Do you like the stability of a company that has been around for 140 years but the excitement and energy of a new company poised for growth? Do you enjoy your profession but really desire to make a difference in your community?

Heald College may be the right place for you. Heald College is a career college founded in 1863 that prepares students for academic, personal, and professional success through quality career- focused programs that develop skills to last a lifetime.

We are gearing up for a very exciting period in our long history and currently have an opening for Program Director of Technology at our Roseville Campus. This position is responsible for the overall quality of teaching and learning including curriculum, faculty, and students within the business program and works in close collaboration with campus leadership and faculty as part of a campus team-wide effort to continuously improve student retention and student leaning outcomes (SLOs).

The key responsibilities of this role include:

• Recruit, screen, hire, train, develop, observe, mentor, coach, and evaluate Technology Program faculty as needed to maintain the overall quality and integrity of teaching and learning within the program.
• Actively participate in the college’s student retention management program and achieve annual campus quarterly retention targets for the Technology Program.
• Works with the Director of Academic Affairs and other campus academic affairs department staff to plan and implement student activities, including Orientation and Graduation.
• Provide input for the quarterly business program Master Schedule including identifying course offerings and scheduling students for appropriate classes as needed to maintain an effective and efficient course schedule that keeps student on track for graduation and falls within budgeting guidelines.
• Implement the Heald plan for the assessment of student learning outcomes and support services including participation in systematic program review for the Technology program.
• Assign faculty to courses, staff classes with current instructors, and provide substitutes when necessary.
• Conducts all Technology Program faculty observations and evaluations.
• Work with students for any requested schedule changes prior to add/drop period of quarter.
• Develop a positive classroom learning environment to insure high rates of student success.
• Provide regularly scheduled academic advising to students within the Technology Program.
• Participate in curriculum design and development activities including actively working with CAO and the other campus faulty and program directors as needed to maintain the overall quality and integrity of the curriculum for the Technology Program.
• In conjunction with corporate academic affairs, develop Technology Program articulation agreements.
• Implement new or revised curriculum on campus including text book selection and selection of equipment and supplies for the Technology Program.
• Ensure program-level compliance with all internal academic policies and procedures and all applicable accrediting standards, state licensing requirements, FERPA, and all other applicable external rules and regulations.
• Recruit participants and actively participate in employer advisory committees and other activities designed to solicit input into curriculum and build relationships with the employers and potential employers or Heald graduates.
• Maintain ongoing communications with regional business and industry to assure program relevance and viability.
• Insure LES is administered quarterly, provide all survey results to faculty, and assist faculty in improving teaching and student learning outcomes.
• Assist DAA with development of annual Technology Program budget and operating within budget guidelines.
• All Program Directors have teaching responsibilities, with teaching load determined by the numbers of active students in their designated discipline.

To successfully fulfill this function, the following is required:

• Experience and academic credentials, certifications, as required to teach in discipline
• Teaching experience required

To successfully fulfill this function, the following is required:

A. Instructors teaching courses other than general education must hold bachelor’s degrees at a minimum and are assigned based on their major and minor academic preparation and/or related experience. Faculty assigned to teach courses other than general education courses must meet at least one of the following requirements:
i. earned baccalaureate degree in a subject area that supports the curriculum content and the appropriate certification or license as noted in the Heald Faculty Qualifications Policy and accompanying Certification and Licensing Table (if required); or
ii. an earned baccalaureate degree and the appropriate certification or license as noted in the Heald Certification and Licensing Table (if required)and demonstrable current exceptional professional level experience in the assigned field.

Heald College offers a competitive salary structure and an attractive benefits package that includes medical / dental / vision coverage, tuition reimbursement plan, and a retirement savings 401(k) plan.

Heald College is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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This is a Staff Position