Instructional Technology Coordinator
Position Type: Classified
Position Code: 3CLR17
FTE: 1.0
Pay Rate (or Annual Salary): $5,429.50 - $6,814.75/monthly
Job Location: Las Positas College, 3000 Campus Hill Dr., Livermore, CA 94551
Department: Academic Services
Job Summary:
Las Positas College
Las Positas College provides an inclusive, learning-centered, equity-focused environment that offers educational opportunities and support for completion of students’ transfer, degree, and career-technical goals while promoting lifelong learning. At Las Positas College we know that equity will be achieved by changing the impacts of structural racism, ableism, hom*ophobia, and systematic poverty on student success and access to higher education, achieved through continuous evaluation and improvement of all services. We believe in a high-quality education focused on learning and an inclusive, culturally-relevant environment that meets the diverse needs of all our students and staff. ?
Equity is parity in student educational outcomes; it places belonging for students of color and disproportionately impacted students at center focus. Our prized and emerging equity efforts include Puente, Umoja, ConnectUp, Brother 2 Brother, Sister 2 Sister, Black Student Union, Presidential Task Force on Systemic and Institutionalized Racism, the Presidential Speaker Series, Black Education Association, UndocuAlly Taskforce, curriculum reviews and a linguistic justice curriculum.
Located in Livermore, Las Positas College is becoming an institution that reflects the diversity in California. We are a learning-centered institution focused on excellence and student success, and are fully committed to supporting all Tri-Valley residents in their quest for education and advancement.
Joining Our College Community We seek equity-minded applicants who demonstrate they understand the benefits diversity brings to an educational community. We look for applicants who:
• Value and intentionally promote diversity and consciousness of difference
• Demonstrate cultural humility and an ongoing desire to improve cultural competence
• Are dedicated to addressing issues of social justice
• Accept their shared role and responsibility in addressing opportunity and achievement gaps experienced by students
• Have experience and success in closing student equity gaps and engaging in equitable practices, or are knowledgeable and enthusiastic about implementing practices that achieve these goals
• Actively seek to identify, disrupt, and remove institutional and/or systemic barriers that adversely impact historically marginalized communities
• Empower the underrepresented and underserved
• Foster students’ potential to become global citizens and socially responsible leaders
• Believe that all people have the right to an education and work environment free from fear, harassment, or discrimination
The Chabot-Las Positas Community College District is seeking an Instructional Technology Coordinator for Las Positas College in Livermore, California.
Under direction, administer all facets of instructional technology and distance education, including strategic planning, curriculum development, employee supervision, and online pedagogical and technical training.
Representative Duties:
The following duties are typical for this classification. Incumbents may not perform all of the listed duties and/or may be required to perform additional duties not listed, but within classification.
1. Plan, prioritize, assign, supervise, review, and participate in the work of staff responsible for coordinating the delivery of all distance education, including web-enhanced, hybrid, HyFlex, and online courses; lead the strategic planning efforts for distance education.
2. Analyze the needs of a diverse faculty, and develop training and provide support in the area of instructional technology.
3. Design, develop, implement, and evaluate technology-based lessons used in the traditional classroom.
4. Design, develop, implement, and evaluate instructionally sound online courses to enhance technology-based instruction.
5. Provide ongoing pedagogy support to faculty integrating technology into their curricula and teaching online courses; train faculty to use a variety of instructional technologies to produce instructionally sound learning materials.
6. Administer the Canvas learning management system (LMS ) server for the College to ensure continuous, optimal efficiency of courses, including supporting, troubleshooting, and training faculty and staff on Canvas.
7. Meet with faculty and other College technology staff to provide assistance in the design and development of technology-based instructional materials that correspond to learner characteristics and are accessible to all students, including those with disabilities.
8. Coordinate distance education, including the use of a learning management system (LMS ) and the implementation of supplemental materials, courseware, and other web-based instructional materials.
9. Represent the College by participation in professional development, conferences, and organizations.
10. Manage the instructional technology budget, including annual licenses; purchase instructional technology hardware and software.
11. Meet with College deans and vice presidents about decisions related to distance education; meet with College training personnel about decisions related to instructional technology.
12. Keep faculty informed about events and resources related to instructional technology.
13. Oversee instructional technology and distance education websites.
14. Attend and participate in professional group meetings; maintain awareness of new trends and developments in the fields of instructional technology and distance education; incorporate new developments as appropriate into programs.
15. Perform related duties as required
Minimum Education and Experience:
Any combination of the following would provide a typical way to obtain the required knowledge and abilities.
Education/Training: A Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in instructional technology, instructional design, or a related field. A Master’s degree is desirable.
Experience: Two years of experience in instructional design in an educational environment. Classroom teaching experience is desirable
Minimum Qualifications:
The following generally describes the knowledge and ability required to enter the job and/or be learned within a short period of time in order to successfully perform the assigned duties.
Knowledge of:
1. Operations, services, and activities of an instructional technology and distance education program.
2. Instructional design principles, learning theory, and pedagogy, particularly how they relate to web-based instruction.
3. The fields of instructional technology and distance education and the issues and policies affecting them.
4. Principles of supervision, training, and performance evaluation.
5. Basic principles and practices of budget preparation and administration.
6. Subject matter and instructional design equipment.
7. A variety of software publishing/presentation programs that can integrate instructional materials.
8. Training techniques, online pedagogy, and instructional design principles, design tools, and software.
9. Learner characteristics for the diverse population served by the College.
10. Web-page design principles, writing, and editing skills including storyboarding, and screen layout skills. Web-page writing and editing skills.
11. Copyright policies and intellectual property rights and privacy rights.
12. Current issues and implementation of distance education in a community college setting.
Ability to:
1. Coordinate and direct short-term and long-term instructional technology and distance education programs.
2. Perform specialized and complex technical tasks to develop various instructional design/development functions.
3. Assess the needs of faculty in the utilization of instructional technologies and provide appropriate training and support.
4. Take initiative and make independent judgments as well as work in collaboration with faculty, classified professionals, and administrators.
5. Schedule, review, and evaluate the work of assigned personnel.
6. Design and develop engaging, interactive, and instructionally sound multimedia lessons using instructional design software applications.
7. Design and develop instructional websites.
8. Design and develop instructionally sound classroom presentations.
9. Place web-based lessons, instructional web pages, and presentations into a course management system.
10. Structure instructional and online content within a course management system.
11. Plan and organize work to meet changing priorities and deadlines.
12. Create web-based instructional materials for students with disabilities.
13. Troubleshoot pedagogical problems and technical problems with hardware, software, and equipment configuration.
14. Participate in the preparation and administration of assigned budgets.
15. Document procedures and programs.
16. Meet deadlines and work within budget restrictions.
17. Work cooperatively with other departments, officials, and outside agencies.
18. Respond tactfully, clearly, concisely, and appropriately to inquiries from the public, staff, or other agencies on issues in area of responsibility.
19. Work with and exhibit sensitivity to and understanding of the varied racial, ethnic, cultural, sexual orientation, academic, socio-economic, and disabled populations of community college students.
20. Communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing.
21. Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.
Desirable Qualifications:
1. Demonstrated experience with implementing and training in artificial intelligence applications in instructional technology.
2. Demonstrated success in design, development, implementation, and evaluation of online and hybrid courses and workshops.
Job Work Schedule: 40 hours/week, Monday – Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., hours may vary depending on department needs, occasional evening and weekends required as needed, 12 months/year.
Physical Demands and Working Environment:
The conditions herein are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions.
Environment: Work is performed primarily in a classroom and office setting.
Physical: Primary functions require sufficient physical ability and mobility to work in a classroom and an office setting; to stand or sit for prolonged periods of time; to occasionally stoop, bend, kneel, crouch, reach, and twist; to lift, carry, push, and/or pull light to moderate amounts of weight; to operate office equipment requiring repetitive hand movement and fine coordination including use of a computer keyboard; and to verbally communicate to exchange information.
Posting Number: AS741P
Open Date: 08/08/2024
Close Date: 09/04/2024
Open Until Filled: No
Special Instructions to Applicants:
The Board of Trustees has updated Board Policy 7330 to incorporate information on COVID vaccination requirements, which are currently suspended. Accordingly, employee(s) must comply with the Board Policy found at: http://districtazure.clpccd.org/policies/files/docs/BP7330.pdf.
Any subsequent updates can be found here: http://districtazure.clpccd.org/urgentalerts/index.php.
Notification to Applicants:
The Chabot-Las Positas Community College District reserves the right to close or not fill any advertised position
Instructions for Personal Qualifications Statement:
The purpose of the personal qualifications statement is for you to provide information on how your education and experience relate to the requirements and duties of the position. There is no form to complete. Applicants are requested to provide their personal qualifications statement by uploading a document, the same way as you do for your cover letter.
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It is the policy of this District to provide equal opportunity in all areas of
employment practices and to assure that there shall be no discrimination against
any person on the basis of sex, ancestry, age, marital status, race, religious
creed, mental disability, medical condition (including HIV and AIDS ), color,
national origin, physical disability, family or sexual preference status and other
similar factors in compliance with Title IX, Sections 503 and 504 of the
Rehabilitation Act, other federal and state non-discrimination regulations, and its
own statements of philosophy of objectives. The District encourages the filing of
applications by both sexes, ethnic minorities, and the disabled.
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