Director of Extended Education

Job Summary:

This is an internal job posting intended for current TCU employees only.

The Director of Extended Education is responsible for directing non-credit programs for the university by engaging the university and community through high quality courses, programs, conferences and other offerings that seek to educate, enlighten, renew and serve. The Director collaborates with academic departments to plan, budget and administer continuing education programs. The Director serves as an advocate, liaison and a consultant for TCU departments developing these programs.

The Director also represents the university’s goals and philosophies to the greater Fort Worth community as they relate to lifelong learning in its largest context.

• Ensures successful outreach and engagement of the university with the community by directing the design, implementation, prioritizing, scheduling, assigning, and executing of high-quality courses, programs, conferences and other continuing education offerings.
• Represents the university’s outreach and lifelong learning interests to the campus through committee and other collaborative involvement. Represents the university’s outreach and lifelong learning interests to the community at-large through involvement in community organizations, partnerships with selected organizations, and participation in professional organizations.
• Responsible for the management of selected non-credit initiatives including College Board-sponsored professional development and workforce skill training programs.
• Oversees program facilitator selection, training and evaluation procedures for department programs.
• Ensures success of other university outreach and continuing education programs by coordinating with the university’s colleges and departments to develop and support their continuing education program goals.
• Establishes long-term outreach and lifelong learning goals by gathering pertinent business, financial, service and operations information; identifying and evaluating trends and options; choosing a course of action; defining objectives; evaluating outcomes.
• Negotiates, oversees, and evaluates high-level contracts including registration database, travel partners, summer youth providers, and online or in-person training opportunities.
• Serves as the liaison to the College Board for secondary education professional development training initiatives and represents the university on the College Board Advisory Council.
• Oversees and evaluates department marketing efforts to include social media, direct email, print and other current practices to increase program participation.
• Develops and executes self-supporting operational and personnel department budget to include annual requisite contribution to university operating budget.
• Oversees selection, securement and logistical plans for off-site program locations including Silver Frog program outreach.
• Provides governance for the Office of Extended Education, including budget management, communication, marketing, customer relationship management, and staff.
• Manages and evaluates community, professional development and outreach units and personnel. Prepare reports for university administrators.
• Provides support services for special projects and conferences planned and implemented by TCU’s academic units. Supervises the staff within the Office of Extended Education and explores staff additions or modifications to support initiatives.
• Organizes and plans related projects with the Executive Vice Provost by conferring with appropriate faculty, staff, and external constituents to form programs and reports supporting the overall goals of academic affairs and the university.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

• Master’s degree in education, marketing or related field.
• 5 years of management experience in the field of continuing education or comparable experience in the field of higher education; including program creation and implementation and staff supervision.

• None

• Valid Texas Driver’s License.
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