Manager, Instructional Development Support Position #011902

Applications accepted ONLINE ONLY at www.ksbe.edu/careers 

Kamehameha Schools has a Manager, Instructional Development Support (ISC) position available at the KS Kapālama Campus on O'ahu. Deadline to apply: 8/08/2011.

Education:

Masters Degree in Educational technology, Curriculum & Instructional, Communications, Distance Learning or closely related field.

In lieu of a Masters, a Bachelors with seven or more years of directly related experience with a minimum of 3 years in a supervisory role.

Minimum Requirements:

• More than 5 years related work experience to include working in a distance learning setting and at least three years of administrative, supervisory and/or curriculum development project management experience.
• Demonstrated competence in Windows and Mac operating systems and core MS Office (i.e. Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, SharePoint) and Adobe Creative Suite applications (Dreamweaver, Flash, Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, Acrobat).
• Experience in managing instructional (including distance learning) curriculum development projects, which include developing timelines, budgets and contracts.
• Supervisory experience with competencies in mentoring, coaching and training numerous educational staff.
• Extensive experience in instructional design, training, designing and developing culturally appropriate materials for a variety of age groups with diverse learning and teaching styles.
• Extensive experience in developing interactive multimedia online curriculum via learning management systems (e.g. Blackboard, Pearson, Sakai, etc.) using appropriate tools for student learning.
• Experience in managing cross-functional creative specialists (e.g. instructional designers, multimedia developers, graphic designers and learning resource specialists).
• Experience in the development and administration of Web sites.
• Demonstrated project management experience for high-risk projects.
• Extensive background in teaching various age groups with diverse learning styles, distance learning, instructional design including online and Web-based environments.

Visit our Careers website (www.ksbe.edu/careers) to view the full job requirements and to APPLY ONLINE.

Duties:

• Plans, manages, and oversees the daily operations of the Instructional Development Support Department, supervising direct reports, managing creative cross-functional work teams, sustaining and growing internal KS collaborations, and ensuring high quality service and response to KS staff and learner needs within the constraints of scope, cost, quality, time and stakeholder expectations.
• Supervising full and part-time direct reports and providing counseling, guidance and regular work performance feedback.
• Planning and overseeing training and support for departmental staff in alignment with national standards and researched best practices and ensure long-range planning for professional development.
• Managing the ISC-Development Support budget and assisting the Director with the Division budget.
• Keeping abreast of the rapidly changing field of emerging technologies and distance learning for continual improvement and to position ISC on the leading edge in the delivery of instructional resources and curriculum.
• Assisting in implementing KS-wide needs assessment and research activities that leads to the establishment of benchmarks and best practices for hybrid and online learning.
• Facilitates and runs meetings, documents results, tracks issues and ensures resolution.

Visit our Careers website (www.ksbe.edu/careers) to view the full job requirements and to APPLY ONLINE.

HOW TO APPLY:

Interested applicants must apply online. Visit our website at http://www.ksbe.edu/careers & search Requisition Number 011902 for full job description, & to apply for this position. *Sorry, no resumes accepted via email, mail or fax.