Ast Director Orientation and Transition Programs

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The Assistant Director of Orientation and Transition Programs is a key leader within the Office of New Student and Family Transitions, playing a central role in Augusta University's student retention initiatives and Strategic Enrollment Management plan. This position provides strategic vision and oversight for early-stage student transition, guiding new students from admission through their first weeks at Augusta University. The Assistant Director develops, updates, and assesses curriculum across all components to ensure alignment with institutional learning outcomes and successful student transition.

Additionally, this position recruits, trains, supervises, and develops all orientation student leaders and teaches student staff in the Certificate in Leadership course sequence in conjunction with the Assistant Director of Family Programs.

• STUDENT LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND SUPERVISION: Recruit, train, and supervise student and temporary staff to support new student orientation and transition initiatives. Develop a comprehensive orientation leader training curriculum, including spring semester retreats, pre-summer training, and ongoing professional development. Design curriculum for the Certificate in Leadership course sequence (LDRS 2000/3000) delivered through a cohort model. Serve as instructor for the Certificate in Leadership course sequence, facilitating courses with NSFT student staff enrollment.
  
  Execute student leader development initiatives in collaboration with campus and community partners.
• ORIENTATION PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT AND DELIVERY: Lead planning, implementation, and evaluation of all early-stage transition programming leading up to LEAP Week Extended Orientation with a focus on New Student Orientation. Lead the development, updates, and assessment of Online Welcome pre-orientation modules (Advantage Design Group platform). Plan and execute in-person and virtual new student orientation sessions for freshmen, transfer, and special population students.
  
  Lead the creation and maintenance of post-orientation D2L modules supporting the early weeks of transition. Collaborate with campus partners on learning outcomes and presentation content. Create multi-year orientation schedules with Enrollment Management leadership. Collaborate with Academic Advising and Student Success units on advising/registration program integration. Develop and implement specialized orientation programming for commuter, transfer, and first-generation populations. Collaborate with the Assistant Director of Family Programs on family components of orientation.
• CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT AND DIGITAL LEARNING: Provide strategic direction for the student track within the Online Welcome platform. Guide development of post-orientation D2L modules supporting early-stage transition. Create and refine orientation session curriculum, including presentations, activities, discussion guides, and tour scripts. Integrate institutional priorities and compliance requirements into the orientation curriculum. Design training curriculum for campus presenters. Coordinate with the Assistant Director of Family Programs on curriculum alignment across student and family tracks.
• INNOVATION AND ASSESSMENT: Provide strategic vision in the development of assessment strategies to measure early-stage transition effectiveness and the completion of learning outcomes to align initiatives with institutional goals and SEM objectives. Conduct data analysis and benchmarking to measure engagement impact, drive continuous improvement, and present actionable insights to leadership. Stay current with trends in new student orientation and transition programming.
  
  Maintain professional development through NODA involvement. Lead special projects and cross-functional teams to develop and implement innovative student transition initiatives. Research, pilot, and apply emerging best practices in new student orientation and transition, serving as a subject matter expert and consultant for campus-wide…