Director of information and Technology Programs

The Director of Information Technology serves as a faculty leader and faculty member with administrative oversight for the Information Technology (IT) programs on a variety of student, faculty, budget, planning, and personnel issues found within the Professional & Technical Division.  The Director is responsible for supervising all IT degree and certificate programs.  Administrative oversight includes the coordination and development of long and short-term planning for IT program offerings, course scheduling, evaluating and giving feedback to full-time and adjunct faculty on instructional performance, development of professional development initiatives, as well as institutional policy and procedures.  As a faculty member, the Director performs the instructional and reporting expectations of faculty including appropriate course loads and additional responsibilities.  These additional responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Serve as the Director of Information Technology
• Teach a class load as noted appropriate for academic Directors in the Faculty Schedules and Workload Policy 
• Provide coordination, oversight, leadership and day-to-day supervision and operation of the Information Technology department
• Provide leadership to and promote collaboration among full-time and adjunct department   faculty
• Set a climate for positive attitudes, growth and expectations among faculty by supporting the goals and objectives of the college and division
• Serve as a mentor to the department’s full-time and adjunct faculty in establishing key goals and objectives 
• Coordinate the annual program operating budget and track expenditures in operational areas 
• Recruit, hire and orient credentialed faculty members
• Accurately maintain all required college records/reports
• Assist in developing new programs within the department
• Participate in department, division and college-wide advising activities, including training sessions
• Participate in professional development activities
• Promote Brunswick Community College, the division, and the departments supervised
• Contribute to curriculum development, program review, and assessments
• Schedule, organize, and maintain departmental advisory committees when appropriate
• Finalize spring, summer and fall semester schedules for their respective departments
• Evaluate the performance of every full-time and adjunct faculty member in the department annually
• Review and choose textbooks, reference materials, software, etc. in collaboration with faculty
• Participate in meetings with the Dean, Administration, community members and serve on committees
• Adhere to the departmental course guidelines and ensure content is SACSCOC compliant
• Maintain safe and fully equipped classroom facilities by reporting issues to appropriate departments
• Foster a student-success-centered environment in their departments that supports the College’s Mission, Goals, and Core Values
• Serve as a mentor, advisor, evaluator, and instructor for our students
• Be accessible to assist staff, students and department faculty as needed
• Perform other duties as assigned
• With those additional responsibilities, faculty members designated as Directors should expect that their workload will also exceed that of nine-month, full-time faculty members.   In recognition of those additional responsibilities as Director, they will be paid a stipend of $100 per month effective immediately upon being hired to that position. This position contract length will a ten-month position. 

• Read, analyze, and interpret both verbal and written communications; Respond coherently, both verbally and in writing, to students, co-workers, and individuals having contact with the college;
• Present information effectively to top management, public groups, and/or boards of directors;
• Define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions;
• Implement innovative instructional technology across the Professional & Technical curricula. 
• Review, update and implement revised or new curriculum as needed in the programs supervised.