Director, Center for Integrated Learning

$87,883 - $99,431/Yr

Walla Walla Community College - Walla Walla, WA

Full-time - Director

Walla Walla, WA

Educational Services

About the position

The Director of the Center for Integrated Learning at Walla Walla Community College is responsible for providing transformative leadership in developing and enhancing teaching and learning opportunities. This role focuses on ensuring equitable and innovative educational practices, supporting faculty and staff professional development, and improving student learning outcomes through effective course design and instructional strategies. The Director supervises a team and collaborates with various stakeholders to align educational programs with the college's strategic goals.

Responsibilities

• Provides college-wide transformative leadership by developing and enhancing teaching and learning through identification, evaluation, adoption, and integration of effective course design, learning outcomes, and andragogical strategies.
• Supervises and manages Center faculty and staff, such as the Instructional Designer, Faculty Canvas Support Specialist(s), and Faculty Assessment Coordinator.
• Collaborates with the Executive Director of Technology Services in evaluating the performance of the Educational Technologist.
• Develops and implements, in collaboration with Instructional Leadership, a Faculty Canvas Support Specialist Program to assist with faculty professional development.
• Contributes to a continuous improvement culture that leverages course survey data, quality assurance feedback, faculty and instructor feedback, and other sources of input.
• Fulfills and reviews the Center's mission, vision, objectives, and equity work plan to ensure alignment with the College's strategic plan.
• Collaborates with Human Resources, Association for Higher Education, Faculty Senate, Technology Services, various instructional areas, and other stakeholders in establishing, directing, implementing, and sustaining instructional professional development opportunities.
• Participates as a member of the Professional Development Committee.
• Develops and implements policies and procedures ensuring compliance with the Federal Education Rights Privacy Act (FERPA) and National Council for State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements (NC-SARA) in collaboration with the Dean and Vice President of Instruction.
• Provides support and coordinates with Deans, Department Chairs, and faculty to improve cohesion of online degrees and certificate offerings, and to develop and support new online pathways.
• Prepares recommendations for and administers the Center's budget; oversees all expenditures for goods, services, and personnel.
• Assists, advises, and trains faculty and staff in the theory and practice of designing, developing, delivering, measuring and assessing learning in a variety of modalities, including, but not limited to: face-to-face, online, hybrid, HyFlex (or its equivalent), and other synchronous and asynchronous technology-enhanced modalities.
• Develops learning and training opportunities for faculty through a range of technological competencies.
• Provides individual consultation and coaching, and conducts workshops using various technologies.
• Develops and manages, in collaboration with the Center's team, an electronic resource center that addresses theory and practice of effective distance pedagogy, instructional design, Section 508 of the Americans with Disabilities Act and other UDL principles.
• Supports Technology Services in administering, updating, and supporting the Learning Management System (LMS).
• Analyzes institutional needs and resources related to instructional delivery through technology.
• Identifies future professional development needs based on feedback from faculty and deans.
• Remains current on educational, instructional, and technological tools, software, and methods to enhance student success at the College.
• Builds relationships of trust and influence to actively increase use of new teaching technologies for faculty.
• Participates on college-wide bodies, such as Curriculum Council, Outcomes & Assessment Committee.
• Represents the College and attend meetings as part of the Washington State eLearning Council (eLC).

Requirements

• Master's degree in Educational/Instructional Technology, Instructional Design, or closely related field.
• Two years' experience in higher education leadership role (Department Chair, Director, etc.) or in an eLearning Department (Instructional Designer, Education Technologist, etc.).
• Demonstrated proficiency in college-level teaching or serving as an educator of educators; teaching experience as a teaching assistant or adjunct instructor may count toward the requirement.
• Knowledge and understanding of research and literature in the fields of faculty development, instructional technology, instructional design, learning theories, and learning outcomes assessment.
• Experience with Canvas, or comparable Learning Management System.

Nice-to-haves

• PhD or EdD in Higher Education Leadership.
• Five years' experience in Higher Education Leadership (Department Chair, Director, etc.) or in an eLearning Department (Instructional Designer, Education Technologist, etc.).
• Experience teaching via a variety of modalities - online, hybrid, web- or technology-enhanced, face-to-face, or audio/video.
• Experience with NC-SARA.
• Bilingual, especially in Spanish/English.

Benefits

• Paid sick leave
• Paid vacation leave
• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Life insurance
• Long-term disability insurance
• Retirement plans
• Deferred compensation programs
• Health Reimbursement Arrangement (HRA)