Assistant Director, Education Incarcerated Youth; HEIY

Position Announcement

Utah Tech University seeks a detail-oriented, highly collaborative, and collegial Assistant Director for Higher Education for Incarcerated Youth (HEIY). This position serves as a key internal operations leader and liaison between Utah Tech University and partnering juvenile justice facilities, supporting the implementation and day-to-day coordination of postsecondary educational programming for justice‑involved youth across Utah.

Working under the guidance of the HEIY Director and the Executive Director for Early College Outreach, the Assistant Director manages and implements program operations, instructional coordination, student support systems, and student data tracking across multiple sites. The position helps establish and maintain consistent procedures, supports instructional staff, and expands incarcerated youth access to high‑quality academics, university resources, and educational opportunities.

Because HEIY students may have limited or no direct access to university portals, email, Canvas, or other electronic communication, the Assistant Director serves as an essential academic bridge, information‑processing specialist, and operational proxy helping students, faculty, facility personnel, and university offices exchange the information and materials necessary to maintain academic continuity.

The Assistant Director will manage virtual and asynchronous instruction across the program. They may also teach courses as assigned by the Director and academic leadership.
Position funded through June 30, 2028, dependent upon funding thereafter.

• Support implementation of HEIY programming across participating juvenile justice facilities through communication, coordination, and alignment with university policies, facility requirements, and applicable regulations.
• Develop, document, and maintain standardized procedures for enrollment, course delivery, student tracking, scheduling, and multi‑site program logistics.
• Coordinate instructional logistics across sites and help ensure consistent, accurate, and compliant program operations.
• Maintain accurate student tracking systems to account for student enrollment, academic progress, course participation, and movement among participating facilities.
• Respond flexibly and positively to student transfers, releases, facility scheduling changes, and other changing circumstances that may affect academic continuity.
• Synthesize information received from multiple partners, including facility personnel, school district representatives, educators, and university offices into accurate and usable program and student records.
• Maintain exceptional accuracy and attention to detail in program documentation, enrollment information, academic records, and operational data.

• Facilitate online and asynchronous coursework for HEIY students, ensuring access, engagement, and academic progress.
• Support faculty and instructional staff through coordination of course materials, classroom logistics, assignments, and access to Canvas and other learning resources.
• Serve as an academic intermediary between university faculty and HEIY students who may not have direct access to university communication systems or academic portals.
• Facilitate the timely delivery of physical and digital course materials to participating facilities and assist with the secure return and submission of completed student work to instructors' LMS (Canvas) pages.
• Work creatively and collaboratively with faculty and facility personnel to address barriers to student participation and academic progress.

• Coordinate, host, and facilitate live virtual instruction in…