Lake Tahoe Community College (LTCC) District is widely recognized as the hub of culture and education for the surrounding community and is working toward its vision of becoming “California’s premier destination community college.” LTCC is excited to announce an opportunity to lead in the area of distance education and online learning as the Director of Online Learning.

LTCC was an early adopter and one of the first colleges to offer courses through the California Community College Online Education Initiative’s (OEI) pilot program in the online course exchange. This exchange enables students from California Community Colleges to enroll in and complete courses from other participating colleges. This required LTCC to adopt several online learning services including implementing Canvas as the college’s online learning management system and offering online counseling using Cranium Café. The purpose of the OEI, and LTCC’s participation, is to provide better access to quality instruction leading to course completion via the online learning environment.

APPLICATION PROCESS:
After review, suitable applicants will be invited by phone or email on or around Friday, July 7, 2023 to participate in a skills assessment. Successful candidates will then be interviewed by a committee of approximately 5 individuals; these interviews are tentatively scheduled for July 21, 2023. Meeting the minimum requirements does not guarantee an interview. LTCC reserves the right to return to the applicant pool at any point during the recruitment process.

COMPENSATION:
Salary Range: LTCC offers a competitive compensation package that includes a starting placement salary of $92,009 to $101,561 annually, dependent on education and experience. There is potential to reach $108,639 annually, through step advancement plus longevity when appropriate. In addition to base salary, this position qualifies for extra bilingual (Spanish), doctorate pay.

Benefits: Health and Welfare benefits include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and long term disability. Several plan options maintain a zero monthly premium cost from the employee and include full coverage of a gold-level medical plan that, on average, covers 80% of healthcare expenses for a standard population. LTCC also matches 25.37% of an eligible employee’s salary and contributes it into a CalPERS pension account for qualifying employees.

Work-Life Balance: This is an exempt position with work expectation of 40 hours per week or greater and 12 months per year, including night and weekend requirements depending on the beginning and ending of each term. It is understood that the demands of the Director of Online Learning position will require more than eight (8) hours a day or forty (40) hours per work week. This position may qualify for the telecommute pilot program, which allows employees the opportunity to telecommute for up to 20% of the work week.

LTCC provides a generous leave package including 17 paid holidays per year plus 18 days vacation (with the potential to reach 24 days through years of service) and 12 days sick leave per year. Furthermore, LTCC has made a commitment to full closures during holiday breaks and several weekends adjoining holidays to provide employees the ability to take advantage of holiday and vacation usage.

LTCC’s Commitment to Diversity
Our ideal candidate will share and participate in LTCC’s commitment to the values of diversity and equity while serving its ethnically and socioeconomically diverse student population. Lake Tahoe Community College is designated as a Hispanic-Serving Institution, reflecting the surrounding California and Nevada area.

Definition:
Under the general supervision of the Vice President of Academic Affairs, this position serves as champion, leader, and guide for online learning for Lake Tahoe Community College (LTCC) students and faculty.

The Director of Online Learning will assist the College in its ongoing development and support of distance education (DE). The position will implement and support quality instruction, innovative use of instructional technology, and cohesive services to support online students. The position will support online students via coordination with existing student services; by supporting faculty and staff professional development; and by collaborating with faculty and staff in the design and implementation of the College’s distance education plan, policies, and procedures.

Representative Duties:
Ensures DE compliance with the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC) standards for DE, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), licensing and copyright regulations, copyright and intellectual property rights, Title V requirements for DE, State Authorization agreements, and the U.S. Department of Education regulations for DE.

Ensures quality and enhancements of DE instruction and services in coordination with the faculty professional development efforts; develops and maintains an ongoing schedule of professional development activities and events for DE faculty; works collegially with the Distance Education Committee/Academic Senate/Faculty Chair of Teaching and Learning/online faculty in developing effective DE standards in designing and teaching workshops, training sessions, and seminars; and creates manuals, policies, procedures and guidelines on the use of learning and instructional technologies.

Assists in the design, implementation, and coordination of the DE program at LTCC, with a specific emphasis on the development and implementation of on-line support in coordination with existing student services.

Supports evaluation of DE requests and distributes DE data received from discipline deans and the Institutional Effectiveness Office and other data: strategic enrollment data, sections, distribution, growth, student enrollment, student success and persistence, and student and program learning outcomes data.

Provides guidance for the DE Committee and works in collaboration with various faculty committees to promote improvement of online learning; promotes the assessment of student outcomes in order to determine the effectiveness of distance education.

Works cross-functionally to promote effectiveness and productivity of DE support services; coordinates with enrollment services and the Institutional Effectiveness team to utilize the tools available in Colleague to best support online students and improve help desk functions and self-service options; works effectively and efficiently with technical, clerical, and administrative staff in delivering support for distance learning.

Leads the institution in its partnership with the California Virtual Campus (CVC); ensures the accuracy in conjunction with IT staff of data uploads to the system; participates in CVC consortium meetings; works with IT staff and enrollment services staff to facilitate and maintain LTCC’s participation in the CVC exchange.

Works with the Director of Marketing and Communications and the Instruction Office to develop and maintain the DE webpage and other informational pages/systems; ensures accuracy and currency of published information on DE, including class schedule, LTCC website, and catalog; ensures access to support services for DE students and to resources for DE faculty; coordinates the communication of information regarding technical upgrades and availability.

Develops and periodically reviews the DE Plan (Short- and Long-Term Goals) for DE degree and certificate targets and enrollment, student success, and faculty development; works with Institutional Effectiveness to prepare an annual report on DE activity to the Chancellor’s Office and Board of Trustees.

Coordinates the development, review, revision, and recommendation of district Board policies and administrative procedures relevant to DE; works in collaboration with Institutional Effectiveness to compile, format, and prepare statistical, demographic, financial, and other data for a variety of regular and special reports; and presents information on the distance education program to campus leadership, participatory governance groups, and the Board of Trustees.

Helps develop, manage, and oversee the DE budget; monitors expenditures and funding availability; administers contracts with vendors related to the distance education program; prepares DE requests for faculty training and supplemental technology.

Through the strategic use of institutional data and participation in Program Review, assesses the effectiveness of DE planning, makes recommendations for sustained continuous quality improvement in DE, develops strategies to promote college-wide dialogue and participation in the integrated planning process for growth in DE, and identifies trends that reveal institutional and student needs in DE.

Ensures that DE Addenda are up-to-date and compliant, tracks the inventory of all approved DE courses, and brings to the Academic Senate and other governance groups policy/procedure updates.

Serves as the project lead for the CVC to meet Chancellor’s Office standards for ongoing inclusion in CVC, and coordinates Peer Online Course Review (POCR) training, POCR-training faculty, and a system and cycle of POCR for all online courses, ensuring that state policies, procedures, and Consortium Agreement requirements are being met by LTCC’s local POCR team and processes.

Supports web-enhanced, hybrid, EVE, and online courses by maintaining a repository of course shells, providing access to those shells, and working with IT to create shells through the Learning Management System every term as appropriate. Manages the administration of the Learning Management System (LMS), LMS upgrades, maintenance, troubleshooting, LMS technical support (for students, faculty, and staff), and integration of the LMS with other college systems.

Collaborates with academic leadership to continuously develop policies and processes for learning strategies to meet LTCC’s strategic goals and improve the quality of online courses by establishing measurable outcomes.

Provides guidance and support to faculty in applying course design standards in content presentation, interaction, assessment, and accessibility; remains aware of all emerging instructional technologies and makes recommendations about system adoptions. Is proactive in communicating and reviewing online issues and courses with faculty.

Develops and/or provides guidance to faculty in developing support materials and media (audio, video, photos, graphics, etc.) for courses based on curriculum and course design guidelines or information provided by or in consultation with subject matter experts, including the Faculty Chair of Teaching and Learning.

Develops and presents workshops, tutorials, and training on the LMS, course design, accessibility, multimedia technologies, and other instructional technologies for faculty, students, and staff. This includes helping instructors make the most of campus technologies for enhanced learning purposes. Develops a system to track faculty training in online pedagogy.

Coordinates with faculty and staff in providing online learning orientation and training for students to prepare them to be successful in online learning. Works with, directs students to, and helps maintain the online learner mini-course (“Student Onboarding for Online Learners”) and other tools to develop well-prepared online learners.

Promotes, engages, and supports faculty in integrating OER and/or zero or low-cost textbooks and other instructional materials into online and web-enhanced courses.

Other Duties:
Perform related duties as assigned.

Education and Experience
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