Manager, Instructional Design

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The Manager, Instructional Design is a team-oriented, hands-on innovate leader with a passion for mentoring others, improving team processes, staying apprised of current instructional design trends, and creating industry leading curriculum and high-quality courses for American Career College. The Manager, Instructional Design is a self-motivated and forward-thinking solutions provider with a holistic approach to program and course development that works closely with academic program leaders, subject matter experts, and the curriculum and technology team to oversee the course development process and schedule for industry leading courses and curriculum by using current design theories, project management techniques and software, and higher-education industry best practices.

Essential Functions & Responsibilities:

• Oversees curriculum and instructional design projects, instructional design staff, and day-to-day operations for American Career College.
• Manages operational components for the instructional design team and tracks open projects and tasks in the department project management software.
• Designs and develops instructional materials for online, blended and web enabled courses for ACC academic programs aligning to ADA and accessibility requirements, organizational style guides, and instructional design and industry best practices.
• Conceptualizes and produces a wide variety of instructional elements including, but not limited to, course syllabi, storyboards, lessons, assessments, graphics and multimedia presentations.
• Interprets instructional needs and collaborates with subject matter experts in various disciplines to translate complex information and concepts into easy-to-understand learning materials that are technologically advanced, scalable, and forward thinking.
• Leads ADA and other compliance efforts in relation to course and media design, accessibility, and other state federal or programmatic accreditation requirements related to online, blended, and virtual learning.
• Builds and enhances team processes surrounding quality assurance while reviewing the course content, activities, assessments, and other learning assets in the LMS.
• Working with the Director, Curriculum and Technology, develops and implements policies, procedures, and guidelines for creation and delivery of online, blended, and web enabled courses.
• Provides centralized support for instructional innovation, engagement opportunities, and instructional design theories for the various campuses regarding best practices for online learning in web enabled, blended, and online courses.
• Develops organizational standards for course delivery at ACC and uses continuous process improvement to elevate and improve quality standards, documented team processes, and student engagement with course materials.
• Leads compliance efforts in online learning for program design, accessibility, and other state federal or programmatic accreditation issues related to online learning.
• Develops, implements, and publicly documents policies, procedures, and guidelines for creation and delivery of online, blended, and web enabled courses.
• Collaborates with the Director, Curriculum and Technology to improve and enhance the overall course development process, subject matter expert workflow, and curriculum and technology team handoffs to ensure efficiency during development and deliverables adhere to organizational and industry best practices.
• Responsible recruitment, supervision, and professional development of the instructional design team members and provides training opportunities in online pedagogy and instructional technologies for faculty and staff responsible for curriculum development.
• Provides LMS, instructional design, outcomes, and course development-related self-help materials, training seminars, and direct support to faculty and staff, instructional designers, and the curriculum and technology team.
• Leads, promotes, and encourages the development and implementation of innovative teaching and learning strategies and technology tools in all courses at ACC.
• Manages external resources, publisher partner, and education technology vendors that promote and support innovation in online educational delivery.
• Researches new technologies and instructional design theories and stays current with instructional technology tools, online learning trends, and pedagogy best practices. Works with the curriculum and technology team to develop plans to introduce these findings.
• Works with the entire curriculum and technology team to ensure timely creation of live course shells and course sections in the LMS and ensures proper processes and quality assurance measures are followed.
• Communicates with department personnel