responsibilities. 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. Promotes positive morale and teamwork within the functional unit and provides exceptional customer service to students faculty and the community. 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. Assists with the process for systematic review and evaluation of the planning unit 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. Serves on committees as appropriate and as appointed by supervisor. Works flexible hours when needed including 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 and fingers to handle 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.