Director, Surgical Technology Program - Kingman, United States - Mohave Community College

Description

Salary: $60, $78,325.00 Annually

Location : Lake Havasu City, AZ

Job Type: Full-time

Job Number:

Department: Surgical Technology Program

Opening Date: 04/08/2024

Closing Date: Continuous

About MCC:: Located about 100 miles southeast of Las Vegas, Nevada, Mohave Community College is a comprehensive community college serving Mohave County in the northwest portion of the State of Arizona and its neighboring communities in California, Nevada, and Utah. With over 13,000 students each year on campuses in Kingman, Lake Havasu City, Bullhead City, and Colorado City, and an extensive online education program, MCC's mission is to serve our communities, empowering students to succeed through innovative pathways and quality education.

Description

Start Spring 2025
Mohave Community College is currently looking for a proactive individual to lead the Surgical Technology Program. The ideal candidate should be enthusiastic about assisting students in their academic and professional development.

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What we'll love about you:

• Your record of excellence in leadership, working with others in the spirit of partnership, transparency and care to inspire action.
• Your unwavering commitment to the academic, emotional, and social development of all students.
• Your ability to build long-lasting, engaged, and collaborative relationships, paving the way for ongoing student success by fostering connections with outside entities, including K-12 school districts, community-based organizations, and employers.
• Your strong ethical orientation and ability to make discerning, evidence-based decisions.
• Your creative and inventive talents to develop engaging recruitment event experiences.
• Your ability to build effective and cohesive teams with a common commitment to and focus on student success.

What you'll love about us:

• We create the future by cultivating relentless curiosity in our students and each other to unlock new opportunities and break barriers. We take risks, adapt to oncoming challenges and opportunities, and engineer new ideas as we learn together from our mistakes and successes.
• We engage fearlessly, bringing passion and energy to our work by dreaming big, being bold, having fun, and fostering a caring environment. Celebrating each other and our results with enthusiasm makes our work meaningful and exciting.
• We build together. Our individual differences and backgrounds strengthen our teams, where we seek input and ensure every voice is heard. We amplify our impact when we empower each other to take ownership and work together toward common vision.
• We live authentically, being our best when we share information openly, create clarity, invite stakeholders to participate in decision-making, and communicate with utmost respect.
• We care We care about our students, our communities and each other, finding ways to actively engage and invest in the success of those we serve.

Typical Duties

This is a 12-month position with 20% teaching duties and 80% administrative duties. This exempt position may work non-traditional hours, including nights and weekends, with limited supervision.

Major Responsibility Areas (MRAs)

Program Direction: Ensures excellence in classroom and student development activities to facilitate student acquisition of the personal, interpersonal and professional/vocational skills needed to be effective in the vocation they have chosen to pursue.

• Develops curriculum, plans, and organizes program courses in coordination with the Dean of Health and Public Services and college personnel to ensure compliance with state curriculum.
• Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: ensuring that assigned classes are held as scheduled; planning each unit or lesson, both as to content and method, to make each class minute meaningful; organizing each course taught into an effective instrument of learning; studying and utilizing the characteristics of the students in assigned each class in order to facilitate the best teaching and learning situations; and maximizing the learning opportunities for each student.
• Obtains and maintains program accreditation, accreditation reports, self-studies, and site visits.
• Maintains acceptable certification pass rates of graduates.
• Communicates with program instructors to ensure students and course needs are met according to program requirements;
• Monitors classroom and online activities according to program requirements to ensure students are engaged and encouraged and assists in developing and maintaining both personal and professional development;
• Provides learning resources and teaching materials, including textbooks and educational software that are appropriate and pertinent to the program requirements to ensure quality education;
• Provides guidance and mentorship on innovative delivery of instruction;
• Reviews student evaluations for all instructors in programs within the area of responsibility;
• Holds regular and as needed department meetings with faculty to ensure communication and buy-in on key strategic initiatives within the academic program and college as a whole;
• Ensures program faculty recognize and address differences in learning abilities of diverse student populations;
• Completes instructional observations in alignment with Mohave Community College policy and procedure guidelines;
• Effectively teaches lecture, lab, and/or clinical courses as needed in the day, evening, or on weekends on any Mohave Community College campus or work site as required to meet the programmatic requirements;
• Ensures compliance with state and accreditor standards and regulations.
• Works with Campus Resource Center academic personnel and Dean of Health and Public Services to ensure compliance with state, national, programmatic and accreditor's standards and regulations;
• Leads development and management of Program Advisory Boards in alignment with Mohave Community College policy and procedure guidelines.
• Works closely with the Dean of Health and Public Services on the development of annual division budgets;
• Recommends textbooks and other instructional materials including classroom and laboratory equipment including, but not limited to: participating in the development of the College's library collection by selecting, evaluating, and vetting library resources in the assigned discipline;
• Prepares reports and statistical information regarding the activities of the program for the college administration, community and/or state/federal agencies as required;
• Adheres to college, federal and state administrative procedures, guidelines, initiatives and directives to ensure compliance with all relevant regulations affecting college operations. Performs other tasks of a similar nature or level as assigned.

Student Relations/Student Mentoring: Proactively manages and mentors students in their program(s) for learning outcomes and career progression. Implements student contact strategy to advise on academic progress and career opportunities. Proactively mentors students and effectively supports students at risk of attrition due to poor attendance, unsatisfactory academic progress or other at-risk indicators.

• Engages in timely intervention with at-risk students when early signs suggest students' lack of engagement; Interventions should be frequent, by email, phone, text, and in person meetings.
• Communicates to Dean of Health and Public Services and to students' advisor department, when students exhibit early warning signs (such as lack of attendance, not meeting competency level expected, low grades, missing assignments or instructor feedback).
• Regularly monitors student academic progress via the college's Learning Management
• System and communicates with program faculty;
• Promptly responds to emails from students and faculty;
• Ensures that faculty in program are responding to student questions and concerns in a timely fashion;
• Ensures that faculty in program are posting daily attendance and grades for assignments in a timely fashion;
• Monitors the amount of time instructors are allowing for students outside of classroom to address concerns;
• Advises instructors on best practices related to resolving student concerns and/or complaints;
• Coordinates student support activities with key stakeholders in other functional areas to connect students to appropriate resources to resolve personal and academic issues; Actively supports student placement activities through regular interaction with program support services personnel and networking with local employers;
• Assists with College registrations and recruitment and retention of students.

Campus and Community Involvement: Participates in campus and community professional activities and meetings in order to stay informed of current events that will foster professional growth.

• Reads current professional periodicals and keeps abreast of current developments in field(s) of expertise;
• Attends job-related seminars and workshops;
• Maintains memberships in professional organizations;
• Assists in securing community leaders, knowledgeable professionals and employees to serve on the Program Advisory Board in order to create and maintain a positive and visible image;
• Attends all faculty meetings, College assemblies, professional development, faculty in-service, orientation activities, and other meetings. Remains actively involved in the cocurricular activities of the College;
• Keeps active in the community and seeks ways to attract community, business, and other special interest leaders and people to visit the campuses across the institution.

Qualifications

Minimum:

• Certified Surgical Technologist
• Minimum of 5 years of experience either in operating room scrub role or as an instructor in surgical technology or a combination of both within the past 10 years.
• Possess an associate's degree or greater in surgical technology
• Possess proficiency in instructional methodology, curriculum design and program planning.

Didactic and/or clinical teaching experience, administrative experience and experience in instructional design and methodology strongly desired.

Core Competencies:

• Accountability (Intermediate Level) -Works effectively while not losing sight of quality standards. Takes personal responsibility for his own mistakes or those of the department. Takes responsibility for own behavior and the related results. Communicates clearly to stakeholders when deadlines and agreements cannot be fulfilled.
• Ethics and Integrity (Intermediate Level) -Demonstrates respect for all team members regardless of individual capabilities, agendas, opinions or needs. Directs others towards behavior based on accepted social and ethical codes. Limits information sharing to only those entitled to it. Takes responsibility for and is transparent in his/her own actions.
• Innovation and Creative Thinking (Intermediate Level) -Takes "smart" risks including trying new and different ways to get the job done. unique ideas. Integrates input and ideas from different sources to share information and or explore opportunities. Brainstorms and encourages new ideas and solutions. Develops new approaches or programs that prove to be effective.
• Leadership (Intermediate Level) -Understands how organizations work and ably maneuvers and executes within the organizational structure and networks. Understands and supports organizational policies, procedures and systems, reconciling ambiguities and deficiencies. Works cooperatively with others, establishes rapport, and is organizationally sensitive. Builds trust through straightforwardness and consistency. Inspires employees to perform at their best. Is informed and knowledgeable about industry trends and organizational initiatives; appropriately aligns skills with organizational initiatives.
• Relationship Building (Intermediate Level) -Maintains composure during stressful or difficult situations. Is collegial in their interactions with team members and campus constituents. Flexes and adapts own communication style to meet the needs of others. Frequently fosters teamwork, cooperation and positive work relationships. Handles conflict constructively.
• Vision (Intermediate Level) -Focuses on innovation and is prepared to experiment. Questions traditional methods and presents innovative products and approaches. Focuses on essentials and does not lose him/herself over details. Able to rise above the daily routine and reflect on it. Looks for people with unusual views and innovative ideas. Recognizes innovative ideas in the team and knows how to connect them.
• Reliability and Commitment (Intermediate Level) -Shows commitment, dedication and accountability in one's work, and follows through on all projects, goals, aspects of one's work. Willingly assists team members when necessary. Willingly receives assistance from team members when the situation arises.
• Planning and Organization (Intermediate Level) - Establishes priorities that address the details and timelines needed to achieve the intended results. Handles and delivers multiple projects simultaneously. Achieves goals in a timely manner, despite obstacles encountered, by organizing, re-prioritizing and re-planning. Sets daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly and or annual project goals, creating specific plans to meet them.

Application Instructions

It is the responsibility of each applicant to have all the following documents on file in the Employee Services office by the deadline date in order to continue in the application process for this position. Application materials will not be returned.

1. A complete online employment application form. Please do not state 'see resume' on any part of the application. Blank spaces may be cause for rejection of the application.
2. Cover letter addressing the criteria listed in the job announcement and your qualifications for this position.
3. Resume or curriculum vitae. Optional, but encouraged.
4. Transcripts of all college work. (Unofficial transcripts or photocopies will be accepted to establish the application file. Official transcripts will be required if the candidate is offered the position.)

Important Notes:

• If any of the above listed materials are missing or incomplete, the application will not be considered.
• Items 2-4 may either be attached electronically to the application or mailed to the address below (position number must be included on all documents):

Mohave Community College
Employee Services
1971 Jagerson Avenue
Kingman, AZ 86409

01

In one or two brief sentences, please explain why you are interested in this specific position at Mohave Community College.

02

Does your application clearly document at least five (5) years of experience in the area for which you are applying?

• Yes
• No

03

What personal values do you follow when you are representing your employer in an official capacity?

04

What is your experience with writing curriculum, program development, and assessment of student learning outcomes?

05

Please indicate how you obtained this experience, i.e. indicate with which employer(s) listed in the Work Experience section of your application you obtained this experience or if knowledge/experience was obtained in a training setting, etc. (Enter N/A if your response above is "None").

06

My program management experience is best described as (the information in your application MUST clearly support your response):

• None
• 1 year or less
• More than 1 year, but less than 2 years
• More than 2 years, but less than 3 years
• More than 3 years, but less than 5 years
• Five years or more

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Please indicate how you obtained this experience, i.e. indicate with which employer(s) listed in the Work Experience section of your application you obtained this experience or if knowledge/experience was obtained in a training setting, etc. (Enter N/A if your response above is "None").

08

What is your philosophy of teaching and how will you apply this to teaching at Mohave Community College?

09

To help us with our recruitment efforts, please tell us how you heard about this opening. Thank you.

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