Job Type: Full time
Job Number: JR-018623
Location: Salt Lake City Office
If you're passionate about building a better future for individuals, communities, and our country-and you're committed to working hard to play your part in building that future-consider WGU as the next step in your career.
Driven by a mission to expand access to higher education through online, competency-based degree programs, WGU is also committed to being a great place to work for a diverse workforce of student-focused professionals. The university has pioneered a new way to learn in the 21st century, one that has received praise from academic, industry, government, and media leaders. Whatever your role, working for WGU gives you a part to play in helping students graduate, creating a better tomorrow for themselves and their families.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities:
• Manages the course development process for new and existing courses.
• Ensures academic and quality standards as well as WGU's vision and mission are reflected in all aspects of the student experience.
• Consults with curriculum program managers during the program review and development process.
• Assists in the development of contextually rich, engaging, and objective-driven courses that focus on applicable real-world/workplace skills.
• Applies evidence-based curriculum development strategies to the design of degree programs.
• Identifies learning resources and maps learning resources to course or program objectives and competencies in collaboration with university partners.
• Develops and revises curricular materials, including competency statements, learning objectives, and other relevant documentation.
• Reviews learning resources and assessments to ensure proper alignment to the intended objectives and facilitates agreement for necessary changes.
• Ensures course development is completed on time and within budget and meets standards of quality.
• Conducts quality assurance reviews on courses and implements revisions.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.
Knowledge, Skill and Abilities:
• Thorough understanding of curriculum development, instructional design, and test development
• Thorough understanding of project management, needs assessment, and risk management
• Advanced technical writing and editing skills
• Ability to manage multiple projects at different stages while meeting deadlines and quality standards
• Ability to work independently, under minimal supervision
• Advanced critical thinking, analysis, and synthesis skills
• Advanced skills in planning, organizing, and self-management
• Ability to facilitate collaboration, support, and approval from a variety of stakeholders
• Problem Solving Skills: Investigates appropriate resources and involves partners when appropriate; future-oriented; assesses what will help/hinder achieving goals; focuses on what is important.
• Interpersonal Skills: Deals with others in a considerate, respectful, and unbiased manner; approaches conflict proactively; solicits and shares feedback openly; listens with empathy and maintains composure.
• Accuracy: Draws on factual information garnered from careful cultivation of a broad knowledge of WGU's goals and processes; investigates beyond assumptions.
• Adaptability: Course corrects behaviors and communication style to meet the needs of a wide range of situations; tackles obstacles appropriately; is comfortable with ambiguity.
• Reliability: Accountable to others; does what it takes to get the job done; actions are consistent with words; follows through on commitments; exhibits exceptional integrity.
• Attitude: Displays commitment to the organization and to personal growth; self-motivated and able to motivate and inspire others; asserts self appropriately to champion ideas; tells the truth in a direct and constructive manner.
• Initiative: Self-directs with a strong bias for action; leads the way in improvement of performance or processes; displays keen interest in students and organization.
Competencies:
Organizational or Student Impact:
• Accountable for decisions that impact individual students.
• Creates or facilitates learning experiences that support students 'attainment of knowledge and skills.
• With specific guidance from senior faculty and program leaders, acts independently in executing teaching practice.
Problem Solving & Decision Making:
• Works on diverse matters of limited complexity
• This position receives general direction from their immediate supervisor or manager.
• Able to effectively utilize resources to address student concerns and inquiries.
• Supports student needs to help them achieve course or program outcomes at the individual student level.
• Individual follows university and department established policies and best practices.
Communication & Influence:
• Communicates with students as appropriate to support student questions and needs.
• This role communicates with fellow faculty members as appropriate within and outside of
Location: Salt Lake City, UT
Posted: Aug. 28, 2024, 12:08 a.m.
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