Director of The Individualized Learning Program

Director of the Individualized Degree Program

General Studies

Job #545997

First Review Date: Sunday, April 20, 2025

Open Until Filled

Internal Only

 

At Cal Poly Humboldt, bold hearts and open minds shape the future.

Founded in 1913, Cal Poly Humboldt began as a small college for teachers. Today Humboldt has grown into a comprehensive university with rigorous science and liberal arts programs. Designated a polytechnic in 2022, Cal Poly Humboldt provides hands-on, impactful educational opportunities that lead to meaningful, measurable outcomes for the individual, for the state, and the world.

Cal Poly Humboldt is proud to have more than 6,000 students of all backgrounds spread across 61 majors, 13 graduate programs, and 4 credential programs — all of whom contribute passion and creativity within their fields and set the stage for a future grounded in equity and sustainability. Hands-on learning, inspired teaching, ground-breaking research, and thought-provoking creative activity happen daily at Humboldt.

Finding a better future is a task for the bold and open, the down-to-earth and visionary. Cal Poly Humboldt strives to cultivate these qualities in leaders, innovators, and scholars in every field.

 

(Job #545997) Administrator II, Director of The Individualized Learning Program, Salary Range: $5,053 - $16,221; Hiring Range: $7,875 - $9,188. This is a full-time, benefited, 12-month pay plan in General Studies. This position is an Administrator II in the California State University Management Personnel Plan (MPP). Under this plan, incumbents are subject to normal management reviews and serve at the pleasure of the University President. Additional information can be found at: http://www.calstate.edu/HRAdm/policies/mpp.shtml. This position comes with a premium benefits package that includes outstanding vacation, medical, dental, and vision plans, life insurance, voluntary pre-tax health and dependent care reimbursement accounts, a fee waiver education program, membership in the California Public Employees Retirement System (PERS), and 14 paid holidays per year. Additional benefits information can be found at https://hraps.humboldt.edu/employee-benefits. Please note that this is an internal recruitment open only to active, stateside, Cal Poly Humboldt Employees.

 

Position Summary:

The Director of the Individualized Degree Program (IDP) will lead the Interdisciplinary Studies - Individualized Degree Plan (IDP), a program that provides students with a flexible and customized degree pathway. Students in the program develop a unique, interdisciplinary degree plan that incorporates courses from multiple disciplines, preparing them for diverse academic, career, and lifelong learning goals.

The IDP curriculum includes a sequence of required core courses that introduce students to interdisciplinary thinking and approaches to inquiry, equipping them with the skills to integrate knowledge across fields and apply it to complex, real-world challenges.

The program fosters a culture of interdisciplinarity, innovation, and student empowerment, supporting students as they take an active role in designing their education.

The IDP Director provides strategic and administrative leadership for the program, ensuring that it serves as a hub for interdisciplinary education and student success. This position supports students in designing customized interdisciplinary pathways toward graduation and serves as an incubator for developing new interdisciplinary degree options.

 

Visit the IDP program website here: https://idplan.humboldt.edu/

 

Key Responsibilities:

 

Program Leadership & Administration

• Provide strategic direction and oversight for the IDP program.
• Oversee curriculum development, implementation, and assessment.
• Recruit, hire, onboard and supervise program faculty and staff
• Oversee program budget
• Ensure that program curriculum and individual degree plans articulate with university requirements.
• Work with the Registrar's Office to ensure degrees and transcripts articulate.
• Represent the IDP program to internal and external constituencies.
• Develop the IDP profile on campus
• Lead program growth and innovation, including exploring new interdisciplinary degre