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The Project Director provides day-to-day operational and strategic implementation leadership for the ASCEND-AI initiative, a multi-year, multi-institution collaboration between Howard University and Bowie State University focused on advancing AI literacy, responsible AI use, faculty development, curriculum infusion, and student application pathways.

This role is responsible for translating the project vision and grant goals into coordinated action through faculty learning communities, collaborative workshops, curriculum module infusion, and student-facing activities. The Project Director ensures that activities are well planned, executed on schedule, and aligned with the approved workplan and budget, while supporting continuous improvement in partnership with project leadership and evaluators.

The Project Director does not conduct evaluation but plays a critical role in enabling responsive implementation informed by evaluation findings.

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The Project Director is essential to ensuring ASCEND-AI’s ambitious goals translate into real, coordinated outcomes. By connecting planning to execution through faculty learning communities, curriculum infusion, workshops, and student application pathways, this role enables the project to move beyond theory into sustained impact across institutions.

• Strategic Planning and Program Execution
  • Lead operational planning to ensure ASCEND-AI goals are achieved through:
  • Faculty Learning Community (FLC) sessions
  • Curriculum module infusion across disciplines
  • Three annual collaborative workshops
  • AI Use Competitions and student application activities
  • Translate high-level project goals into clear timelines, milestones, and execution plans.
  • Coordinate with PI and Co-PIs to ensure consistency between vision, planning, and implementation.
  • Ensure activities across Howard University and Bowie State University align in scope, pacing, and intent.
• Faculty Learning Communities and Curriculum Infusion
  • Coordinate logistics, scheduling, and documentation for Faculty Learning Communities.
  • Support FLC facilitators in aligning sessions with project goals related to AI literacy, responsible AI use, and discipline-specific integration.
  • Track progress of curriculum module infusion across participating courses.
  • Ensure faculty development activities remain practical, accessible, and aligned with instructional realities.
  • Support knowledge sharing across institutions while allowing for contextual adaptation.
  • Ensure Faculty Learning Communities and curriculum infusion efforts are structured to support faculty success while minimizing additional administrative or instructional burden.
• Workshops, Competitions, and Student Application Pathways
  • Plan and coordinate three annual collaborative workshops, including agendas, speakers, materials, and logistics.
  • Support implementation of AI Use Competitions and other applied learning experiences.
  • Ensure workshops and competitions reinforce project pillars such as human-in-the-loop AI use, ethical reasoning, and applied innovation.
  • Coordinate with partners and facilitators to maintain high-quality, well-run events.
• Budget Monitoring and Financial Reporting
  • Monitor project expenditures monthly in coordination with the PI and institutional grants offices.
  • Prepare monthly budget summaries…