Program Director, Diagnostic Medical Sonography

Program Director, Diagnostic Medical Sonography - Central Campus

Job/Assignment Purpose:

Under the direct supervision of the Department Chair (DC), the Program Director (PD) will maintain the role of a full-time faculty member while managing an accredited instructional program within the College.

The program director must be responsible for the structure as well as the daily operation of the program, including organization, administration, periodic review and evaluation, continued development, and general effectiveness of program curricula. The program director must ensure that the effectiveness of all clinical affiliates/clinical education centers is maintained. The program director must ensure the program meets all accreditation standards as outlined by the Joint Review Committee on Education in Diagnostic Medical Sonography.

Duties and Tasks:

Essential duties and responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

Teaching

• Maintains an appropriate teaching load.
• Keeps up with developments in the field of study.
• Demonstrates high standards-academic and professional.
• Evaluates student work constructively and provides timely feedback.
• Teaches at times and locations that meet student needs.
• Provides access to students through posted conference hours, electronic communications, and other appropriate methods and responds to inquiries in a timely manner.
• Reviews, evaluates, and recommends student learning materials.
• Develops and uses a syllabus, course outline, and course information materials for each course, laboratory, or clinical setting within state, college, and departmental guidelines and accreditation standards.

Program Leadership

• Provide overall leadership for the program and its faculties, which may include:
  
  
  
  • Conduct meetings with faculty to resolve program and departmental issues.
  • Facilitate the flow of information between the department, division, and/or College and program faculties.
  • Develop and submit program budget requests.
  
  
  
  

Curriculum Oversight

• Responsible for the curriculum, which may include:
  
  
  
  • Prepare and submit course/program modification forms.
  • Coordinate course sequencing and scheduling.
  • Develop and maintain the program's portion of the College catalog.
  
  
  
  

Program Planning & Evaluation

• Responsible for all program planning and evaluation, which may include:
  
  
  
  • Coordinate program goals/strategies with the departmental strategic plan.
  • Assess student learning outcomes.
  • Develop and submit a Program Assessment Plan.
  • Generate and submit an annual Assessment Report.
  • Manage the general oversight of a periodic Program Review.
  • Develop and submit a Program Competency Profile.
  • Develop a Program Review Document.
  • Present the Program Review to the District.
  
  
  
  

Faculty Recruiting, Loads, and Evaluation

• Manage the program faculty, which may include:
  
  
  
  • Maintain files of all faculty credential documents.
  • Provide feedback for performance review upon request.
  • Assist with faculty searches.
  • Assign courses, in concert with the DC:
    
    
    
    • To achieve workload balance.
    • To ensure adequate coverage for course offerings.
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  

Student Recruitment and Retention

• Make timely decisions on admissions.
• Develop and maintain materials and processes that promote student recruitment, retention, and success, such as:
  
  
  
  • Promotional brochures and literature, program website, catalog copy, degree checklists; and text for letters to prospective students.
  
  
  
  
• Oversight of all program-related extracurricular activities, such as:
  
  
  
  • Majors' clubs and Honor Societies, recognition events, etc.
  
  
  
  

Outreach

• Represent the program's interests by actions such as:
  
  
  
  • Coordinate the program Advisory Committee meeting.
  • Serve as liaison between the program and other campus constituencies.
  • Participate in community events in which the program is represented.
  
  
  
  

Program Compliance

• The PD shall ensure compliance with applicable accreditation, certification, licensing, health, and safety requirements.

Professional Development:

• Maintains high standards of competence in the discipline(s) and teaching methodologies through professional development activities.
• Plans, develops, and uses effective teaching methods and materials which assist students in meeting course objectives, are appropriate for students with varied educational and experiential backgrounds and learning styles, and engage the students in learning.
• Reviews, evaluates, reflects, and revises program curricula and teaching methods through a self-evaluation process of self-reflection. Meets or exceeds professional standards, state-mandated guidelines, requirements of business/industry, and higher education, as appropriate to the discipline(s).

Service

• Actively participates in college meetings and/or committees, task forces, and councils.
• Participates in college-related activities such as registration, community education, recruitment of students, student retention, and faculty selection.
• Participates in college activities for students/student organizations to aid in retention.
• Participates in business and community activities that foster goodwill and promote the mission and values of the college.
• Participates in activities required to maintain program and college accreditation standards.
• Participates in setting departmental goals, in developing college budgets that support the goals, and in planning for achieving those goals.
• Promotes and maintains departmental affiliation agreements and other partnerships with other institutions.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• The successful candidate must have a knowledge of how to work with a large population of students.
• Must be able to work collaboratively with colleagues in the medical imaging department, health science division, all campus service areas, and employees across the district.
• Applicant must have excellent communication skills.
• Must possess effective and consistent organizational, conflict resolution, management, and organizational skills.
• Must possess strong verbal, written, and interpersonal skills.

Required Education, Experience & Registration:

• Bachelor's degree
• Associate Degree in Diagnostic Medical Sonography
• ARDMS registered in Abdomen or OB/Gyn
• Must have documented experience in supervision, instruction, evaluation, student guidance and in educational theories and techniques
• Must have a minimum of three years of clinical experience as a registered sonographer in the professional sonography field

Preferred Education, Experience & Registration:

• Any additional ARDMS Registries
• 5 years clinical experience as a registered sonographer
• 3 years teaching experience
• Master's Degree

Note: Faculty are assigned to teach courses using various delivery methods based on the teaching area and the needs of students and the College, which may require a physical presence at the assigned on-site work location.

Salary Grade: BACH

Salary is based on the Board-approved salary schedule for the current fiscal year. See Salary Schedule

Requisition Number: req5714

Posting Close Date: 6/3/2025