What are the responsibilities and job description for the Site Director, Arizona State Prison, Lewis (AZ) - Correctional Education position at Ashland University?
Job Description
The Site Director provides administrative support for the Ashland University Correctional Department for individuals who are incarcerated at these facilities.
- Act as the liaison between the facility and Ashland University.
- Work with the Associate Director of Programs to ensure the identification, screening and recruiting of students aligns with the Department goals.
- Assists students with completion of admissions documents.
- Assists students with financial aid processes, including FAFSA, etc.
- Assists students with course registrations each semester.
- With the Associate Director of Programs, projects enrollment goals and class sizes each semester.
- Maintains site inventory of tablets, student textbooks and instructional supplies.
- Distributes equipment and materials to students and maintain a record of what has been provisioned.
- Maintains student privacy and record keeping according to the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).
- Monitors attendance and faculty interaction with students.
- Conducts and documents weekly meetings with individual students to review attendance, GPA, academic standards, academic progress, forms, etc.
- Assists students with accessing extracurricular activities.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree preferred or a minimum of five (5) relevant work experience
- Ability to use Learning Management System Software
- Computer skills with ability to troubleshoot as well as operate most office programs
- Strong written and oral communication
- Experience in advising and/or training others
- Problem solving skills
- Adherence to deadlines
- Organization and Management skills, with attention to detail
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience working in correctional education preferred
- Experience working in higher education strongly preferred
Physical Demands
- Work site is within the Arizona State Prison, Lewis (Arizona) prison facilities and Site Director is required to work both at the facility and remotely when necessary.
- Some evening and weekend hours at the facility as necessary.
- Site Director will be required to lift and transport course materials, textbooks and tablets as needed.
- In addition, local travel required with some occasional non-local travel involved.
Anticipated Start Date of New Hire
02/03/2025
Anticipated Number of Hours Working per Week
40
Shift Required?
First
Job Duties
Posting Detail Information
Posting Number
S848P
Number of Vacancies
1
Desired Start Date
02/03/2025
Job Open Date
08/29/2024
Job Close Date
Open Until Filled
Yes
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