Assistant Director of Academic Support

Sellersburg, IN - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 13 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

This position provides leadership and strategic direction for student academic support initiatives. The assistant director coordinates and supervises activities in the Tutoring Center to ensure consistent and effective services are available to students. This position is responsible for researching current trends best practices and innovative methods for providing tutoring and writing services for students with varied levels of academic readiness. The person in this position will work closely with academic leadership to promote excellence through the utilization of innovative and data-informed academic support strategies.

Primary Responsibilities

Oversight of Tutoring Center:

Provide direction training coaching and supervision of tutors for the interdisciplinary Tutoring Center.
- Hire train and supervise part-time faculty and staff tutors.
- Develop and disseminate tutoring schedules to campus community.
- Coordinate training program for tutors to include current trends in tutoring writing learning and academic support services.
- Manage ongoing reporting and tracking to improve the processes and procedures needed to impact student matriculation retention and success as well as to support budgetary decisions.
- Manage tutor scheduling payroll assignments and evaluations.
- Manage both the scheduling and virtual tutoring platforms.

Lead the evaluation and adoption of academic strategies to enhance teaching and learning.
Make recommendations for ways academic support may be strengthened to better support students and faculty needs.
Collaborate with Assistant Director of Instructional Support to design outreach and strategies to enhance retention of students in online courses.

Demonstrate strong proactive customer service and/or student advocacy through a positive attitude of approachability and adaptability.
Collaborate with faculty academic schools and student affairs to ensure continuity of services to students and to improve customer service. Identify ways to complement existing student success efforts.
Collaborate with Assistant Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Assistant Director of Instructional Support to coordinate new faculty onboarding orientation and training.
Develop and implement specialized student workshops and structured faculty professional development to target individual student needs including competency remediation.
Demonstrate support for Ivy Tech Community College and its mission.
Conduct all activities with an appreciation and respect for diversity of people styles and views.

Other duties logically associated with the position may be assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelors degree required. Bachelor and/or masters degree in education college student services teaching and learning or related field is preferred.
Minimum of two (2) years demonstrated leadership or administration experience in an academic setting with supervisory experience.
Experience in assessment of adult learners tutoring or college instruction serving a diverse population.
Knowledge of tutoring techniques learning assistance programs variety of learning styles and teaching and learning strategies.
Experience with current trends and issues for academic tutoring services.
Knowledge of instructional design principles and educational technology tools that support traditional hybrid and online learning.
Excellent written verbal and presentation skills.
Demonstrated knowledge of Microsoft Office and Windows based computer applications.
Available some weekday evening hours.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience in a community college setting and/or classroom teaching.
Masters degree in education or related field.
Ability to prioritize multiple tasks and projects in an environment with potential for interruptions.
Ability to learn new systems efficiently and adapt to new standards and practices.

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Ivy Tech Community College is an accredited equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color ethnicity national origin marital status religion sex gender sexual orientation gender identity disability age or veteran status. As required by Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 Ivy Tech Community College does not discriminate on the basis of sex including sexual harassment in its educational programs and activities including employment and admissions. Questions specific to Title IX may be referred to the Colleges Title IX Coordinator or to the US Department of Education Office of Civil Rights.

Required Experience:

Director