Senior Course Coordinator - Rhetoric

University of Texas at Austin•Austin, TX

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Supports efforts and ensures fidelity of implementation of the OnRamps Rhetoric 306 and 309J courses and coordinates a high-level of instructional and professional development service and support to OnRamps Instructors, other UT Sponsoring Department, and UT Faculty. This role provides 1:1 instructional, professional development, and technical service and support to OnRamps Instructors to ensure fidelity of implementation, teacher growth, retention, and satisfaction in the OnRamps four pillars. It involves developing and implementing annual professional learning institutes, cultivating and leading a facilitated network of Onramps Instructors, and overseeing systems to monitor curriculum implementation. The position also involves providing feedback to students, ensuring grading mechanisms are executed with fidelity, and utilizing data to drive decisions. Effective communication and collaboration with internal and external stakeholders are crucial, as is providing exceptional customer service and technical support. The role also supports designated special projects.

Requirements

Master's degree in English Language Arts, Rhetoric, or closely related field
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 English Language Arts or Rhetoric courses
Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

Provides 1:1 instructional, professional development, and technical service and support to OnRamps Instructors to ensure fidelity of implementation, teacher growth, retention, and satisfaction in the OnRamps four pillars.
Uses standardized service and support strategies including instructor resource environment and provides just-in-time support as needed.
Develops and implements annual professional learning institutes during Summer, Fall, and Spring for Onramps instructors in close collaboration with the Course Leads, 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 leads 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.
Develops and oversees the systems to monitor curriculum implementation to ensure fidelity to the pillar of college-aligned content.
Provides feedback to students as needed, including using data to observe student engagement and processing instances of academic integrity.
Ensures 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.
Communicates and collaborates 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.