Duties & Responsibilitie

• Supervisory Duties
• Oversee planning, delivery, and evaluation of EJP’s for-credit courses offered at Danville Correctional Center.
• Supervise supporting staff, including EJP course instructors, tutor coordinator, community librarian, computer lab coordinator, and office assistants.
• Run syllabus development workshops and other trainings for EJP instructors, in addition to offering ongoing pedagogical support and feedback to them.
• Participate in development of policy and procedures related to the college-in-prison program.
• Program Management and Development
• Conduct outreach and build relationships with other academic units on the Urbana-Champaign campus to facilitate academic partnerships with EJP.
• Develop instructor training materials.
• Set academic calendar and timelines and ensure adherence to key dates.
• Manage course instructor recruitment, selection, and training.
• Oversee certificate programs, working with EJP academic advisors to ensure that students make satisfactory through certificate programs.
• Develop systems and procedures to ensure the efficient running of EJP’s academic programing and that it is student-centered and responsive to the particular needs of incarcerated scholars.
• Administrative
• With On-Site Coordinator, oversee scheduling and delivery of for-credit courses and associated EJP programming at the prison.
• With relevant staff and volunteers, manage course reserves and other academic supports at Danville Correctional Center.
• Oversee course registration and evaluation, and serve as point of contact with the campus’ Center for Innovation in Teaching in Learning, which administers EJP’s courses.
• Communication
• Provide opportunities for instructors to reflect upon classroom learning, student assessment, course evaluation, and other aspects of their teaching and to receive feedback.
• With program coordinators, ensure that instructors receive relevant information related to deadlines, meetings, and events.