Program Director, Cardiac Sonography

Essential Job Duties

• Responsible for all aspects of the Cardiac Sonography program, including the organization, administration, continuous improvement, planning, development, and general effectiveness of the program and the program budget.
• Participates in faculty hiring decisions and facilitates faculty meetings per institutional requirements.
• Administers and leads Program Advisory Committee meetings.
• Maintains Cardiac Sonography program accreditation, including compiling accreditation reports. Develops and maintains a productive relationship with program accreditors.
• Facilitates a student assessment and program evaluation program to determine the effectiveness of instruction and student achievement. Remains current with developments in the scholarship of teaching. Uses the latest supportive instructional technology and alternative delivery methods
• Maintains knowledge of current industry trends by attending conferences, joining professional organizations, and performing related tasks. Gains and maintains required professional certifications.
• Prepares for assigned classes, including developing course syllabi in Canvas; organizing and maintaining classroom and lab to facilitate learning; works with area healthcare organizations to deliver instruction at those sites; maintains and updates existing course curriculum to meet required accreditation standards.
• Performs institutional requirements, including participating in events and meetings as required; orienting new instructors; and planning events to assist in advertising the College.
• Assures faculty and agency preceptors are included in ongoing program planning and evaluation, per accreditation standards.
• Encourages student inclusion and engagement by incorporating student correspondence, student assistance/remediation with coursework, and student involvement in the course and program planning.
• Mediates student grievances/complaints at the program level.
• Works collaboratively with internal and external partners to recruit students. Markets the Surgical Technologist program and participates in planning for expansion of the student pool.
• Performs other related duties and non-instructional activities as assigned.
• Serve on institutional committees as needed.
• Do faculty evaluations within prescribed guidelines.
• Perform departmental and divisional responsibilities.

Required Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• A Bachelors Degree and equivalent work experience in Cardiac Sonography.
• Five years of relevant experience.
• Possess a credential in the field of Advanced Cardiac Sonography (ACS)
• Willingness to teach or learn to teach online.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to plan, organize, and implement responsibilities effectively.
• Ability to establish and maintain positive working relationships with students, other professionals, staff, and the public.

Preferred Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Two years of teaching experience in a higher education environment preferred.
• Curriculum development and instruction
• Experience in Cardiac Sonography accreditation procedures
• Experience with assessment of student learning outcomes
• Experience with distance learning and alternate instructional delivery systems
• Knowledge of a learning management system (such as Canvas)
• Masters degree in a Health-Related field of study from a regionally accredited college/university

Equipment/Software

• Information Technology Abilities required:
  • Ability to operate a personal computer using the Windows environment.
  • Ability to understand operating a personal computer within the Crowder College Network environment.
  • Ability to use E-mail.
  • Ability to perform primary student database (Jenzabar) functions.
  • Ability to perform basic word processing using MS Word.
  • Ability to perform essential spreadsheet functions using MS Excel
  • Ability to perform introductory presentation functions using MS PowerPoint
  • Ability to use Canvas

Positions Supervised

• Cardiac Sonography Clinical Coordinator
• Cardiac Sonography Full-time and Adjunct Instructors

Working Environment

• Generally, indoors in a typical office/classroom/lab environment with moderate exposure to temperature changes, noise, dust, and chemicals.
• Normal college working hours, but adjustment of hours involving evening and weekend work may be required from time to time.
• The work environment characteristics described here represent those an employee encounters while performing this job's essential functions. Reasonable accommodations may enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• A neat appearance and appropriate businesslike apparel are required.

Physical

• Requires daily mobility within the campus and various sites, light lifting, and physical activities.
• Input, access, and distribute information using computers.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, or crouch; and talk or hear. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

Creative and Analytical Skills

• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to devise or modify methods or processes to solve specific problems.
• Ability to plan, develop and implement the necessary curriculum.

Language/Communication Skills

• Ability to communicate effectively with various people, including staff, students, and the general public, in written and oral mediums.
• Ability to positively interact with a broad range of people both on and off-campus.