What are the responsibilities and job description for the Associate Program Director - Radiography position at Center for Allied Health Education?
General Description
The Associate Program Director is responsible for the program including academic content, faculty performance, student satisfactory academic progress, and continued development and effectiveness of the program.
Essential Functions:
The following essential functions apply both to a traditional and distance education learning environment:
Administrative
The Associate Program Director is responsible for the program including academic content, faculty performance, student satisfactory academic progress, and continued development and effectiveness of the program.
Essential Functions:
The following essential functions apply both to a traditional and distance education learning environment:
Administrative
- Selects and makes hiring recommendations for instructional staff
- Provides regular supervision and evaluation of instructional staff
- Assists in the acquisition of clinical training sites
- Maintains continuous liaison with all clinical sites to ensure site compliance with the program’s learning objectives
- Assists with maintaining continuous accreditation of the program with all relevant accrediting bodies and governmental entities
- Maintains current knowledge of the professional discipline and educational methodologies through continuing professional development
- Serves as a member on the Center’s Oversight Committee, Admissions Committee, Curriculum Committee, Faculty Committee, and the Program’s Advisory Board and Program Committee
- Assists in the recruitment of students
- Evaluate the applicant application packet
- Interviews applicants
- Routinely reviews student attendance and participation in both the didactic and clinical components
- Routinely reviews each student’s performance to assess student progress toward completion of the program and variance from planned academic progress
- Provides academic counseling to students
- Develops academic remediation plans for students failing to maintain satisfactory academic progress and who may be at risk of academic probation and/or termination
- Reviews and revises curricula, syllabi, lesson plans, and secondary teaching material
- Exercises continuous assessment and revisions, if necessary, to the academic assessment system both didactic and clinical
- Teaches courses in the program
- Ensures timely execution of all assessment tools related to students’ didactic & clinical performance
- Evaluate instructional staff teaching activities
- Evaluates all primary and secondary teaching materials used in courses
- Evaluate all library holdings and make recommendations for new electronic and/or hard-copy holdings
- Updates, maintains and analyzes program effectiveness
- Participates in resource planning
- Bachelors Degree required
- Accredited Radiography Program Certificate required
- Significant experience in Radiography education.
- Strong understanding of accreditation standards and processes.
- Excellent communication, leadership, and interpersonal skills.
- Commitment to fostering a diverse and inclusive learning environment.