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Job Description

Job Description

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Job Summary

A Lead Instructor is responsible for teaching courses and assumes the administrative responsibilities of a Lead Instructor. A Lead Instructor is responsible for program effectiveness, including outcomes, organization, administration, continuous review, planning and development. In situations where a program is being newly implemented or taught out and/or the student population does not warrant a Program Director, the Lead Instructor provides leadership and oversight to the program. Similarly, when two schools in close proximity are both offering the same program, a Program Director may be physically located at one campus while a Lead Instructor is physically located at the other. Finally, there may be situations where a program is large enough where both a Program Director and a Lead Instructor are necessary to provide adequate oversight to the faculty and students in a program. 

Reporting to the Director of Education, the Lead Instructor provides subject matter expertise and actively 

participates in curriculum development, revision and implementation process. As the subject matter expert in a particular program, the Lead Instructor provides face to face product knowledge training to the Admissions group, utilizing materials generated via the centralized curriculum development process. The Lead Instructor is responsive to the Admissions staff when asked to engage with potential students and actively participates in new student orientation. The Lead Instructor is responsible for hiring, assigning, orienting, developing, evaluating and recognizing instructors within the program of study. The Lead Instructor will convene meetings with faculty on a regular basis. 

The Lead Instructor is also responsible for monitoring and supporting the student population within his/her program of study. The Lead Instructor plays an active role in the student advising process, including advising students during the provisional period, meeting with students who initiate a complaint, advising students who have career-oriented questions, and consulting with students whose engagement and/or academic progress is in question. The Lead Instructor analyzes student population data, working with faculty and staff to identify students who may be at risk, and contacting students to identify barriers to success and to provide support and information concerning student services. The Lead Instructor is responsible for continuous improvement of the program. Actively engaged in the development and maintenance of the campus effectiveness plan, the Lead Instructor collects data for purposes of analyzing program performance. The Lead Instructor shares responsibility with Career Services for the identification of local advisory board members, for establishing an agenda for those meetings, hosting the meetings, and documenting the outcomes of the advisory board meetings. Program performance data and feedback from the local advisory board is shared with the CRC Academic team for purposes of (centralized) continuous improvement of the curriculum. 

Finally, the Lead Instructor is responsible for working collaboratively with Career Services staff to develop relationships with employers who are willing to provide opportunities for students to participate in externships, internships, and/or obtain clinical and practicum experiences at their worksite. The Lead Instructor is responsible for hiring the instructor of record for the externship, internship, clinical and practicum courses that award credit and/or contact hours and holding that individual responsible for following Delta’s policies and procedures associated with the management of externships. 

Key Responsibilities

I

• Provides Services to Students 

• Meets with each first term student during the drop/add period to answer any questions and to provide students with the opportunity to validate their choice of school and program. 

• Advises students on scheduling and provides program-specific guidance. 

• Supplements Instructor advisement for students receiving failing mid-term reports. 

• Provides academic advising as needed to students. Provides referrals to outside resources when needs go beyond the scope of the school. Provides or arranges for student tutoring when needed. 

• Leads student retention initiatives for students in the program who experience barriers to success. 

• Maintains regular contact with all students within program area and responds to their questions and/or concerns in a timely manner. Posts office hours for students. 

• Refers students to appropriate staff for non-academic problem resolution. 

• Participates in each term’s New Student Orientation Program; orients re-entering students returning to school. 

• Contacts students who miss two consecutive days from class or whose absence during the week 

results in more than four absences during the term. 

• Maintains records of interactions and correspondence with students (i.e. phone calls, emails, mail) in the Student Information System (CampusVue). 

• Monitors contact, and results of contact, from instructors to students in assigned program area(s). 

• Makes calls weekly to students who (a) were not called or could not be reached; (b) did not return as promised; or (c) did not offer plans to return by a specific date. Offers appropriate academic advice and demonstrates genuine interest in students. 

• May serve as a sponsor for a student club related to the program area and encourages student participation in professional organizations within their field. 

• Monitors extracurricular student activities related to the assigned program of study. 

• Identifies students needing tutoring and provides instructors and/or peers for tutoring where required. 

II

• Assists in ensuring Instructional Materials, Equipment, and Facilities are available and maintained.

• Serves as a subject matter expert regarding academic curriculum for program area. 

• Actively participates in the curriculum development/revision process led by the Ancora Academics team. 

• Provides leadership in the implementation of new and revised curriculum. 

• Assists with preparation for PAC meetings and assists with the presentations.

• Monitors classroom instructional materials including equipment in the classrooms and laboratories, 

• bulletin boards, and supplemental teaching aids. 

• Provides input into creating the master schedule regarding course sequencing, offerings, room 

• assignments, and instructor teaching assignments. 

• Assists in the management of externship, student clinic, practicum, and/or related programs. 

III 

• Oversees Faculty Performance and Development 

• Assists the Director of Education in the recruitment, interviewing and hiring of faculty for program of study. 

• Evaluates the transcript of faculty to determine course assignments. 

• Orients, monitors, supervises, mentors, and assists new instructors. 

• Ensures that all program area Instructors adhere to required administrative and classroom delivery duties and requirements as outlined in the job description for Instructor. 

• Ensures completeness of faculty files and documentation of official transcripts, professional development, observations, and performance reviews.