Western Governors University

Western Governors University

Program Chair, Secondary Education and Teacher Licensure

Salt Lake City, UT, USA · Senior · Full-time

Sponsorship not specified$123k-$191kDetected 11 hours ago
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Entry-level history60
PERM / green-card track50
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About the role

  • This is a full-time, in-office position located in Salt Lake City, Utah.
  • This role helps disrupt higher education by providing relevant, high quality, innovative programs.
  • This role is a dynamic and future-thinking leader who provides input on the vision, strategy, and roadmap to achieve this exciting and transformative mission.

Responsibilities

  • Participates as an interdepartmental influencer, effective change leader, accountability partner, and curriculum manager within the various meetings and functions of the position
  • Creates, measures, and communicates outcomes assessments
  • Develops and refines a shared, comprehensive, instructional course delivery method to include defined and designed cohort sessions to provide consistent expert support for complex, challenging competencies
  • Skillfully plans curriculum and analysis, faculty development, data gathering and reporting, and developing internal and external relationships.

Requirements

  • 3 years of demonstrated teaching excellence in a variety of courses at the post-secondary level in an online context.
  • 2 years of leadership or supervisory experience.
  • Leadership and supervisory experience in a post-secondary institution.
  • Comfort with data, analysis, and reporting both verbally and in documented formats
  • Provides domain-level leadership to cross-functional faculty teams, design stakeholders, assessment managers, academic analysts, etc., and must have in-depth knowledge of the organization's goals.
  • Master's degree in education or a related are from an accredited institution.
  • Proven track record of successful faculty development and program leadership within program curriculum as well as general practices across higher education.
  • 2 years of leadership or supervisory experience. Leadership and supervisory experience in a post-secondary institution.
  • Experience in curriculum design, implementation, and oversight.

Nice to have

  • Minimum of 6 years experience in K-12 system in a combination of teaching and leadership roles
  • Demonstrated success in change management, and bringing order and structure to complex situations

Skills

  • In-depth knowledge of program curriculum requirements as well as the science of learning and teaching concepts in program efficacy
  • Working knowledge of accreditation and regulatory standards
  • Ability to work effectively in a highly matrixed organization
  • Ability to be an agent of change in a rapidly changing environment
  • Sound judgement and decision-making skills.
  • Strong oral and written communication skills.

Compensation

  • $123,000.00 - $190,700.00

Benefits

  • Ensures courses of study clearly outline student learning objectives, outcomes, competencies, and assessments
  • Responsible for course playbooks, faculty readiness, learning guides, and implementation.

Company info

  • Additional travel may include conferences, visits to company locations, and other business-related events as needed.

Equal opportunity

  • All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any protected characteristic as required by law.
  • Accommodations: Applicants with disabilities who require assistance or accommodation during the application or interview process should contact our Talent Acquisition team at recruiting@wgu.edu.
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