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Director of Education
PA - Pittsburgh
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Opportunity Overview

You know that education has always offered a rewarding career path -- and now more than ever it is an industry on the move. Not many industries can claim to have escaped the current recession, but education continues to thrive -- and enjoy the backing of the current administration in Washington, DC.

The opportunity presented here is to keep your career moving forward by joining a successful organization at an exciting time in its history.

Corinthian Colleges, Inc. is a young and dynamic organization that has quickly grown to become one of North America's largest post secondary education companies. CCi operates more than 100 campuses across the continent as well as a rapidly growing online education division. Our focus is on quality instruction and we have invested millions of dollars in recent years to upgrade our facilities, creating state-of-the-art learning centers.

Position Details

As our Director of Education, you will be responsible for implementing an educational program appropriate to the mission of the Institution and for maintaining educational standards that will ensure the needs of the college and its constituents are met by the delivery of educational programs offered. In addition, you will:
  • Maintain an acceptable retention rate of students in accordance with college, accreditation and corporate guidelines.
  • Direct the development of curriculum; scheduling of course offerings; maintaining sufficient academic supplies; ensuring adequate space for classes and for recruiting, supervising and training of faculty and academic staff.
  • Evaluate and resolve student inquiries, issues, and problems, and ensure appropriate action is taken.
Specifically, you will:
  • Be responsible for recruitment, selection, orientation, supervision, development, and evaluation of faculty. This includes training, career advancement opportunities, and developing departmental goals and measurements to ensure efficient and effective departmental performance.
  • Schedule faculty in accordance with their degrees, experience and accreditation standards.
  • Manage faculty, including classroom visitations for faculty evaluations, counseling the faculty, coordinating teaching schedules, enforcement of policy and procedures of the Institution and the Company
  • Ensure there are adequate faculty, course offerings and facilities to accommodate the needs of the students.
  • Ensure that overall student satisfaction levels are at 85% or greater.
  • Develop and manage annual budget for the organization and perform periodic cost and productivity analyses to ensure sound fiscal management.
  • Partner with Admissions, Placement, and Financial to resolve problems and concerns regarding attendance issues including retention and attrition
  • Coordinate the development of programs of study, course descriptions, class schedules, syllabus for each class, selection and timely acquisition of textbooks and related academic equipment and supplies.
  • Develop and implement strategic and program plans, to include distance education programs.
  • Oversee the administration of the Library and the Library budget.
  • Assist in the planning and implementation of the graduation ceremony.
  • Responsible for implementation of the Retention Plan and oversee retention of students within the programs, meeting retention rate
  • Assist in all accreditation processes and applications, including coordination of accreditation visits.
  • Ensure that all educational activity is conducted in a legal and ethical manner.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree
  • Experience (minimum 2 to 5 years) managing an education department at a post-secondary institution.

We are an equal opportunity employer. EOE M/F/D/V
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