Job Description

The Assistant Program Director (APD) is a key leadership position within the university; they promote and support a quality academic experience for learners by promoting an engaging courseroom environment that facilitates achievement of program outcomes. The Assistant Program Director, working closely with Program Directors (PD), takes an active role in oversight of curricula quality and rigor, and works to ensure curricula are professionally relevant, current, efficient, effective, and cohesive. This position contributes to a range of activities related to excellence in curriculum design/delivery and assessment effectiveness, learner success, satisfaction and engagement. They work closely with PDs, Core Faculty, assistant/associate deans, and faculty directors, as well as relevant university departments, to manage systems and processes related to curriculum creation and delivery, and coordinate with the relevant faculty directors to remain aware of issues related to faculty. The APD acts as a liaison to other departments including Course Development, Center for Faculty Excellence, Accreditation and Institutional Effectiveness, Learner Affairs, Site-based learning and others as required.

• Oversee curriculum development according to external standards and in alignment with university design principles; supervision of SME course development and leadership.
• Utilize analytics and evidence-based practices to execute actions that drive continuous quality improvement application in learner success, teaching, engagement, academic quality, and curricula development.
• Coordinate, analyze and address trends related to learner academic honesty working closely with learner affairs.
• Advise the PD to maintain alignment between academic offerings and professional trends and standards, while seeking professional validation wherever possible (in the way of credentials, licensure, alignment with existing or emerging standards/programmatic requirements, etc.)
• Contribute to specialized accreditation processes, self-study, etc.; ensure alignment to HLC best practices in university faculty oversight of curriculum.
• Serve as liaison with multiple internal cross functional partners.
• Address learner programmatic issues (academic, professional disposition, behaviors).
• Teach or mentor as assigned.
• All other duties as assigned.

Skills, Competencies, and Disposition Critical to this Position:

• Education — Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum development, andragogy, and assessment.
  • Knowledge of online teaching, competency-based education, and direct assessment.
  • Discipline knowledge.
  • Ability to objectively analyze program/course quality data and implement recommendations relevant to improving learner outcomes.
  • Ability to maintain program compliance with all regulatory rules, and national program accreditation standards.
  • Familiarity with program development and evaluation.
  • Ability to advise and assess learning effectiveness and quality of the education experience.
• Navigation --Resolve multi- faceted types of problems encountered involving courses, faculty, regulatory or administrative issues.
• Adaptability/Flexibility — Open to change.
  • Drive results despite ambiguity.
• Innovation — Creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems.
• Stress Tolerance —Ability to accept constructive criticism and deal with high stress situations.
• Leadership - Ability to operate independently (leading, collaborating and executing) in a highly ambiguous, matrixed environment with high interdependencies.
  • Be a doer, focused not just on thought partnership but on getting things done and executing both independently and with others.
  • Lead by listening, be highly collaborative, and productively contribute opinions to critical decision-making processes.
  • Act independently to achieve results in support of business goals and strategies with a program area
• Be proficient in Microsoft Office Suite programs.
• Ability to travel as required/needed.

Work Experience:

• A minimum of 3 years teaching in an accredited program or related field; online higher education teaching experience required.
• Demonstrated leadership in academia or in a practitioner setting preferred.
• Significant experience managing and working with remote teams and a matrix environment preferred.

Education:

• Doctorate in Applied Behavior Analysis or related field required.
• Demonstrated contribution to the discipline including publishing, committee involvement, or professional association involvement.

Certifications, licenses, and registrations:

• BCBA required, BCBA-D preferred.

Other:

• Must be able to travel 10% of time.
• Must be able to lift 25 lbs.
• Typical office setting.
• Mobility within the office including movement from floor to floor.
• Travel via plane, car, and metro may be required to perform this job.
• Must be able to work more than 40 hours per week when business needs warrant.
• Access information using a computer.
• Effectively communicate, both up and down the management chain.
• Effectively cope with stressful situations.
• Strong mental acuity.
• Regular, dependable attendance and punctuality are essential functions of this job. Other essential functions and marginal job functions are subject to modification.

Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

$93,000 is the expected starting pay for this position. This offer is based on current budgetary guidelines and the additional factors outlined below.

SEI offers a comprehensive package of benefits to employees scheduled 30 hours or more per week. In addition to medical, dental, vision, life and disability plans, SEI employees may take advantage of well-being incentives, parental leave, paid time off, certain paid holidays, tax saving accounts (FSA, HSA), 401(k) retirement benefit, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, tuition assistance as well as entertainment and retail discounts. Non-exempt employees are eligible for overtime pay, if applicable.

Careers - Our Benefits, Strategic Education, Inc

SEI is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive and collaborative culture where individuals can grow their careers and contribute fully. We strive to attract talent with broad experiences, skills and perspectives. We welcome applications from all. While it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top end of the pay range at SEI, we offer a competitive salary. The actual base pay offered to the successful candidate may vary depending on multiple factors including, but not limited to, job-related knowledge/skills, experience, business needs, geographical location, and internal pay equity. Our Talent Acquisition Team is ready to discuss your interest in joining SEI. The expected salary range for this position is below.

$75,800.00 - $113,700.00 - Salary

If you require reasonable accommodations to complete our application process, please contact our Human Resources Department at Careers@strategiced.com