Director, Digital Learning Operations and Quality

Austin Community College District•Highland, CA

19h•Onsite

About The Position

To direct the development and operation of distance education, distance education quality assurance, course design and student and faculty support services.

Requirements

Three years related work experience including one year supervisory experience.
Education cannot be substituted for supervisory experience.
Master's degree.
Current principles and practices of distance learning technology and applications in an educational environment.
Current principles and practices of distance education instructional development and design services in an educational environment.
Management and implementation of organization-wide technology projects.
Supervisory principles, practices, and methods.
Project planning and management principles.
Knowledge of SACSCOC accreditation principles and the distance education policy statement.
Knowledge of online learning quality assurance standards such as Quality Matters.
Knowledge in the ITC distance education leadership or the Institute for Emerging Leadership in Online Learning (IELOL) competencies.
Maintaining an established work schedule.
Effectively using interpersonal and communications skills including tact and diplomacy.
Effectively using organizational and planning skills, including attention to detail and follow-through.
Coordinating implementation of new technologies.
Reviewing and preparing narrative and statistical reports and records.
Interpreting and applying rules, regulations, policies and procedures, and making effective decisions.
Assessing and prioritizing multiple tasks, projects, and demands.
Maintaining confidentiality of work-related information and materials.
Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships.
Use a variety of spreadsheet, word processing, database, and presentation software.

Nice To Haves

Doctorate preferred.

Responsibilities

Directs the distance education quality assurance processes and procedures across program and project teams.
Develops, directs, and implements a systematic design and development process deliver online courses and modules in an agile way, in consultation with instructional departments.
Directs distance education instructional design projects; evaluates requests and develops project priorities, and resource allocation plans.
Provides project management for the distance education department, including setting and monitoring targets for new course development, and quality review of new course development.
Leads the creation and development of distance education faculty training and support related to online learning experience pedagogy.
Coordinates distance education faculty development programming with the Teaching and Learning Excellence Division.
Manages and provides leadership and guidance to staff; develops priorities and assigns tasks and projects; ensures that all issues are addressed and resolved.
Creates online resources available to both students and instructor.
Maintains distance education state authorization compliance, including membership in State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement.
Works with instructional departments in scheduling distance education courses; develops annual and semester schedules, and allocation of sections.
Directs the efforts to identify new distance education course materials, evaluates the appropriateness for ACC use, disseminates materials to faculty, and manages the approval process.
Supervises Distance Learning staff.
Supervise safe operation of unit.
Facilitate safety inspections.
Take reasonable and prudent actions to eliminate identified hazards.
Ensure employees receive appropriate safety training and foster a workplace safety culture.