Director Of Distance Education

Description:

Salus University, founded as the Pennsylvania College of Optometry in 1919, today is a diversified, globally recognized professional academic center of learning that offers a wide range of degree programs in the professions of Optometry, Audiology, Physician Assistant, Public Health, Education and Rehabilitation for the Blind and Visually Impaired, Biomedicine, Occupational Therapy, Speech-Language Pathology, and Orthotics and Prosthetics. Salus operates four clinical facilities in the Philadelphia area that provide highly specialized vision, hearing and balance, and speech-language pathology services. The University has more than 1,100 students, including PhD candidates, and more than 12,500 alumni worldwide. For more information, please visit www.salus.edu.

Salus University's Osborne College of Audiology is seeking a skilled professional to fill the full-time administrative position - Director of Distance Education (Audiology).

The primary function of this position is to develop and direct the College of Audiology's Distance Education (DE) programs.

As a full-time administrator, the selected individual will participate in college activities related to Distance Education programs. Other duties include (but are not limited to):

• National and international educational and needs assessment;
• Develop, design, obtain approval and implement all DE academic programs;
• Exploration of all national and international professional relationships and alliances with potential strategic and financial partners;
• Design and develop online programs for post-professional degrees, certificate programs, and workshops including curriculum, syllabi, and learning objectives; and submission to the University for approval;
• Worldwide recruitment;
  • Training and monitoring of DE faculty;
  • Advising and coordination of online students;
  • Creation of, and updates to, online program pro forma;
• Marketing, advertising and management of DE programs to include DE courses and faculty performance evaluations and assessments.

This position will work on campus (Elkins Park, PA) and will also be required to travel (both national and international) to support development of new programs, the marketing of programs, student recruitment and participating in convention exhibits.

Education Requirements:

• Doctoral degree in audiology or related field

Experience, Skills and Other Requirements:

• At least five (5) years' experience in academic setting to specifically include academic administration
• Excellent computer skills
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Knowledge of the current state of worldwide audiology education and vision for the desirable future of audiology education

Other Desirable Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Clinical skills in Hearing aid Technologies/Cochlear Implants/Vestibular & Balance Disorders.
• Positive attitude and negotiation skills to understand and proactively resolve conflicts which may develop in the process of striving to achieve the goals as specified for the distance education programs.
• Experience in distance education programs including:
  • Market research
  • Program development
  • Proforma program development
  • Curriculum development
  • Program approval process
  • Faculty recruitment, training and retention
  • Student recruitment and retention