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Title:

Associate Director Online Teaching and Course Development

Department:

Global- Teaching & Course Dev

Reports To:

Associate Provost for Online Programs

Position Type:

Staff

Position Summary:

The Associate Director collaboratively develops online education program policies (e.g., quality assurance, compliance, proctoring) that will be explicitly represented within the broad range of Instructional Design services that s/he coordinates across all online courses and programs. S/he will regularly facilitate targeted online education professional development programming that is in alignment with these policies.

The Associate Director will facilitate SARA-based course review processes in concert with the unit-based liaisons and generate reports for the provost office regarding progress in this area. S/he will also facilitate, with the help of the Associate Provost for Online programs the annual SARA renewal process.

The position coordinates the work of a team instructional designers providing best practice guidance for the use of technology in multiple course delivery modes; and works closely with faculty, program directors, program advisors, and external service partners in the on-going planning and delivery of digital programs and courses.

As the day-to-day lead in support of Instructional Design services, the position is expected to exhibit a high level of creativity and resourcefulness, is competent to work on fairly complex digital learning initiatives with minimal supervision, and can coordinate multiple projects concurrently.

The position works closely and collaboratively with students, faculty, and staff to implement the university’s plans for digital learning; and partners with the IST departments to build a university-wide IT infrastructure that seamlessly supports existing online education initiatives.

In collaboration with the marketing team members, generate content that focuses on the online student learning experience and provide insight that translates into impactful strategies for the online marketing campaign.

Essential Functions:

• Works closely with faculty, directors, and program partners in developing plans for digital programs and online course development; manages the assignment of instructional designers working with faculty on individual course development projects; monitors and reports regularly on the status of these projects.

• Working with central university and unit-based leadership to develop policies – and the infrastructure/processes - that support the responsible development and delivery of online education for all NJIT campuses.

• Develop highly intentional, year-round, online education professional development and processes that support online education for all NJIT faculty.

• In partnership with the Associate Provost for Online programs, develop quantitative resource allocation-based matrices that account for instructional design team members’ labor and effort.

• In partnership with Digital Marketing and Enrollment team, develop digital on-demand student facing collateral that will heighten prospective student engagement and lead generation.

• Working with the Institute for Teaching Excellence, ensures that quality standards adopted for digital course delivery are incorporated into course design; and provides strategies for faculty to manage student learning in digital environments and provides support mechanisms for such.

• Manages operational communications and relationships with external partners in the design and delivery of online digital programs.

• Creates, designs, and leads presentations, workshops, discussions, and individual meetings with faculty and instructional staff on best practices for course design, pedagogy, assessment, applications of instructional technology and a variety of related topics.

• Stays abreast of current regulations and standards covering online and digital programs and works with colleagues to ensure digital and online programs meet state, federal and accrediting body standards, including accessibility guidelines.

• Supports the development of new programs by preparing and delivering presentations at appropriate venues.

• Collaborating with IST to continually evaluate new opportunities for innovation within online learning.

Additional Functions:

• Keeps current with emerging technologies, new products, methodologies, applications, and trends in the context of digital learning best practices.

• Works on specialized projects, complex projects and other duties as assigned.

• Providing insight on prospective partnerships with third party vendors.

• Analyze data analytics student performance and engagement and make recommendations for course improvements.

  Prerequisite Qualifications:

• This position requires a Master's degree in education, instructional design, or a related Field.

• Six years progressive higher education experience working with faculty applying best practice principles of instructional design and application of educational technology to enhance the delivery of instruction; demonstrated experience working with faculty individually and in small groups.

• Demonstrated experience in project management and coordinating the work of others in a non-supervisory role.

• College-level teaching experience in face-to-face and online delivery modes.

• Proven ability to work well in a team environment.

• Demonstrated creativity and problem-solving skills.

• Excellent oral and written communication skills.

• At the university's discretion, the education and experience prerequisites may be exempted where the candidate can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the university, an equivalent combination of education and experience specifically preparing the candidate for success in the position.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Instructional Design principles and Quality Matters.

• Demonstrated experience building and managing courses on an admin level within a learning management systems and related technologies.

Bargaining Unit:

PSA

Range/Band:

27

FLSA:

Exempt

Full-Time