Do you enjoy helping people learn, develop, and grow?

Are you looking for a position that offers flexibility and work/life balance while working with a diverse team of fellow Occupational Therapy professionals? Are you ready to work in a collaborative environment helping to shape the Occupational Therapy Assistants of tomorrow?

Unitek Learning is looking for an OT/OTA for the role of Fieldwork Coordinator on our campus located in Albuquerque New Mexico. Just 45 minutes form beautiful Santa Fe, you will find spectacular weather with an average of 310 days of sunshine, mountain views and low humidity.

Relocation assistance will be provided.

Qualified candidates may be eligible for a sign bonus.

The Program Director is directly responsible for the oversight of the academic programs in their specialty including the activities that relate to the student experience and student success. Program Directors are responsible for ensuring full program compliance with the State Department of Education and all regulatory bodies, institutional and programmatic. These responsibilities require leadership in both the academic quality and workforce areas and include meeting student retention goals; directing and participating in educational planning: program organization; staffing, training and
supervision of fulltime, part-time, and adjunct faculty; evaluating program faculty and student performance; motivating and advising students; developing and maintaining the program budget and generating program reports at the institutional level, as needed. The position is responsible for ensuring that information is disseminated to lead faculty
and faculty for the program. This position is also required to serve as faculty member in their department, while also performing administrative oversight of the program

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Teach course(s) in a term(s). Once the program reaches 75 students, program directors do not teach and

move to a fully administrative role. Sufficient release time will be given to ensure that the needs of the program
are being met.

• Manage and administer the program, including planning, evaluation, budgeting, selection of faculty and staff,

and maintenance of accreditation and commitment to strategies for professional development.

• Conduct and maintain all faculty course observations and perform the feedback to the faculty member within

48 hours of completion. All new hire faculty must have an observation within the first 30 days of instruction and
continuing faculty must have an observation each quarter.

• Selection of lead faculty the program which includes performance management, hiring, performance

evaluations and disciplinary actions.

• Create and maintain all faculty accreditation files in accordance with all state, federal and regulatory agency

requirements.

• Determine, establish, and implement program goals. This includes working with each campus lead faculty in

publishing the Program Effectiveness Plan on a bi-annual basis with all outcomes and revision of all action
plans. Communication of all outcomes at the campus quarterly meeting is required by the Program Director
and lead faculty.

• Maintain the standardization and congruency of the curriculum.
• Maintain student grades and attendance in accordance with established polices. Ensure the program lead

faculty and all other faculty in the department have final grades prepared each term in accordance with
established policies and timelines.

• Review student success rates by class to develop and implement plans to reduce student attrition and fail

rates. Meet with students to encourage and motivate them to complete their educational goals. In campuses
where program leads are overseeing the program, follow up to ensure that all meetings have occurred, and
policies and procedures are being adhered to.

• Collaborate with other college leadership staff to achieve desired organizational results in areas of customer

satisfaction, student retention, staff retention, graduation rates and satisfactory student progress.

• Provide quality student services by ensuring proper and timely orientation, and advising and documenting

students on academic issues, including hybrid students where applicable.

• Maintain copies of current curriculum for the program, including course objectives, syllabi and daily lesson

plans for each course. Ensure all updates to the curriculum are have been communicated to all lead faculty
and all accreditation files, electronic and hard copy have been updated.

• Maintain and manage a sufficient inventory of program equipment and supplies in an Excel spreadsheet.
• Prepare requests for equipment and supplies and enter orders in the ReqLogic system while maintaining the

departmental budget.

• Participate in curriculum review meetings.
• Facilitate monthly programmatic faculty meetings, this includes publishing an agenda and minutes.
• Monitor and maintain suitable textbook, supply, instructor’s material, and equipment inventory for program that

are within those required/approved for the program.

• Establish a program advisory board that fulfills the accreditation requirement for the program and meets at

least annually, this includes publishing an agenda and minutes. Minutes should be reviewed at the curriculum
review committee meeting to ensure that the advisory board suggestions are being incorporated into the
consideration of all updates.

• Maintain records, reports, examinations, data and all other program specific items as required by the College,

accreditation, or governmental agencies.

• This position possesses direct responsibility for meeting all programmatic accreditation regulations and

submitting required accreditation documentation accurately and on time and to the appropriate personnel.

• Prepare accreditation reports as required by the program and institution.
• Notify programmatic accrediting agencies of all program changes, expected and unexpected to ensure full

compliance. This includes coordinating renewals and updates as required by the accreditor.

• Monitor and maintain compliance with all applicable institutional, governmental and accreditation standards.
• Support all company initiatives by process and procedure as communicated.
• Adhere to all company policies and procedures.
• Complete other duties as assigned to meet the business needs of the organization so long as they do not

interfere with the management and administration of the program.

• This position may require up to 40% travel

• The program director must be an initially certified occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant

who is licensed or otherwise regulated according to regulations in the state(s) or jurisdiction(s) in which the
program is located.

• The program director must hold a minimum of a master’s degree awarded by an institution that is accredited

by a regional accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education (USDE). The master’s
degree is not limited to a master’s degree in occupational therapy. For degrees from institutions in countries
other than the United States, ACOTE will determine an alternative and equivalent external review process.

• The program director must have a minimum of 5 years of documented experience in the field of

occupational therapy. This experience must include:
o Clinical practice as an occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant.
o Administrative experience including, but not limited to, program planning and implementation,
personnel management, evaluation, and budgeting.
o Scholarship (e.g., scholarship of application, scholarship of teaching and learning).
o Understanding of and experience with occupational therapy assistants.
o At least 2 years of experience in a full-time academic appointment with teaching responsibilities
at the postsecondary level.

Preferred minimum of one (1) year of management and/or educational leadership experience preferred.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The Program
Director must be able to communicate effectively with individuals at all levels of the organization and with third parties
regardless of their level of education or sophistication or socioeconomic, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds. Effective
interaction across departmental boundaries must be maintained.

Must have experience working with computer programs, including: Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and the ability
to work with designated Brookline College databases.

Experience with Moodle Learning Management system is preferred; however, experience with an LMS is required and
a level of comfortability in learning new technologies is a must.

Must have the ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment, be a proactive, creative problem solver, and display a
high level of objectivity and integrity.