Manager Math Lab

Math Lab Manager

The manager of the Math Lab is a key campus-based support service leader who administers the daily operations and provides leadership and managerial oversight for the center, which is part of the Anthony Peterson Centers for Academic Assistance (APCAA), and assigned departments. As the center serves a crucial role to student success, the manager supports students, faculty, and the administration by managing and overseeing personnel and assuring adequate staffing and center schedules.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Manage daily operations of the Math Lab (including the Science Den and science tutoring if assigned), creating a positive learning environment. Manage and develop services to support student learning and success. Ensure availability of tutoring and other resources for appropriate student population, including online as needed. Determine and implement policies and procedures of operations of the Math Lab and assigned departments. Communicate and collaborate with the appropriate academic deans for the efficient functioning of the center.
• Recruit, interview, orient, supervise, and evaluate staff, including student assistants. Provide training for tutors in policies and procedures, tutoring techniques, subject-area concepts, and application of technology. Provide opportunities for professional development of tutors. Evaluate and manage performance of full-time employees if applicable.
• Develop, maintain, and manage all assigned full-time and part-time staff schedules. Coordinate any faculty tutoring service hours in the center. Ensure staff and schedules of assigned areas are sufficient to complete appointed projects and objectives. Evaluate schedules on an ongoing basis to ensure they meet student need, based on data. Submit recommended schedules to division offices.
• Elicit regular input from faculty about new topics, curriculum, or techniques used in classes.
• Ensure tutoring covers all courses offered by the district involving mathematics (and science if assigned).
• Collaborate with faculty, tutors, and other campus divisions and groups to develop, produce, and schedule academic seminars each term.
• Remain up to date with learning center scholarship and pedagogy, as well as research operations at other centers in order to implement and maintain best practices.
• Assist the dean to develop and manage the budget for the center and assigned departments. Monitor and operate within the assigned budget.
• Oversee purchases and inventory of supplies and equipment. Schedule and ensure regular service and repair of all assigned equipment. Complete purchase order requisitions. Ensure hardware and software support is provided to the center and assigned departments.
• Maintain a clean, safe, and organized lab area. Cooperate and communicate with the Technology Services Department to maintain computer equipment and software.
• Provide information to students, instructors, administrators, and members of the community about the Center for Academic Assistance and support services via marketing. Promote use of the center in math-related disciplines (and science-related disciplines if assigned) and areas of the college via various modes.
• Collaborate with leadership to support ongoing assessment of center effectiveness by assisting with data collection and analysis at least on a monthly basis, including center use and student outcomes.
• Collaborate with other APCAA managers to coordinate the policies and services provided by each center.
• Participate in ongoing strategic planning with administration and other center managers to pursue continuous improvement of APCAA operations, including the program review and continuous improvement planning process.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Physical Demands, Working Conditions and Physical Effort

Sedentary Work - Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, a negligible amount of force frequently, and / or constantly having to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met. Positions in this class typically require talking, hearing, seeing, grasping, standing, walking and repetitive motions. Relatively free from unpleasant environmental conditions or hazards. Office environment. Little physical effort required.

Requirements

Master's degree from an accredited institution, as well as a bachelor's degree in mathematics, science, or a closely related field required. Minimum of two (2) years of related experience required.

Preferred

Four (4) years of related experience with at least one (1) year of supervisory experience preferred.