Job Description

Job Summary:
The Assistant Director of Academic Technology leads the team responsible for structuring and maintaining the curriculum management system and its associated resources. This role includes collaborating with faculty and staff to identify and implement practical technology solutions to curricular and administrative challenges, overseeing projects related to system improvements, and ensuring alignment with institutional priorities. Additionally, the Assistant Director evaluates emerging educational technologies and recommends solutions that improve teaching, learning, and administrative processes.



Duties & Essential Job Functions:
1. Establishes and maintains the structure of curricular management system working in conjunction with the Instructional Designer.
2. Leads trainings for faculty, staff, and students on the use of the CMS and creates training materials according to best practice in adult learning.
3. Leads and manages the team to effectively identifies and addresses the needs of users, including IT personnel, faculty, students, and staff, with varying technical skills.
4. Collaborates with information technology staff and vendors to implement a successful teaching and learning environment.
5. Assists faculty in developing learning materials for a self-directed, flipped classroom approach.
6. Works cooperatively with other technology personnel to implement a technology-rich teaching and learning environment.
7. Applies project management skills to plan, execute, and oversee educational technology initiatives, ensuring projects are completed on time, within scope, and aligned with institutional goals.
Evaluates new technologies, initiatives and trends to discover new and better ways to enhance instruction.
8. Supports projects and builds collaborative working relationships with faculty, students, staff, IT personnel, and vendors.
9. Assists faculty in the development of online learning components and other methods as needed.
10. Maintains online web-based resources such as tutorials, reference material, design standards, content resources, templates, and tools for curriculum development.
11. Troubleshoots questions and problems related to the use of the hardware and software associated with developing teaching and learning tools.
12. Provides direction for and assistance with developing video-based online teaching and learning technologies.
13. Researches emerging teaching and learning technologies, initiatives and trends to provide ideas, guidance, and recommendations to faculty and staff.
14. Designs and implements workflows to support technology systems.
15. Facilitates the integration of new technologies into existing systems using feeds, APIs/LTIs.
16. Collects data to generate reports.
17. Follows and abides by institutional policies regarding technology and communication use.
18. Integrates technology across the curriculum to improve learning outcomes.
19. Performs other related duties as assigned.



Required Education & Experience:
• Bachelor’s degree in education, educational technology or other related field
• 4 years’ relevant experience in a higher education environment.
• Prior experience:
Using multiple curricular/learning management systems (CMS / LMS).
Consulting faculty with online delivery mechanisms and ways to supplement learning.
Delivering effective hands-on training sessions for audiences of all skill levels and abilities.
Developing relevant technical assistance documents tailored to processes and procedures.



Preferred Education & Experience:
• Master’s degree in educational technology, instructional design, or other technology-related field
• 3 plus years’ relevant experience in a higher education environment.
• Prior Experience:
Mac and Windows operating systems.
Instructional technologies in a health-related field or education institution.
Lecture capture technologies
Screen capture mechanisms
Curricular / learning management systems (CMS / LMS)
Online survey or assessment systems
In-class room presentation and delivery modalities
Web collaboration and productivity tools
PowerPoint, Keynote, and/or other mainstream presentation software