Dual Credit Instructor of Record Lead, American Government

Position Overview

Dual Credit Instructor of Record Lead is the curricular manager for the Dual Credit American Government course, overseeing up to eight high‑school faculty and ensuring course quality, compliance, and student success.

• Develop, distribute, maintain, and support delivery of dual credit course content through Canvas and Open Educational Resources, ensuring compliance with university curriculum, rigor, and accreditation standards.
• Provide instructional materials to high‑school instructors via learning management systems or other approved instructional methods, including synchronous and asynchronous learning activities.
• Train, support, and evaluate assigned high‑school instructors through orientation, mandatory annual training, professional development, classroom observations, and ongoing instructional guidance.
• Serve as the primary liaison between the university and participating high‑school instructors, delivering communication, resources, curriculum updates, and support to instructors, students, and university stakeholders.
• Monitor and ensure instructional quality and course equivalency through site visits, instructional observations, curriculum review, assessment alignment, and collecting evidence that demonstrates comparable academic standards.
• Facilitate student success and program operations by communicating registration information, academic resources, deadlines, enrollment changes, and student‑service referrals.
• Manage and maintain academic documents and compliance records, including rosters, training records, observations, curriculum updates, student work samples, and final‑grade submission.
• Collaborate with discipline‑department chairpersons, Extended Learning staff, and partner schools to address instructional concerns, enhance program effectiveness, and support continuous improvement.
• Promote assessment and evaluation processes by encouraging course evaluation participation, sharing results, and implementing quality‑improvement measures.
• Perform other related duties assigned in support of the Dual Credit Program and university objectives.

• Must meet mandatory hiring requirements for a Dual Credit instructor in American Government: must hold a Master’s degree in Political Science or related field, or have completed a Master’s with 18 graduate hours of coursework in Political Science.
• Must possess strong communication, collaboration, and leadership skills.
• Must have experience using Canvas or an equivalent learning‑management system.
• Must demonstrate the ability to evaluate and supervise high‑school faculty.