Job Description

In over 50 years of service, Northwest Florida State College has earned a reputation for educational excellence and community involvement. As part of Florida’s public system of 28 state and community colleges, NWFSC offers bachelor’s degree programs, associate degrees, and certificates.

Salary: $57,086-$96,839

Job Description:

The individual filling this position is expected to play a positive role in helping the College change as necessary to effectively carry out its mission.

Reporting to the Vice President of Academic Affairs, the Executive Director, Academic Planning, Excellence, and Acceleration is responsible for the following:

• Develop, recommend, and implement academic planning efforts via innovative scheduling, course formats, and technology platforms in support of gaining efficiencies and mitigating barriers to student access and program progression.
• Evaluate and analyze current practices, tools, and procedures across a variety of academic operations, making recommendations as appropriate to gain efficiencies in processes.
• Participate in processes to compensate faculty, recommending policies and procedures to shorten time to completion.
• Conduct focus groups and implement surveys targeting areas of improvement related to the areas of responsibility.
• Provide comprehensive leadership over multiple departments housed in the Susan Myers Resources Center: Testing/Accommodations, Library, Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning (CITL), Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP), and related staff.
• Oversee budget development and presentation of budgets for all direct reports, monitoring resource availability and escalating needs as appropriate.
• Guide planning efforts across all areas of supervision to develop faculty development activities across all divisions, promoting active and engaged learning, the innovative use of instructional technologies, and teaching best practices, and working to avoid duplication of efforts across departments.
• Oversee development of faculty and staff training activities, events, and conferences.
• Collaborate with the Vice President of Academic Affairs on training programs for new faculty and new academic leadership; deliver training programs and annually revise training materials to keep content current and relevant for participants.
• Write training assessments to gauge effectiveness of training activities; maintain records of scores and completions for mandatory trainings.
• Assure quality in certification and training programs for faculty and staff.
• In coordination with the Faculty Council, develop a plan for long-term professional development efforts at the College in support of student success and retention.
• Work in collaboration with the Learning Commons administration, ensuring alignment of faculty instruction with student support provided through library services, academic support services, and testing operations.
• Lead the continued development and enforcement of course quality standards across modalities.
• Lead planning efforts toward standard course templates.
• Lead planning efforts to increase the development and/or adoption of Open Educational Resources.
• Assist in defining institutional strategies for online education and LMS options and modern approaches to course delivery and management.
• Assist in the development and maintenance of academic procedures and the Faculty Handbook.
• Collaborate on Academic Affairs writing assignments related to grant projects, accreditation, and academic projects.
• Develop and manage budgets across functional areas.
• Assist in reporting and analysis of distance learning program outcomes.
• Assemble reporting and analysis related to curriculum, instruction, faculty qualifications, scheduling, and faculty compensation.
• Lead planning efforts to implement prior learning credit opportunities for students.
• Research and present information to academic leadership for accelerated mechanisms, working to expand students’ opportunities to shorten time-to-degree.
• Regularly review course- and section-level performance metrics to determine areas of greatest need for student and faculty support.
• Develop resources to increase student awareness of acceleration mechanisms to include prior learning credit, optimizing students’ credits earned toward their program of study.
• Lead the development of a portfolio review process and additional review processes associated with the evaluation of prior learning credit.
• Work with the Curriculum Coordinator to maintain complete records of prior learning credit evaluations and templates for future evaluations.
• Assist the VPAA with faculty compensation for prior learning credit evaluation.
• Manage the implementation of innovative session lengths to meet a variety of students’ needs.
• Assist with data collection and analysis in support of institutional partnerships and related annual contracts, making recommendations for changes to improve student outcomes and for what information should be shared back with partner schools so that students’ strengths can be well aligned with class choices.
• Supervise, guide, train and evaluate department staff.
• Research and evaluate technology platforms that may enhance management of academic operations.
• As a part of the college’s risk management tool annual mandatory compliance training is required.
• Perform such other duties and services as assigned by the Vice President of Academic Affairs.

Benefits

• College paid health insurance for employee, dependent coverage at employee’s expense
• College paid basic life insurance for employee, additional coverage for employee and/or dependents at employee’s expense
• College paid retirement with 3% employee contribution to the Florida Retirement System (FRS)
• Optional dental and vision insurance at employee’s expense
• Sick and Annual (Vacation) Leave accrual
• Time off for designated holidays, winter break, and spring break
• Flexible summer hours available
• Free tickets to designated Mattie Kelly Arts Center and Raider Athletic events

Requirements:

• Master’s degree from a regionally accredited postsecondary institution in curriculum and instruction, instructional design, educational leadership, or other related field required with at least seven years of experience.
• Doctoral degree preferred.
• Postsecondary teaching experience required.
• Online teaching experience strongly preferred.
• Experience planning, developing, and delivering professional development in higher ed required.
• Knowledge of college scheduling and faculty compensation.
• Knowledge of current pedagogical theories and applications for online education.
• Knowledge of accessibility best practices and ADA compliance required.
• Knowledge and skills to utilize Learning Management Systems and related instructional technology.
• Supervisory experience in a professional or postsecondary setting.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively and work harmoniously with faculty, students, staff and general public.

How to Apply

1. NWFSC Application.
2. Resume.
3. A cover letter explaining why you consider yourself qualified for this position.
4. Copies of unofficial transcripts.

Job Categories: Equal Opportunities. Job Types: Full-Time. Job Tags: #Training, acacemic, Education, and executive. Salaries: 60,000 - 80,000.

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