Academic Program Manager, Criminal Justice Technology

Central Carolina Technical College•Sumter, SC

6d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Academic Program Manager, Criminal Justice Technology is responsible for demonstrating thorough knowledge of teaching areas subject matter and teaching courses during the day, evening, Saturday, on campus and off campus, dual-enrolled and online when requested. This role involves evaluating students' progress, maintaining accurate administrative records, and preparing daily lectures. The manager will also prepare and evaluate tests, exams, projects, research assignments, and other course assignments. A key aspect of this role is to develop and implement long-range operational and strategic plans for areas of responsibility, including curriculum development/revision and course/program implementation or elimination. The manager will develop, implement, manage, and evaluate academic programs by creating an annual plan of action, assessing its goals and objectives, and using the results for continuous improvement. Ensuring compliance with all federal, state, and local laws, as well as state, system, and college policies and procedures, is crucial. This includes developing and maintaining operational procedures to meet these regulations and ensuring compliance with all accreditation standards. The role also involves ensuring the selection of appropriate textbooks and course materials, hiring, training, supervising, and evaluating full-time and adjunct faculty, and ensuring appropriate academic and program data is collected and reported. Recommendations for organizational efficiency and communication of personnel vacancies and issues to the appropriate supervisor are also part of the responsibilities. The manager will oversee instructional management functions, including classroom facilities, clinical/placement sites, and distance education delivery. Strategic development of the academic schedule and faculty assignment are key duties, as is providing leadership and guidance in managing student advisement issues by assigning advisors and monitoring faculty advisee loads. The role also requires working with students on academic concerns and communicating student issues to appropriate personnel.

Requirements

Master's degree in the teaching discipline; or Master's degree with at least 18 graduate hours in the teaching discipline.

Responsibilities

Demonstrates thorough knowledge of teaching areas subject matter and teaches courses during the day, evening, Saturday, on campus and off campus, dual-enrolled and online when requested.
Evaluates students' progress and maintains accurate administrative records pertaining to classes.
Prepares daily lectures.
Prepares and evaluates tests, exams, projects, research assignments, and other course assignments.
Develop and implement long-range operational and strategic plan for area(s) of responsibility to include curriculum development/revision and course/program implementation and/or elimination.
Develop, implement, manage and evaluate academic program(s) by developing an annual plan of action, evaluating the goals and objectives of the plan, and using results to inform continuous improvement.
Ensure compliance with all federal, state, and local laws as well as state, system, and college policies and procedures.
Develop and maintain operational procedures to comply with such laws and regulations.
Ensure compliance with all accreditation standards related to area(s) of responsibility.
Ensure selection of appropriate textbooks/course materials.
Hire, train, supervise, and evaluate full-time and adjunct faculty in area(s) of responsibility.
Ensure appropriate academic and program data is collected and reported.
Make recommendations for organizational efficiency and communicate personnel vacancies.
Communicate any personnel issues to the appropriate supervisor.
Manage instructional management functions including classroom facilities, clinical/placement sites, and distance education delivery.
Strategically develop academic schedule and assign faculty.
Provide leadership and guidance in the management of advisement issues for students by assigning student advisors and monitoring the number of advisees for faculty members.
Work with students with academic concerns, and communicate student issues to appropriate supervisors and personnel.