Senior Instructional Consultant

CHESS•Albuquerque, NM

1d•$59,500 - $75,900•Hybrid

About The Position

Under general supervision, the Senior Instructional Consultant plans, conducts, mentors and coaches associate and advanced instructional consultants, delegates and supervises assignments. Reviews progress and evaluates results. Recommends staff for given projects or tasks and recommends modifications to department procedures. This position supports faculty and support staff to design, test, and implement educational technology aligned with effective instructional strategies.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in a related field and five (5) years of related work experience.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Backwards Design and/or Universal Design for Learning is preferred.
Experience with Brightspace LMS, or other Higher Ed LMS (i.e., Canvas).
Experience with the Quality Matters Rubric is a plus.
Experience with Competency-Based Education is a plus.
Experience teaching in Higher Education is a plus.

Responsibilities

Facilitates, teaches, or trains faculty professional development related to the effective design and use of educational technologies
Uses departmental training or current instructional experience to work closely with faculty to ensure the online course contains course goals, identifies required skill set to ensure student success, and the course is set up to create a community (i.e. discussion board or other methods for students to actively engage in the class).
Develops training for faculty based on instructional experience or departmental training that aligns the use of educational technologies with effective instructional strategies to design new online, blended and hybrid courses in different learning modalities, such as online, accelerated, attend anywhere, competency based and micro-credentialing.
Provides one-to-one or scheduled consulting sessions based on instructional experience or departmental training on the use of educational technologies used for learning management, content multi-media authoring, learning assessment tools, asynchronous and synchronous communication, and any related technologies.
Works with, teaches and trains faculty to implement quality standards for instructional design and delivery based on national/international best practices (e.g. Quality Matters).
Utilize educational training and departmental training to assist faculty in identifying open educational resources.
Tests and provides recommendations based on instructional experiences or first-hand departmental trainings on emerging educational technologies. Utilize this information to develop training opportunities for faculty.
Utilize previous educational experience or departmental training on current or different learning management systems to participate in the development of online self-help resources, website content, paper guides, workshops, presentations, and other support resources for various audiences to include faculty and staff.
Utilize departmental training or previous instructional experience to train faculty.
Facilitates, schedules, and coordinates online faculty training.
Assists with the development of online self-help resources, website content, paper guides, workshops, presentations and other support resources for various audiences.
Develops tools using existing instructional experience or current departmental training. Tools to develop include source templates, training materials, and video resources for faculty to use in the design of course shells. Items such as accessible videos, narrated presentations, creation of test databases, and other interactive methods to enhance the students engagement in the course materials will be developed and delivered.
Performs other related duties as assigned.