Job Description
Summary: The Director of Curriculum and Assessment provide strategic leadership for the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of academic and non-academic assessment and curriculum processes that ensure quality, relevance, and accountability across all programs. The Director ensures that all curriculum and assessment practices support workforce readiness, licensure and certification success, equitable student achievement, and compliance with accreditation and regulatory agency standards.
This position advances a culture of evidence-based improvement and innovation, ensuring that educational programs remain responsive to employer and industry needs while promoting equitable student learning outcomes.
Compensation: $85,000-100,000/annually
Essential Duties and Responsibilities: - Lead the development and implementation of institution-wide, equity-minded assessment processes for academic and non-academic programs.
- Ensure that outcomes assessment promotes continuous improvement in learning, workforce readiness, and student support services.
- Oversee the design, review, and maintenance of curriculum to ensure alignment with institutional goals, industry standards, licensure requirements, and accreditation expectations.
- Support academic departments in aligning Institutional, program, and course learning outcomes (ILOs, PLOs, CLOs).
- Ensure integration with program review and institutional planning processes.
- Coordinate the collection and analysis of assessment data-including disaggregated student achievement and employment outcomes-to identify achievement gaps, improve instruction, and enhance graduate employability.
- Maintain comprehensive documentation for internal review and external accreditation reporting.
- Lead the program review process to ensure decisions about program continuous improvement, and resource allocation are based on assessment evidence, student learning data, and workforce outcomes.
- Ensure that curriculum and assessment practices comply with accreditation standards, certification examination expectations, and state and federal regulations.
- Identify, implement, and maintain digital tools and systems that support efficient tracking and analysis of curriculum and assessment data.
- Promote ethical and effective use of technology, including learning management systems, student information systems, AI-informed data tools, and human resources platforms.
- Promote a culture of continuous improvement and accountability.
- Facilitate faculty and staff training in assessment design, use of results for improvement, and equity-centered instructional practices.
- Collaborate with advisory boards, employers, and industry partners to ensure that curriculum remains current with workforce trends, and that assessment measures reflect job-ready competencies.
- Incorporate employer feedback and licensure of exam performance into ongoing program evaluation.
- Manage textbook, instructional resources, and equipment selection and approval processes, ensuring alignment with curriculum goals, accreditation requirements, and continuous improvement standards.
- Stay current on emerging trends in curriculum development, accreditation, equity-minded assessment, and career education innovation.
- Perform other duties as assigned including additional responsibilities that support institutional effectiveness, accreditation, and student success initiatives.
Supervisory Responsibilities: Directly supervises Curriculum Specialists in the Academic Affairs Department. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; and addressing complaints and resolving problems.
Competency: To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:
Core Competencies: Adaptability - Responds to change with a willingness and ability to learn new ways of working. Adapts approach and demeanor in real time to match the shifting demands of different situations.
Communication - Develops and delivers communication that conveys a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences. Listens to others and allows them to make their point.
Integrity & Ethics - Demonstrates personal integrity; serves as a positive example of why others should trust the motives of the organization; views self as a reflection of the organization by following through on commitments and accepting ownership of mistakes; treats people with respect; keeps commitments; inspires the trust of others and upholds organizational values.
Organization Support - Supports the organization's goals and values. Is keenly aware of the time frame in which tasks or projects need to be completed; accepts and mirrors the level of urgency conveyed by the manager or customer being served; prioritizes the needs of the organization or its customers. Fosters collaboration and teamwork across the Institution.
Professionalism - Approaches others in a tactful manner; reacts well under pressure; treats others with respect and consideration regardless of their status or position; accepts responsibility for own actions; follows through on commitments.
Job Competencies: Change Management - Develops workable implementation plans; builds commitment and overcomes resistance; prepares and supports those affected by change; monitors transition and evaluates results.
Deliver Results - Consistently achieves results within established timelines and shows resilience when faced with obstacles.
Leadership - Inspires and motivates others to perform well; effectively influences actions and opinions of others; accepts and provides feedback from others; gives appropriate recognition to others; able to build morale and group commitment to goals and objectives.
Relationship Building/Networking - Builds rapport and develops alliances with a broad range of people. Effectively builds both formal and informal networks within and outside the organization.
Training & Development - Ensures staff members receive orientation, training, and development opportunities to maximize success in their assignments; views training and development as an investment in employees and uses mentoring, cross-functional assignments, job rotation, or other on-the-job learning opportunities to enhance the depth and breadth of skills and experience; encourages self-development opportunities.
Minimum Qualifications - Master's degree from a regionally accredited institution in education, curriculum and instruction, higher education leadership, or a related field.
- Minimum of five (5) years of experience in postsecondary education, including curriculum design, program assessment, and/or institutional effectiveness.
- Demonstrated experience with institutional and programmatic accreditation or equivalent higher education accreditation processes.
- Proven ability to collect, analyze, and apply assessment and labor-market data to improve student learning, completion, and placement outcomes.
- Experience leading cross-departmental initiatives and facilitating collaboration among academic, student services, and operational units.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities - Comprehensive understanding of curriculum development, learning outcomes assessment, and program review within an ACCJC-accredited institution.
- Knowledge of career and technical education (CTE) program design and workforce credentialing.
- Strong analytical and data visualization skills; ability to interpret assessment and labor market data for decision-making.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present complex data clearly to faculty, administrators, and external stakeholders.
- Leadership ability to promote collaboration, accountability, and a culture of continuous improvement.
- Competence with educational technologies, LMS platforms, and digital assessment tools.
- Commitment to equity, inclusion, and student-centered learning practices.
Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk and hear. The employee is frequently required to walk. The employee is occasionally required to stand, climb, or balance, and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions and outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
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