Academic Manager

Westover Job Corps Ctr; Chicopee (MA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Westover Job Corps Center seeks an Academic Manager to lead the academic staff and ensure rigorous, compliant instruction for all students. The role collaborates with the Career Technical Manager to deliver applied academics and maintains program standards.

The position involves budgeting, staff supervision, and monthly classroom observations to drive student progress and program effectiveness. Strong leadership and organizational skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in education from a four-year college or university.
• Experience in education administration and staff supervision.
• Proficiency with MS Office applications: Word, PowerPoint, Excel.

Responsibilities

• Directs staff engaged in providing academic training for students.
• Ensures curriculum meets DOL, PRH, Center and Serrato standards.
• Observes instructors and conducts monthly evaluations of classes.
• Prepares and controls department budget with the Career Development Director.
• Coordinates with Career Technical Manager to provide applied academics.

Skills

Staff supervision

Curriculum evaluation

Budget management

Training

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in education

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Academic Manager Primary Position Objectives Directs staff engaged in

providing academic training for all students and ensures departmental

programs and standards meet all DOL, PRH, Center and Serrato Corporation

requirements. Ensures that all classroom instruction is rigorous and

relevant. Collaborates with Career Technical Manager to provide applied

academics in the academic program. Brief Description of Duties Ensures

approved curriculum is being taught; evaluates curriculum and recommends

changes as needed. Trains, assigns, and supervises the academic program.

Supervises teaching in classroom and completes monthly observations of

each instructor, reviews with instructor and behavior of each class.

Prepares and controls budget in cooperation with the Career Development

Director. Ensures an adequate supply of materials is on hand. Sets

monthly production expectations (e.g. \# of leaning gains and GEDs/HSDs,
\# of Driver Licenses) for each instructor; reviews attainment; develops

corrective action plans as needed. Ensures proper records on students'

progress, attendance, etc., are kept by instructors. Acquaints staff

with their functional working relationships and ensures staff carry them

out. Helps instructors solve problems with students' control and

discipline. Recommends the hiring and retention of certified instructors

to the Career Development Director. Makes provision for adjustment of

class sizes to increase utilization of staff members or to cover

vacationing or absent staff members. Works toward meeting performance

management goals. Follows CDSS plan and Code of Conduct system daily.

Ensures that the PCDP is used in a timely, continual, and effective

manner to help support students. Conducts monthly audits (10%) of

teacher prepared SPERs to include timeliness and adequacy of goals;
audits testing records and procedures. Conducts monthly reconciliation

of OMS20 and CTTRC20 with CIS and center records; initiates corrections

as necessary. Conducts monthly audits of student progress, student

absences and negative indecent reports to determine staff training

needs. Coordinates center's academic advisory council. Contributes to

the development of the center's annual career development services

system (CDCC) plan and SOPS/DOPS as needed. Complies with all DOL

guidelines, OFCCP regulations, Job Corps notices and bulletins, and

Center policies and procedures. Assists with graduation exercises.

Qualifications To perform this job successfully, an individual must be

able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Ability to read,

analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional

journals, technical procedures, or government regulation. Ability to

write reports, business correspondence, and procedural manuals. Ability

to effectively present information and respond to questions from peers,

groups of managers, students and the general public. Ability to work

with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical

inference. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages

ratios, and proportions to practical situations. Ability to define

problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw related conclusion.

Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instruction and

deal with several abstract and concrete variables. Proficiency with

advanced Microsoft Office applications including Word, Power Point and

Excel. Experience Minimum of one to two years related experience in

education. Education Bachelor's degree in education from a four-year

college or university and/or equivalent combination of education and

experience. Certificates/Licenses/Registration Valid State Driver's

License Certified to teach in state in which center is located (RO may

waive if center is unable to hire certified SEE THE SERRATO CORPORATION

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