Deputy Program Manager Jobs in Highlands Ranch, CO

Summary

The Program Chair manages all program-related functions to ensure delivery of curriculum and to promote student success. The Program Chair serves as the primary contact for students and faculty by maintaining a high level of visibility and actively soliciting input to promote a positive learning environment.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities 

• Interviews and manages program faculty:
  • Interviews and selects qualified faculty and staff.
  • Manages all program faculty.
  • Ensures that what is being taught conforms to the established Spartan College syllabi.
  • Conduct classroom observations in accordance with the Spartan College policy and procedures.
  • Review end of course surveys with faculty for coaching and faculty development.
  • Coordinates new faculty training and continual training with current faculty.
  • Conducts annual performance reviews and evaluations.
  • Schedules and leads ongoing faculty meetings/trainings. 
• Manages student issues for program students:
  • Accountable for Student Success as measured by Retention/Graduation Rates and the promotion and encouragement of the certification process.
  • Participates in activities designed to improve student retention.
  • Manage student daily attendance based on Last Date of Attendance (LDA) reporting.
  • Conduct student academic advisement activities/plans.
  • Enforce the Spartan College Student Code of Conduct.
  • Addresses scheduling issues and student complaints.
• Participates in the program master schedule development:
  • Creates program core offerings and determines faculty assignments each term.
  • Assign appropriate instructors by content specialties and room assignments related to courses held each term.
• Manages program related equipment and materials:
  • Ensures functional training aids and hardware.
  • Ensures licensed software and other equipment are in place to deliver instruction according to Spartan standards.
  • Oversees continued training for equipment and software.
  • Manages consumable inventory items.
• Participates in curriculum development:
  • Recruits’ members for PAC committees, facilitates PAC committee discussions, and summarizes and distributes recommendation
  • Keeps current in both the subject area and instructional methodology.
  • Collaborates on curriculum review, evaluation, revision with faculty and curriculum committees as appropriate.
• Program budget management:
  • Review program budgets (payroll, expenses, and CapEx) and collaborates with Campus Leadership in the preparation of the total academic budget.
  • Tracks monthly performance and makes recommendations relative to program budget.
• Teaches courses as required.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This position has supervisor responsibilities.

Education and/or Experience

• High School diploma and eight (8) years field experience (or)
• Associate degree and four (4) years of field experience required
• Bachelor's degree preferred.
• Three (3) years of management experience preferred

Certificates, License, Registrations

• FAA Airframe & Powerplant Certificate 

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, use hand to lift, handle, or feel; talk and hear. The employee frequently is required to reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or balance up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception. 

AAP/EEO Statement

Spartan College provides equal employment opportunity to all individuals regardless of their race, color, creed, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by state, federal, or local law. Further, the company takes affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed, and employees are treated during employment without regard to any of these characteristics. Discrimination of any type will not be tolerated.

In keeping with the above conviction, Spartan College is committed to assuring that:

All recruiting, hiring, training, promotion, compensation, and other employment related programs are provided fairly to all persons on an equal opportunity basis without regard to race, creed, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Employment decisions are based on the principles of equal opportunity and affirmative action; and all personnel actions such as compensation, benefits, transfers, training, and participation in social and recreational programs are administered without regard to race, creed, color, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Benefits

401(k) and Employer Match
Medical Insurance
HSA/FSA
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Life Insurance
Paid Time Off
Employee Assistance Program
Tuition Reimbursement/Employee Scholarship