Part-Time Instructional Designer

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Job Title

Part-Time Instructional Designer

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Job Description

Yuba Community College District maintains an ongoing recruitment for qualified candidates to fill part-time, temporary (adjunct) faculty positions. These positions are filled on an as-needed basis, depending on the instructional and student service needs of the colleges. Applicants may be contacted throughout the year as opportunities become available. The applicant pool remains open continuously and is refreshed every two years.

Under the supervision of an assigned Dean, develop, coordinate, and implement training and support for faculty teaching online. Develop and offer faculty workshops and online tutorials incorporating technological, and instructional best practices; develop training materials, including syllabi, learning outcomes, and visual aids for faculty workshops; identify the best online faculty training materials, coordinate and deliver online teaching certification; provide ongoing support related to online, hybrid and other emerging technologies course delivery;

analyze and evaluate, in concert with IT Department, relevant equipment and software with an emphasis on open source materials.

Develop and offer online student orientation materials for students wishing to study online. Develop minimum standards for students to enroll in online courses.

• The successful candidate will work closely with faculty and administrators to help them ensure academic quality of all courses delivered in an online or hybrid environment.
• Develop and offer online student orientation materials for students wishing to study online.
• Participate in program review and revision and in the development and assessment of Program Learning Outcomes.
• Coordinate and Create Online Faculty Mentor program.
• Act as lead evaluator for online course evaluation as directed by the DE Committee.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Dean.

• Design and deliver training related to high quality, effective online technology-enabled teaching and learning initiatives.
• Provide training to increase distance learning success rates of students who come from a non-traditional, ethnically diverse college population.
• Coordinate faculty online certification process.
• Participate with DE staff, committee, and others in the coordination and delivery of college online initiatives.
• Advise and assist Subject Matter Experts in developing and revising course content that meets course learning objectives and outcomes; integrate rich media to enhance student interaction and learning; adapt instructional materials from one format to another (i.e. face-to-face to online); assess and analyze current and emerging technologies related to online teaching.
• Create course design templates, models and tools.
• Attend division and general college meetings as well as participate in various division, college, and district committees related to online instruction and instructional technology.
• Through shared organizational decision-making process, review, recommend and implement solutions related to program/course development, new design, technology adoption, initiative or change implementation.
• Maintain current knowledge of issues and concerns under discussion in the profession – statewide, nationally and internationally.
• Develop and offer online student orientation materials for students wishing to study online.
• Participate in program review and revision and in the development and assessment of Program Learning Outcomes.
• Coordinate and Create Online Faculty Mentor program.
• Act as lead evaluator for online course evaluation as directed by the DE Committee.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Dean.

• Enthusiasm for the distance learning process.
• Vision and energy to plan and organize programs to enhance student success
• Willingness to participate effectively in shared governance.
• Ability to use innovative technologies as a teaching and/or student service tool.
• Personal qualifications such as effective interpersonal communication skills, participation in community affairs, ability to conduct effective public presentations.

The successful candidate, by the final filing date, must possess the minimum qualifications for instructors in Instructional Design/Technology at California Community Colleges:

• Master’s in instructional design/ technology or educational technology OR the equivalent
• The District has adopted equivalency procedures which enables applications by…