Instructional Designer

$75,000 - $80,000/Yr

Lower Columbia College - Longview, WA

Full-time - Entry Level

Hybrid - Longview, WA

Educational Services

About the position

The Instructional Designer at Lower Columbia College will play a crucial role in fostering an inclusive learning environment and enhancing skill development within the Learning Commons. This position involves consulting with faculty to design and improve high-quality learning experiences based on adult learning theories and effective instructional design practices, while also promoting the use of technology in education. The role includes providing professional development to faculty and staff to adapt to the college's evolving needs.

Responsibilities

• Promote use of eLearning tools and methodologies that incorporate nationally recognized best practices (such as Quality Matters, TILT, or UDL).
• Support faculty assessment of student learning outcomes, facilitating the use of data to improve mastery of learning and student retention and completion.
• Collaborate with faculty on solutions-oriented course design in all modalities to provide equity-focused and evidence-based support in creating course assessments, evaluations, and active learning experiences.
• Assist faculty to ensure instructional materials across modalities comply with accessibility standards.
• Ensure that the College is fulfilling the federal regular and substantive interaction requirement for online classes.
• Learn, use, and teach best practices of Generative AI in teaching and learning.
• Design, develop, and deliver professional development in a range of modalities to support the use of creative, innovative, and inclusive pedagogy and technology for student engagement and success.
• Collaborate on projects with faculty, instructional divisions, academic support services, or other departments.
• Help faculty assess course content and infuse diverse and inclusive materials, resources, and learning activities to meet those needs.
• Perform other duties as required.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college/university, preferably in Education, Curriculum and Instruction, or Instructional Design.
• One year of higher education or K-12 teaching experience, or one year as an Instructional Designer.
• Experience with instructional design and curriculum development incorporating technologies across all modalities of instruction.
• Knowledge of current eLearning tools and Instructional Design practices such as Quality Matters, UDL, and TILT.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain relationships and collaborate in a diverse environment.

Nice-to-haves

• Master's degree related to Education, Library Science, Curriculum and Instruction, or Instructional Design from an accredited college/university.
• Three years of higher education or K-12 teaching experience, or three years working as an Instructional Designer.
• Experience with learning management systems such as Canvas.

Benefits

• Competitive salary range of $75,000.00 - $80,000.00 annually.
• Hybrid work environment with some remote work opportunities.
• Professional development opportunities.
• Inclusive and supportive work culture.