Director of Education: Lead Academic Excellence

YTI Career Institute; Springettsbury Township (York County); On-site; USD 68,000 - 83,000; Full time

Job summary

YTI Career Institute, a trade school with campuses across PA, CT, and MA, seeks a Director of Education to lead academic strategy, oversee instructional quality, and ensure regulatory compliance across programs.

The role focuses on faculty leadership, curriculum development, student success initiatives, and strong collaboration with Admissions, Student Services, and Compliance teams to drive outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required
• Minimum 3 years of supervisory/leadership experience
• Minimum 3 years of teaching experience
• Strong knowledge of academic policies and student progress monitoring
• Experience supporting accreditation, compliance, or regulatory standards
• Strong leadership, organizational, and decision-making skills
• Excellent communication, coaching, and conflict-resolution abilities
• Proficiency with LMS, SIS, and standard office software

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership and day-to-day oversight of academic programs, instructional staff, curriculum, and education operations in partnership with the Campus Director and Program Coordinators
• Lead faculty recruitment, onboarding, mentoring, training, evaluation, observations, and professional development while fostering a collaborative, student-centered learning environment
• Ensure curriculum, instruction, and instructional methodologies align with institutional goals, industry standards, workforce needs, accreditation requirements, and regulatory standards
• Oversee curriculum development, program updates, courseware, Program Management Plans, and continuous improvement initiatives to support instructional quality and student outcomes
• Monitor student academic progress, attendance, SAP status, retention, completion, graduation, and satisfaction outcomes; coordinate at-risk student interventions, Academic Plans, academic recovery, re-enrollment, and student success initiatives
• Serve as the campus coordinator for retention and student success, facilitating retention meetings, maintaining action plans, monitoring intervention effectiveness, and communicating trends and recommendations to campus leadership
• Partner with Admissions, Student Services, Career Services, Program Coordinators, and other campus departments to support student onboarding, engagement, persistence, completion, re-entry, and overall student success
• Oversee academic policies and processes related to grading, attendance, SAP, academic standing, student conduct, and other academic requirements while ensuring appropriate documentation and follow-up
• Oversee academic scheduling, calendars, classroom and laboratory utilization, instructor coverage, instructional staffing plans, and related budget considerations
• Support accreditation, regulatory, and institutional compliance efforts, including preparation for audits and accreditation visits and maintenance of required academic, faculty, and student success documentation
• Monitor academic and student success data, generate required reports through SAP and Learning Management Systems, and use data to identify trends, inform resource allocation, and drive continuous improvement
• Support New Student Orientation, graduation ceremonies, student recognition events, Program Advisory Committee meetings, and other campus engagement activities
• Represent the campus within the external academic and professional community and collaborate across departments to advance institutional and student success goals

Skills

Leadership

Curriculum design

Instructional best practices

Accreditation

Compliance

LMS

SIS

Communication

Coaching

Conflict resolution

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

LMS

SIS

Job description

YTI Career Institute, a trade school with campuses across PA, CT, and MA, seeks a Director of Education to lead academic strategy, oversee instructional quality, and ensure regulatory compliance across programs.

The role focuses on faculty leadership, curriculum development, student success initiatives, and strong collaboration with Admissions, Student Services, and Compliance teams to drive outcomes.