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WESTERN GOVERNORS UNIVERSITY Lead Assessment Strategist - School of Technology in SALT LAKE CITY, Utah
The salary range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs.
At WGU, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role, and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is: Pay Range: $79,700.00 - $119,500.00
If you're passionate about building a better future for individuals, communities, and our country-and you're committed to working hard to play your part in building that future-consider WGU as the next step in your career.
Driven by a mission to expand access to higher education through online, competency-based degree programs, WGU is also committed to being a great place to work for a diverse workforce of student-focused professionals. The university has pioneered a new way to learn in the 21st century, one that has received praise from academic, industry, government, and media leaders. Whatever your role, working for WGU gives you a part to play in helping students graduate, creating a better tomorrow for themselves and their families. Job Profile Summary: The Lead Assessment Strategist will collaborate and consult with the director of assessment and curriculum to guide and support the design and development of assessment-driven learning pathways. This individual will collaborate with stakeholders across the university to ensure assessments meet the goals of the university and that assessment best practices have been followed. The Lead Assessment Strategist will serve as a key spokesperson and point of contact for assessment needs within the designated program area(s). The Lead Assessment Strategist will interface with assessment developers, instructional designers, and psychometricians to maintain valid and reliable assessments; to ensure all program requirements are met; and to ensure industry standards and processes are applied to and aligned with departmental goals and objectives.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities: * Participate in the development of assessment-driven learning pathways, diagnostic assessments, and competency-based assessments for college programs. * Consult on or develop models for both formative and summative assessments, as well as rubric-driven performance assessments. * Ensure that production goals for assessments are clearly conveyed through educational design, interface and navigation, and production values of the deliverables. * Ensure alignment of assessment traverse with proficiencies, skills and competencies in programs and courses * Collaborate to ensure alignment of assessment traverse with course learning material and student engagement strategies. * Provide thought leadership and advocacy for innovative, valid, reliable, cost-effective formative and summative assessment approaches. * Collaborate with the technology and design and development teams to ensure the creation and adoption of flexible, valid, reliable, data-driven assessment tools. * Translate requirements into defined specifications. * As required, provide training, consultation, or guidance to team members and partners on assessment models, assessment design and development practices, and data-driven, evidence-based practices in assessment * Consult with program development and the psychometrics team on validity studies, scoring methods, rubric... For full info follow application link.
Western Governors Univeristy is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation or any other classification protected by federal, state or local law.