Assistant Superintendent​/Vice President, Instruction

Reporting to the Superintendent/President, the Assistant Superintendent/Vice President, Instruction, serves as the District’s Chief Instructional Officer and is responsible for the overall leadership, direction, administration, and oversight of the District’s instructional programs, services, and operations. The Assistant Superintendent/Vice President provides executive leadership and strategic direction for academic planning and the continuous improvement of teaching and learning; promotes innovation and responsiveness to the educational, workforce, and community needs of a diverse student population;

and ensures instructional operations align with the District’s mission, strategic priorities, and applicable legal, regulatory, accreditation, and collective bargaining requirements.

As a member of the Executive Cabinet, the Assistant Superintendent/Vice President, Instruction, collaborates across the District and through participatory governance processes to advance institutional priorities, effective resource allocation, student success, and continuous improvement. The position represents the District with educational, community, business, governmental, and professional organizations and provides executive leadership on matters affecting instruction and the mission of the college.

Example of Duties

• Provides strategic vision, policy analysis, and organizational support to instructional programs and services.
• Acts as an advisor in instructional matters; provides leadership in instructional planning.
• Encourages program innovation and renewal through academic leadership and vision in instruction and program development in transfer, career education, and non-traditional programs.
• Collaborates with District constituent groups and provides leadership to the development of partnerships with business, industry, government, educational institutions, and community organizations in the planning and implementation of educational and student support programs.
• Strategically supports the District’s integrated planning framework and related comprehensive educational and facilities planning that supports the needs of the community.
• Provides leadership on enrollment management and collaborates with the office of student services by planning and directing effective instructional programming including the schedule of classes, room utilization, instructor load, and student retention.
• Understands funding models and provides leadership and direction in the development, administration, and monitoring of instructional budgets and resources.
• Provides administrative leadership and oversight for curriculum development and program development and evaluation, instructional support services, learning resources services, and all instructional programs.
• Works directly with Institutional Research in the development of institutional research projects related to instruction and student learning.
• Responsible for maintaining and updating the college catalog.
• Provides leadership for long-range instructional development, including grants, partnerships, and collaboration with federal, state, local, and private or public agencies and organizations.
• Fosters articulation agreements with other education institutions through partnership development.
• Understands and promotes the role and use of technology in the instructional environment, including courses provided through multiple modalities.
• Reviews budgets and oversees instructional staffing and resource allocation systems (e.g. equipment, facility modifications, supplies, regular faculty and classified positions).
• Provides leadership and oversight for instructional program review and the evaluation and achievement of established goals and outcomes.
• Ensures the timely and effective evaluation…