Adult Literacy Assistant Director of Programs, Mayor’s Commission on Literacy

Posted by on February 24, 2014

Adult Literacy Assistant Director of Programs, The Mayor’s Commission on Literacy – Philadelphia
Posted on: February 10, 2014

Job description
The Mayor’s Commission on Literacy has created an innovative system that engages all adults in Philadelphia in lifelong learning for their economic success, civic engagement, and personal development. The Adult Literacy Program Assistant Director is a member of a closely-knit staff team using an electronic Student Information System (SIS) and Learning Management System (LMS) for adult literacy in Philadelphia, to establish standards for programs, teaching and tutoring, developing community partnerships and training volunteers, raising the quality of instructional practice, evaluating, and extending services on a very large scale (500,000 + learners).

This work requires significant knowledge of workforce literacy, andragogy, and the use of learning technologies, including online learning. It also requires experience in systems change, change management, and community development. The Mayor’s Commission assists literacy and workforce development providers and public and private partners throughout Philadelphia with the tools, skills, capacity and knowledge they need to build communities of learners throughout the city, and to achieve the vision of Philadelphia becoming a national leader in adult literacy. The Commission created and works with the Philadelphia Adult Literacy. Alliance “To support the delivery of quality services to Philadelphia’s adult learners by offering professional development, encouraging collaboration and connectedness, and sharing information.” The Adult Literacy Program Assistant Director will manage a planned series of professional development activities that serves the needs of the Commission’s initiatives. These trainings are essential to the Commission’s myPLACE intake, assessment and case management campuse and online facilitators, as well as carrying out the core trainings for the Commission, meanwhile integrating all projects and programs through those trainings.

While the Assistant Director is responsible for recruiting, observing, and managing qualified specialist trainers and facilitators for professional development and online teaching, respectively, he or she should also be a seasoned presenter and model best practices in adult education, learner centeredness, and meeting management. Experience with project management is highly desirable.

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