Course Manager – Rhetoric

University of Texas at Austin•Austin, TX

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Supports efforts and ensures fidelity of implementation of the OnRamps History courses and to coordinate a high-level of instructional and professional development service and support to OnRamps Instructors, OnRamps Students, and UT Faculty.

Requirements

Master's degree in Rhetoric, English Language Arts, or closely related field and five years teaching experience at a high school or college level.
Proficient in Canvas Learning Management System (LMS) or another LMS.
Exceptional customer service skills, with the ability to engage multiple internal and external stakeholders with decorum and tact.
Ability to communicate technical information to lay audiences using a respectful, client-focused approach.
Demonstrated understanding of High School teaching and learning in Rhetoric or English Language Arts courses.
Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.

Nice To Haves

Doctoral degree in Rhetoric, English Language Arts, or closely related field.
Experience developing curriculum, preferably for online delivery.
Experience leading large instructional teams at scale.
Experience developing and delivering professional-development initiatives for high school teachers.
Experience developing and maintaining online professional learning communities for students and/or teachers.
Two years teaching experience in Rhetoric, English Language Arts, or closely related content area at a high school level.

Responsibilities

Supervises full-time staff to ensure the provision of 1:1 instructional, professional development, and technical service and support to instructors to ensure implementation fidelity, teacher growth in OnRamps four pillars, and retention.
Manages systems to provide just in time support to instructors using standardized support strategies.
Designs and implements strategic interventions for teachers/student improvement.
Leads the design and implemention of annual professional learning institutes during Summer, Fall, and Spring for Onramps instructors in close collaboration with OnRamps Assistant Director, and Professional Learning and Development team to ensure and enhance course implementation aligned to the OnRamps four pillars.
Uses standardized relationship building strategies to cultivate and lead a facilitated network of Onramps Instructors within the assigned course subject-area through yearlong, ongoing professional development activities by maintaining weekly Newsletters, monthly virtual conferences, and virtual or in-person site visits as needed.
Designs and oversees the systems to monitor and support curriculum implementation to ensure fidelity to the pillar of college-aligned content.
Ensures resources for instructors are current and accessible.
Provides feedback to students to guide their learning, including using data to observe student engagment and processing instances of academic integrity.
Designs and oversees the grading mechanism approved by the Instructor of Record is executed with fidelity, including grading and/or supervising grading of college credit assignments, calibration, quality assurance protocols, and other intensive assessment activities.
Utilizes data that illuminates student learning and engagement which could include course engagement, college submissions, and learning outcomes.
Employs a data driven decision process that guides professional learning, instructor and student support, enhancement proposals, and daily workflows.
Develops and maintains strong relationships by communicating and collaborating effectively with internal and external stakeholders to align work and collectively serve the OnRamps mission. Modes include online, telephone, and in-person communication.
Provides exceptional customer service, technical support, and a willingness to solve problems with professionalism, positivity, tact and decorum.
Supports and engages in designated special projects as assigned that support the mission and strategic direction of OnRamps as an organization.