SBCJC POLICIES

Section 5: Staff Positions

MISSISSIPPI

COMMUNITY

COLLEGE

BOARD

POLICIES AND PROCEDURES MANUAL

Title: Director of Training and Professional Development

Initial Date of Adoption: September 17, 2010

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Revision Date: May 18, 2012; August 15, 2014; November 18, 2016

Code Number: 5.28

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DIRECTOR OF TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Characteristics of Work:

The Director of Training and Professional Development is a full-time position within the Division for eLearning and Instructional Technology and reports to the Assistant Executive Director for eLearning and Instructional Technology. The incumbent will work collaboratively with the colleges and MCCB staff to develop training and professional development in all facets of eLearning to improve student learning, retention, and student success, as well as effective use of classroom, online, and other emerging technologies, LTIs, apps, the LMS, pedagogy, and best practices. The incumbent is responsible for all planning, reporting, assessing, and evaluating of training and professional development activities in a manner that assures quality results. The incumbent must be self-motivated and must exercise sound, independent judgment in a dynamic environment with conflicting priorities requiring a high degree of teamwork, flexibility, discretion, diplomacy, and tact. Examples of Work: The following examples are intended only as illustrations of the various tasks performed by the incumbent in this position. These examples are not meant to be exhaustive; they are representative of the general functions of this position. 1. Provide overall vision as it relates to training and professional development activities for the Division of eLearning and Instructional Technology. a. Work closely with the MSVCC Training Committee in the development of all training and professional development activities. b. Work closely with the MCCB staff to coordinate all training and professional development activities. c. Work closely with the Chief eLearning Officers to the 15 community colleges in order to offer training and professional development that is research-based, relevant, and useful. 2. Maintain a broad understanding of current and emerging issues in higher education as it relates to eLearning, distance education, and instructional technology. 3. Develop and deliver training as it relates to online teaching and learning, current and emerging technologies, pedagogy, best practices, adopted instructional applications and tools in individualized settings, small groups, workshop, webinars, and courses (F2F/online). 4. Coordinate training and professional development as it relates to adopted technologies and services utilized by the MSVCC eLearning Association. 5. Develop and manage the schedule of training and professional development activities for the MSVCC eLearning Association. 6. Manage applications and expressions of interest for facilitating MSVCC training and professional development. 7. Attend, moderate and evaluate all training and professional development activities including but not limited to webinars, courses, workshops, and conferences 8. Develop, design, and implement instructional graphics, sound, video, and other multimedia for LMS theme, courses and all training and professional development activities. 9. Creates, maintains, and distributes all training materials that will be delivered face-to-face and online to college personnel. 10. Design and develop eLearning Association and Division publications including newsletters, marketing pieces, and other publications.

11. Serve as MCCB resource person for MSVCC eLearning Association committees 12. Represents the agency through oral and written communications and reports. 13. Performs other duties as assigned. Minimum Requirements:

A master’s degree from a regionally accredited four-year college or university with a minimum of 5 years experience in a community college environment with experience in distance education and curriculum, instruction, and effective uses of

technology in education. Preferred Qualifications:

A thorough knowledge of learning management systems, specifically Canvas, five years experience teaching online courses, certification in online instruction, experience in the development and delivery of training materials, demonstrated proficiency and understanding of instructional design and online pegagogy, and an advanced aptitude with databases, spreadsheets, PowerPoint, emerging web site technologies, and web publishing.