Associate Director of Adult Education Operations

Associate Director of Adult Education Operations

Job no: 495564

Work type:
Staff Full-Time

Location:

Lafayette, LA

Categories:
Adult Education, Workforce Development & Education, Workforce Initiatives

Department:
Workforce & Economic Development and Continuing Education

Type of Appointment:
Unclassified - Administrative/Staff (Grant Funded)

• Oversee day-to-day Adult Education operations with a focus on instructional delivery, classroom effectiveness, and student engagement across all sites.
• Guide the implementation of instructional strategies that support skill progression, literacy advancement, and workforce readiness while ensuring curriculum delivery aligns with student needs, abilities, and program outcomes.
• Ensure Adult Education programming is delivered in formats that maximize access and affordability, including flexible scheduling, varied delivery modes, and alignment to community and student demand.
• Advise leadership on state and federal policies impacting adult learners with low literacy or no high school diploma, ensuring program design supports equitable access and success.
• Promote high-quality teaching and learning environments that are structured, engaging, and responsive to adult learners; demonstrate working knowledge of all systems, platforms, and software implemented by the college or division.
• Support learning facilitators by ensuring programming and instructional practices reflect the diverse needs, abilities, and goals of Adult Education students.
• Maintain consistent expectations for instructional quality, classroom management, and student engagement across all instructors and sites; exercise discretion with sensitive data, maintain records, manage workload, and communicate professionally with stakeholders.
• Support the vision of and assist the Director of Continuing Education with integration of Continuing Education pathways within Adult Education to create clear transitions into workforce training and credential attainment.
• Collaborate with internal teams to ensure Adult Education offerings align with workforce demand while remaining accessible to public students, contracted company training, prison training, and high school students.
• Support the Data and Performance Manager in student placement processes to ensure alignment between student skill levels, learning needs, and appropriate instructional environments.
• Provide direct supervision of Adult Education instructors, ensuring alignment with instructional standards, program expectations, capacity, and student success goals.
• Conduct regular classroom observations and evaluations, providing coaching and feedback; host at least two professional development events per year.
• Ensure instructors deliver content effectively, integrating workforce micro credentials and maintaining learning environments that support persistence and achievement toward passing the Hi-Set, increasing literacy, and/or job obtainment.
• Align instructor expertise, availability, and scheduling with student needs to optimize instructional delivery and program effectiveness.
• Lead the vision of continuous improvement of instructional practices to strengthen student learning, retention, and progression.
• Implement changes to delivery models that expand access for adult learners, particularly those facing barriers related to cost, scheduling, or academic readiness.
• Ensure systems are in place, in collaboration with the Data and Performance Manager, to support student persistence, measurable skill gains, and successful transition into workforce or academic pathways.

• Master’s degree in education, mathematics, English, or other academic disciplines.
• Minimum of 3 years progressive leadership experience in continuing education, adult education, workforce development, or related field, including 2 years of experience teaching adult learners or at-risk youth and students with exceptionalities enrolled in an adult education program or secondary institution.
• Demonstrated experience managing classroom management, curriculum and instruction, and student discipline or behavior.

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