About Colorado Mountain College
Imagine working at a college that welcomes everyone — students, faculty, staff, and community members — regardless of their backgrounds, beliefs, or traditions. An institution that is also integrally connected to, appreciated by, and supported by those same communities.
Envision yourself at a dynamic, innovative, forward-leaning college that has a highly entrepreneurial spirit and deep commitment to every learner – from first-generation college students and new-traditional and adult learners to academically motivated students seeking a more traditional liberal arts education – all within a robust and highly personalized learning environment.
Visualize applying your energy and skills for an organization that respects and cares about its employees enough to offer competitive compensation and benefits while encouraging every team member to renew and recharge in places of inspiration, reflection, and world-class outdoor recreation.
Welcome to Colorado Mountain College and its eleven campus locations sprinkled across a spectacular region of Colorado’s central Rocky Mountains.
Our vision
Colorado Mountain College aspires to be the most inclusive and innovative student-centered college in the nation, elevating the economic, social, cultural, and environmental vitality of its beautiful Rocky Mountain communities.
The college
CMC is a comprehensive, public, open-access dual-mission institution offering 136 academic programs ranging from specialized certificates to associate and bachelor’s degrees, a wide range of online, non-credit and lifelong learning courses, as well as extensive concurrent enrollment opportunities in close partnership with neighboring school districts.
Over 15,000 students attend CMC annually, and 40% of degree-seeking students earn a certificate or degree every year. The college’s Latinx enrollment has doubled in six years to 28%, making CMC a federally designated Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI). CMC courses are highly personal and many are highly experiential by design, each with a maximum registration of 25 students.
Colorado Mountain College campuses are located in Aspen, Carbondale, Breckenridge, Dillon, Steamboat Springs, Glenwood Springs, Glenwood Springs-Spring Valley, Leadville, Rifle, the Vail Valley, and Salida. Of these locations, three are residential—Spring Valley, Leadville, and Steamboat Springs — and students in Breckenridge have access to college-owned off-campus housing. CMC campuses are close-knit communities, on average serving between 1,000 – 2,000 students.
The majority of the college’s financial support comes from local property taxes, not tuition or state revenues. Consequently, CMC is uniquely positioned to be entrepreneurial, nimble, mission-focused, and responsive to community and workforce needs. The college’s Central Services administrative office, which provides administrative support to all campus locations, is located in historic downtown Glenwood Springs, the town from which CMC originally launched in 1965.
Colorado Mountain College is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and authorized by the Colorado Commission on Higher Education. For general information about CMC, its programs, locations, students, faculty, and offerings, go to: www.coloradomtn.edu.
Our commitment to an environment where everyone belongs
Our college and beloved mountain communities are enriched by a variety of voices and experiences.
At Colorado Mountain College, we continually work to improve learning and working environments that welcome everyone. We are deeply committed to promoting a free and open exchange of ideas, improving critical thinking, deepening mutual empathy and respect, and ensuring that every learner and team member has equal opportunities for personal and professional success.
The college prioritizes the recruitment, hiring and retaining of a highly engaged workforce that reflects and supports the backgrounds, characteristics and aspirations of the students enrolled at the college. CMC therefore values applicants who demonstrate prior accomplishments, training, and a commitment to the concepts of inclusive and equitable practices, as well as an understanding of historic and current social issues that impact groups of different socio-economic and cultural backgrounds.
CMC employees enjoy regular opportunities to raise their awareness about pressing societal issues, develop individual critical thinking skills, and expand their understanding of and empathy toward others regardless of race, gender, ethnicity or other factors. Our goal is to deliver highly personalized teaching methods and effective student support services that enable students to achieve their goals, regardless of academic or financial barriers.
Applicants to Colorado Mountain College must demonstrate a commitment and competence to work effectively with students, employees, and community members of all backgrounds.
For more information about CMC, go to: www.coloradomtn.edu.
The position
As part of the learning design team within Academic Support, this position is responsible for evaluating and improving the accessibility of online course material, contributing to the planning and delivery of instructor development training around accessibility, and supporting college efforts related to Eportfolios and instructional accessibility within the Learning Management System (LMS/Canvas).
Diversity is a core value at CMC. As CMC is a Hispanic Serving Institution, this position also works to foster language access and language diversity for multilingual learners. CMC is passionate about building and sustaining an inclusive and equitable working and learning environments for all students, staff, and faculty. The college believes every member on our team enriches our diversity by exposing us to a broad range of ways to understand and engage with the world, identify challenges, and to discover, design and deliver solutions.
With a focus on Universal Design and accessibility compliance, this position actively promotes and supports instruction in various modalities by providing training and resources, as well as works in collaboration with other team members within Academic Support. This role also promotes inter-college communications with faculty and staff, collaborates with all campuses and locations, and supports all faculty including those faculty who primarily teach concurrent enrollment courses at high schools throughout the college’s footprint through the use of CMC’s LMS.
View/download job description including hiring salary range: Learning Technology Access & Equity Administrator
Pre-requisites for Position (Qualifications Standards)
Education and experience sufficient for the rigors of the position. Examples of ideal qualifications may include a bachelor's degree from an accredited institution in a field related to the primary responsibilities of the position and two years of related experience, or equivalent education and experience necessary for the position responsibilities. Examples may include education, education technology, instructional design, or other related fields. Evidence in experience of the primary responsibilities that will provide the necessary knowledge, skill, and abilities to perform the functions of the position are also required, including knowledge of Eportfolios and accessible course design. Teaching/training experience essential as is experience teaching in an online environment.
Master’s degree preferred. Experience with ensuring ADA compliance in learning technologies plus documented experience in diversity related programs preferred.
Special Skills or abilities directly applicable to the position: Working knowledge of pedagogy, instructional design, educational technology, and LMS administration. Knowledge of instructional design principles and practices such as needs assessments, task analysis, activity design, rapid prototyping, and evaluation, knowledge of course design principles and the planning of the learning experience. Ability to teach, collaborate with, and assist diverse faculty, and exhibit strong verbal, written, presentation, and customer relations skills.
Welcoming. Innovative. Focused on Student Success. These principles reflect the soul of CMC. They guide us in building our teams, cultivating leaders, and expanding our approaches and mindset. They guide us to be an institution of higher education that’s the right fit for every faculty member, staff, student, and community member in its trust. Applicants must demonstrate a commitment to working effectively with students, employees, and community members of all backgrounds.
Bilingual (English/Spanish) or conversational language abilities preferred.
To Apply: Please submit the required letter of interest, resume, and list of three professional references. CMC is an EOE committed to diversifying its workforce.
External Applicants: Apply Online
Internal Applicants: Please proceed to the HR page of Basecamp or by searching in Learning Hub for instructions on applying for a full-time position as an internal applicant.
Review of application material will begin on March 23, 2023.
