Job Number 2001056


Supervisor, Adult Education Assessment



This position is past the Close Date, no more applications will be accepted.
Position Information
Location As assigned.
Note: Location will be HLC, HBC or EVC
Hours 40 hours per week with some evenings and weekends.
Salary Supervisor 4/121 ($44,645.00 - $63,780.00)
FLSA Status Exempt
Reports To Executive Director, Adult Education
Criminal Background Check
College Profile

Austin Community College (ACC) is a public two-year institution that serves a diverse population of approximately 41,000 credit students each fall and spring semester. We embrace our identity as a community college as reflected in our mission statement. We promote student success and community development by providing affordable access, through traditional and distance learning modes, to higher education and workforce training, including appropriately applied baccalaureate degrees, in our service area.
 
As a community college committed to our mission, we seek to recruit and retain a workforce that:
  • Reflects the diversity of our community.
  • Values intellectual curiosity and innovative teaching.
  • Is attracted by the college mission to promote equitable access to educational opportunities.
  • Cares about student success and collaborates on strategies to facilitate success for underrepresented populations.
  • Welcomes difference and models respectful interaction with others.
  • Engages with the community both within and outside of ACC.

Our Mission

The Austin Community College District promotes student success and community development by providing affordable access, through traditional and distance learning modes, to higher education and workforce training in its service area.
 
For more information, see http://www.austincc.edu/about-acc/mission-statement.

Commitment to Equity and Inclusion

ACC is committed to the ongoing systemic changes needed to ensure the increased recruitment, inclusion, retention, and completion of historically underserved and underrepresented populations. Through continual strategic community engagement and professional development of administrators, faculty, staff, and students, the college demonstrates its dedication to fostering a culture and climate for equitable outcomes.
 
As an open-access and low-cost institution, ACC is proud to serve a diverse student body. Dedicated faculty members are excellent professors who help students achieve their educational goals and are sensitive to the diverse cultures and socio-economic backgrounds of our students. The College values and is committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion throughout the College community.

General Statement of Job

Supervises the day-to-day operation of Adult Education Assessment to include test scheduling, test administration, assigning work, overseeing assessment staff and proctors, supervising assigned staff, monitoring AE student assessment and outcomes for TWC grant requirements, and ensuring operation of assessment computers by troubleshooting computer hardware and software problems.

Description of Duties and Tasks
Essential duties and responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

  1. Supervises, trains, coaches, directs, coordinates, and disciplines personnel while adhering to organizational human resource policies and procedures as well as related employment laws.  Recommends hire and termination personnel actions for positions supervised.
  2. Works as part of a team dedicated to enrolling and assessing AE students.
  3. Assesses students, schedules, and assigns assessors for orientation. Monitors the hours and payment of instructors and staff who serve as assessors. Ensures assessors are available during peak times of registration. Coordinates the day-to-day assessment activity of students to include test scheduling and test administration.
  4. Provides up-to-date expertise on all state and federal assessment requirements for Adult Education and Texas Success Initiative (TSI), and ensures compliance. Assists in developing local assessment policies and procedures.
  5. Analyzes assessment data and makes formal program improvement recommendations. Implements improvements in assessment processes to improve student and data outcomes. Audits assessment data for errors and takes appropriate corrective actions.
  6. Evaluates new assessment products including computer-based upgrades and coordinates implementation of required and recommended upgrades, including researching the usability of various computer labs at the different campuses and off-campus sites and coordinating the installation of any supporting software needed to run online assessments.
  7. Acts as point of contact with other assessment centers and entities at the college to ensure efficiency of resources and coordination of assessment functions in new facilities.
  8. Orders, maintains, and disseminates Adult Education assessment materials (including computer-based assessments) and equipment.  Follows ACC and TWC purchasing rules.
  9. Trains faculty and staff (and designated AE partners that are also responsible for giving us assessment results for our outcome measures) in the application and use of the assessment instruments (including computer-based assessments) used by the Adult Education program.
  10. Meets periodically with staff to review activities and inform staff of new procedures and issues.
  11. Develops and implements procedures to ensure compliance of college policies, state and TWC AEL grant requirements including development of TWC required standard operating procedures.
  12. Maintains and collects data for college and TWC grant required reports and on-site TWC monitoring.
  13. Analyzes state mandated regulations and course skill requirements to determine student eligibility for enrolling in courses.
  14. Interprets test scores for course placement and progress test outcomes.
  15. Schedule and administer assessment testing at off-site locations.
  16. Review and approve time sheets and provide information for leave requests.

Knowledge
Must possess required knowledge and be able to explain and demonstrate, with or without reasonable accommodations, that the essential functions of the job can be performed.

Skills
Must possess required skills and be able to explain and demonstrate, with or without reasonable accommodations, that the essential functions of the job can be performed.

Technology Skills

Required Work Experience

Required Education

Physical Requirements

Safety

ACC Benefits Overview

Disclaimer

The above description is an overview of the job. It is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities of the job, nor is it intended to be an all-inclusive list of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Duties and responsibilities may change with business needs. ACC reserves the right to add, change, amend, or delete portions of this job description at any time, with or without notice. Employees may be required to perform other duties as requested, directed, or assigned. In addition, reasonable accommodations may be made by ACC as its discretion to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Austin Community College provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics.

As required by the US Department of Education, employees are required to report violations under the Title IX and, under the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act), select individuals are required to report crimes. If this position is identified as a Campus Security Authority (Clery Act), you will be notified, trained, and provided resources for reporting.