Program Director, Radiography

At American Career College, we share a passion for students and transforming healthcare education! As a leader for a certified Great Place to Work, you will join a collaborative, student-centric culture valuing academic integrity, mutual respect, student learning, service, responsiveness, innovation, diversity, and stewardship. As a part of this team, you will guide students to do more than change their own lives - you will help change the lives of every patient they care for throughout their career.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities
* Teaching Functions
* May teach up to a full-time teaching load in designated field based upon the needs and/or student enrollments in the program.
* Delivers curriculum in accordance with approved syllabi, according to program objectives and lesson plans.
* May utilize blended instructional approach, a combination of face-to-face instruction and on-line instruction.
* Ensures all the components of the course(s) is set up, including but not limited to the syllabus, reading and work assignments, and evaluation mechanisms such as quizzes and exams.
* Administrative Functions
* Plans, directs and provides daily guidance of didactic, laboratory, and scheduling of classes.
* Reviews, monitors and makes curriculum and textbook proposals as indicated by program evaluation, accreditation/licensure requirements, and/or market needs.
* Develops curricula, and plans course content and methods of instruction in collaboration with the appropriate Academic Department.
* Directs program activities to ensure compliance with applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations, accrediting bodies, and college policies and procedures in concert with other American Career College programs.
* Develops budgets, plans, and staffing requirements for the operation of the program.
* Manages daily operations, staffing and expenses to remain within budget guidelines.
* Contributes to ongoing program assessment/revision through surveys, teleconferences, Program Advisory Committee meetings, and participation in the Institutional Effectiveness Review (IER).
* Coordinates and actively participates on Program Advisory Committee (PAC).
* Advises on equipment, supplies, textbooks, labs and library holdings. Selects books, materials, supplies, and equipment for training, courses, or projects used in program instruction.
* Ensures all communication regarding the applicable program board, accrediting and/or licensing agency, changes to program content, physical facilities, and faculty, legal receipts/requests for documents, and/or completion of required reports in order to maintain programmatic accreditation and/or licensure status is coordinated through the appropriate Administrative Department.
* Faculty Oversight
* Provides direction, motivation, informational support, technical/professional guidance, and training to department personnel.
* Recruits, trains, supervises and evaluates program faculty; improves retention, morale and performance efficiencies.
* Holds periodic faculty meetings to provide for subject matter correlation and curriculum evaluation, and to coordinate activities of full-time, part-time and substitute faculty.
* Ensures faculty are recording daily class attendance and grades as required, completes and submits homework assignments timely, and grades tests, quizzes, lab assignments promptly.
* Student Outcomes
* Monitors and analyzes student attrition and retention data and works with other college leaders to develop initiatives that can be implemented to improve retention.
* Assures students are provided support services to maintain the highest level of student achievement while safeguarding the integrity of the educational process.
* Ensures student satisfaction surveys are administered at least bi-annually, and that the feedback is provided to faculty in a timely fashion.
* Ensures processes are in place to track, monitor and record student outcomes including graduation rates, credentialing rates, and placement rates and provides required reports as needed.
* Participates in graduation ceremonies.
* Maintains the privacy and confidentiality of student…