EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF WORKFORCE & ADULT LEARNING

TALLADEGA COLLEGE
An Education of Distinction

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF WORKFORCE & ADULT LEARNING

PATHWAYS

Office of Academic Affairs — Job Description
Position Title Executive Director of Workforce & Adult Learning Pathways
Location Talladega College — Talladega, Alabama; instructional and partnership sites at approved
Alabama Department of Corrections facilities, community-college partners, employer
sites, and other regional locations across the state

Division / Office Office of Academic Affairs — Workforce & Adult Learning Pathways (Fast Track • Prison

Education Program • Alabama Workforce Ecosystem Initiative)

Position Classification Executive / Program Executive Director
Position Type Full-Time, Exempt; evenings, weekends, and regular travel to correctional facilities,
employer sites, workforce convenings, and recruitment events required

Reports To Provost and Executive Vice President
Supervises Fast Track program coordinator(s), Prison Education Program coordinator(s) and on-site
liaisons, Workforce Development coordinator(s), faculty-facilitators, adjunct instructors,
admissions/enrollment coach(es), employer-engagement staff, and program support
staff assigned to the three integrated pathways

Position Summary
Founded in 1867 as the oldest private Historically Black College in Alabama, Talladega College is a residential
liberal arts institution advancing its 2025–2030 strategic plan, Forging Onward: Reimagining Liberal Arts
Education. The Executive Director of Workforce & Adult Learning Pathways provides unified executive
leadership for three of the College’s most mission-critical, opportunity-centered pathways for working adults
and non-traditional learners:
• Fast Track — the cohort-based accelerated bachelor’s degree-completion program for working adults;
• The Prison Education Program (PEP) — Talladega College credit and degree instruction delivered to
incarcerated learners under the federally re-established Second Chance Pell / Prison Education Program
framework (34 CFR Part 668, Subpart P); and
• The Alabama Workforce Ecosystem Initiative — Talladega’s statewide leadership role, anchored by the
Provost’s appointment as Alabama’s SACSCOC State Convener for the Workforce Coordinator Network,
connecting education, credentials, employers, and workforce systems in service of Alabama’s Success Plus
goal of adding 500,000 credential holders to the workforce.
The Executive Director reports to the Provost and Executive Vice President and holds integrated responsibility
for recruitment, admissions, advising, curriculum, faculty-facilitator engagement, scheduling, assessment,
marketing, community and employer engagement, correctional-facility relationships, credential-of-value
alignment, work-based learning and apprenticeship structure, compliance, budget, and reporting across all three
pathways. The role is expressly designed to connect the three entities — so that a working adult, a returning
citizen, and an employer partner all experience a single, coherent Talladega College pipeline from recruitment to
credential to job.

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The Executive Director is expected to (1) grow enrollment and completion in Fast Track and the Prison Education
Program, (2) expand the College’s approved instructional sites and correctional-partner facilities, (3) advance
Talladega College’s statewide leadership through the Alabama Workforce Ecosystem Initiative and the SACSCOC
Workforce Coordinator Network, (4) build durable employer, apprenticeship, and workforce-board partnerships
(including East AlabamaWorks Region 2), (5) position Talladega College as a recognized voice in adult,
correctional, and workforce education nationally, and (6) produce a high-completion, high-employment,
credential-of-value pipeline aligned with Alabama Success Plus.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
1. Integrated Executive Leadership of the Three Pathways
• Provide unified executive, academic, and operational leadership for Fast Track, the Prison Education
Program (PEP)/Second Chance Pell, and Talladega College’s role in the Alabama Workforce Ecosystem
Initiative.
• Develop and execute an annual, integrated Workforce & Adult Learning Pathways plan with measurable
recruitment, enrollment, persistence, completion, credential-attainment, and post-completion
employment outcomes across all three pathways.
• Ensure full compliance with U.S. Department of Education Prison Education Program regulations (34 CFR
Part 668, Subpart P), Title IV / Pell requirements, SACSCOC substantive-change and accreditation
expectations, applicable Alabama Community College System / ACHE requirements, Alabama Department
of Corrections (ADOC) partnership agreements, and applicable state workforce and apprenticeship
standards.
• Prepare and submit an annual integrated program report to the Provost and an executive summary to the
President.
• Achieve at least 95% documented compliance with all federal, state, accreditation, and correctional-
partner reporting requirements during each review cycle.
2. Recruitment, Admissions, and Enrollment Growth
• Develop and implement recruitment and retention goals and operational plans for Fast Track, for each
approved Prison Education Program site, and for workforce-aligned credential cohorts.
• Advertise the programs, participate in weekly recruiting activities and events, and meet quarterly
recruitment goals across all three pathways.
• Coach prospective learners through the admissions process, financial-aid packaging, and orientation; serve
as the advisor to all Fast Track students and coordinate advising for all Prison Education students and
workforce-cohort participants in partnership with on-site liaisons and employer partners.
• Hold information meetings and follow-up telephone, e-mail, and video correspondence in a timely,
documented cadence.
• Grow Fast Track headcount by at least 20% year-over-year; grow Prison Education headcount consistent
with approved facility capacity and Department of Education PEP application/approval status; grow
workforce-aligned credential enrollment consistent with employer-partner and Success Plus targets.
• Achieve an inquiry-to-enrollment conversion rate of at least 25% for Fast Track and consistent site- and
cohort-specific yield targets for Prison Education and workforce cohorts.
3. Facility, Site, and Partner Expansion
• Identify, evaluate, and pursue additional Fast Track instructional sites (community-college partners,
employer-based cohorts, church-based/community learning hubs, and online cohorts) that expand access
for working adults across Alabama and adjoining regions.

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• Identify, evaluate, and pursue additional Prison Education Program instructional sites in partnership with
the Alabama Department of Corrections, county correctional facilities, federal facilities where permitted,
and reentry providers.
• Identify, evaluate, and formalize workforce partnerships and work-based-learning sites with employers,
industry associations, apprenticeship sponsors, and regional workforce boards — particularly in East
AlabamaWorks Region 2 — in coordination with the Alabama Office of Apprenticeship and the Alabama
Workforce Council.
• Lead the U.S. Department of Education Prison Education Program application process for each new
proposed site, including oversight-entity determination, best-interest-of-students review, and SACSCOC
substantive-change filings.
• Add or activate at least one (1) new Fast Track cohort site, at least one (1) new Prison Education Program
facility, and at least two (2) new employer or workforce partner sites/agreements during each review
cycle, subject to approval.
4. Curriculum, Faculty-Facilitators, and Academic Quality
• Recruit faculty-facilitators for Fast Track in cooperation with the appropriate department heads and the
Business Dean, and for Prison Education Program in cooperation with the applicable academic
departments; recruit workforce and industry instructors and mentors in cooperation with employer
partners and department heads.
• Supervise the revision and development of the adult-learner and workforce curriculum in cooperation
with faculty-facilitators and department heads, ensuring alignment with Talladega College degree
requirements, SACSCOC standards, adult-learning best practices (competency framing, prior-learning
assessment, credit for military and workforce credentials where applicable), credentials-of-value criteria,
and AI-ready curriculum standards under the Alabama Workforce Ecosystem Initiative.
• Supervise the evaluation of curriculum and instruction, assuring quality control across all cohorts, sites,
and modalities (online, on-ground, correctional-facility delivery, and employer-site delivery).
• Ensure course materials, textbooks, and technology used inside correctional facilities comply with
ADOC/facility policy, security protocols, and PEP requirements.
• Achieve program-wide course completion rate of at least 85% and program-wide cohort GPA of at least
2.75 across all three pathways.
5. Marketing, Communications, and Community Engagement
• Develop and execute a unified Workforce & Adult Learning Pathways marketing plan that (a) recruits into
Fast Track, (b) supports appropriate reentry- and family-audience communications for the Prison
Education Program in coordination with ADOC and Communications, and (c) tells the opportunity-
centered public story of Talladega’s statewide workforce leadership.
• Coordinate all promotional literature, digital campaigns, employer outreach, and information sessions
across the three pathways in coordination with the Office of Communications.
• Represent the pathways to campus and community groups, employers, workforce boards, community-
based organizations, correctional-education stakeholders, and reentry providers.
• Generate at least twenty-four (24) earned-media or feature placements per review cycle (across the three
pathways combined) in coordination with Communications.
• Deliver at least twenty (20) recruitment or awareness events per review cycle across community,
employer, workforce, and correctional-partner venues.

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6. Scheduling, Program Operations, and Student Support
• Schedule all classes planned for the year across the three pathways and manage cohort calendars, facility
access windows, employer-site logistics, and instructor assignments.
• Conduct an advising session at least once per semester with each Fast Track student and coordinate
documented advising touchpoints for each Prison Education student and workforce-cohort participant.
• Hold regular and as-needed video conferences with faculty and students in Fast Track and appropriate
check-ins with faculty-facilitators serving the Prison Education Program and workforce cohorts.
• Oversee and assist personnel in the Workforce & Adult Learning Pathways office.
• Achieve a student-satisfaction score of at least 4.3 / 5.0 across all three pathways (annual survey).
7. Alabama Workforce Ecosystem Leadership and External Partnerships
• Serve as Talladega College’s operational lead for the Alabama Workforce Ecosystem Initiative and support
the Provost’s role as SACSCOC State Convener for the Workforce Coordinator Network, coordinating the
Alabama Higher-Ed Workforce Alliance, JobsEQ-informed institutional alignment, credentials-of-value and
AI-ready curriculum work, and the Alabama Workforce Dashboard.
• Cultivate and maintain formal partnerships with local, regional, state, and national associations relevant to
adult, correctional, and workforce education, including but not limited to the Alliance for Higher Education
in Prison, the Council on Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL), the Correctional Education Association,
the University Professional and Continuing Education Association (UPCEA), the Alabama Department of
Corrections, the Alabama Community College System, the Alabama Workforce Council, AlabamaWorks!,
East AlabamaWorks Region 2, the Alabama Office of Apprenticeship, the Alabama Reentry Network, and
applicable regional workforce development boards.
• Represent Talladega College at national, regional, state, and local convenings on adult learning, degree
completion, correctional education, reentry, workforce development, and apprenticeship.
• Deliver at least four (4) documented external presentations, conference papers, or panel appearances per
review cycle.
• Establish or renew at least three (3) formal partnership agreements (MOU / MOA / articulation /
apprenticeship agreement) per review cycle.
8. Best-Practices Programming and Convening
• Design and host on-campus Workforce & Adult Learning best-practices sessions that bring together
faculty, staff, correctional-education partners, employers, apprenticeship sponsors, reentry providers, and
peer institutions to advance the field and position Talladega College as a convening institution.
• Deliver at least two (2) on-campus best-practices sessions per review cycle, each with documented
learning outcomes, participant evaluations, and follow-up publications or resources.
• Publish an annual Workforce & Adult Learning Pathways Best-Practices Brief summarizing convening
outcomes and lessons learned.
9. Data, Reporting, and Continuous Improvement
• Work collaboratively with the Office of Institutional Effectiveness and Research to provide and analyze
data and submit reports as requested, including data feeding the public Alabama Workforce Dashboard
where appropriate.
• Prepare monthly reports for the Provost on program recruitment and retention profiles, and produce
disaggregated dashboards covering inquiry-to-enrollment, persistence, credit-hour production, course
completion, GPA, graduation, credential attainment, and post-completion outcomes (employment, wage
gain, further education, and reduced recidivism where measurable).
• Maintain ongoing collaboration with the Faculty Manager.

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• Deliver monthly recruitment/enrollment/credential-attainment dashboards to the Provost with 100% on-
time submission.
10. Budget, Compliance, and Stewardship
• Manage the annual operating budgets for Fast Track, the Prison Education Program, and workforce
partnership operations within +/- 3% of approved plan; deliver monthly budget-variance reports to the
Provost and Business Office.
• Ensure 100% compliance with Title IV / Pell disbursement, PEP oversight-entity, SACSCOC, ADOC,
applicable workforce/apprenticeship, and applicable federal and state requirements — with zero (0)
unresolved audit exceptions.
• Pursue grants, sponsored programming, employer investment, and philanthropic support in coordination
with Institutional Advancement to sustain and expand all three pathways.
11. Other Duties as Assigned
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Provost and Executive Vice President in support of the College’s
mission and strategic plan.
Performance Expectations
• Measurable growth in Fast Track and Prison Education Program enrollment, persistence, and completion,
plus growth in workforce-aligned credential attainment and employer partnerships.
• Successful expansion of approved Fast Track sites, Prison Education Program facilities, and
employer/workforce partner sites.
• Recognized presence and leadership in local, regional, state, and national associations serving adult,
correctional, and workforce education — including operational leadership of the Alabama Workforce
Ecosystem Initiative.
• Effective marketing that produces documented inquiry, event, and yield growth across the three
pathways.
• High-quality, high-impact best-practices sessions hosted on the Talladega College campus.
• Full compliance with U.S. Department of Education PEP regulations, Title IV requirements, SACSCOC
standards, ADOC partnership agreements, applicable workforce/apprenticeship standards, and applicable
state regulations.
• Sound budget management, personnel supervision, and student-centered advising.
Minimum and Preferred Qualifications
• Education: Master’s degree required in adult education, higher education administration, business,
workforce development, human resource development, criminal justice, social work, or a closely related
field; doctorate preferred.
• Experience: At least five (5) years of progressive experience in adult, degree-completion, continuing
education, workforce development, or correctional-education programming, including at least three (3)
years of supervisory or program-director experience.
• Program Development: Demonstrated experience developing, launching, or scaling cohort-based adult
programs, prison-education programs, employer-facing workforce programs, apprenticeship structures, or
comparable non-traditional academic operations.
• Regulatory & Workforce Knowledge: Working knowledge of U.S. Department of Education Prison
Education Program regulations (34 CFR Part 668, Subpart P), Title IV / Pell administration, SACSCOC

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substantive change, credentials-of-value frameworks, WIOA and Registered Apprenticeship structure, and
applicable Alabama workforce regulations.
• Correctional Partnership: Experience working effectively within correctional facilities and with
correctional-education stakeholders is strongly preferred.
• Employer & Workforce Partnership: Demonstrated ability to build employer relationships, negotiate
MOUs, structure work-based learning, and engage regional workforce boards and industry associations.
• Recruitment and Marketing: Demonstrated ability to plan and execute recruitment campaigns and to
convert leads to enrolled, financially cleared, and persisting students.
• Communication: Excellent written, verbal, interpersonal, presentation, and public-relations skills.
• Technology: Proficiency in Student Information Systems, learning management systems, CRM/recruitment
tracking, labor-market data tools (e.g., JobsEQ), and data-reporting tools.
• Supervision: Demonstrated ability to recruit, supervise, and motivate faculty-facilitators, coordinators,
employer-facing staff, and support staff.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
• Skills in organizational management, supervision, and program promotion across academic, correctional,
and employer settings.
• Sound administrative skills, well-developed management skills, and strong interpersonal skills, including
excellent leadership and teamwork abilities.
• Proven ability to recruit and motivate personnel in order to balance strength with growth across three
integrated pathways.
• Ability to build durable relationships with employers, workforce boards, community-based organizations,
correctional partners, apprenticeship sponsors, and peer institutions.
• Ability to analyze enrollment, persistence, completion, budget, labor-market, and outcomes data and
translate findings into action.
• Ability and willingness to travel to correctional facilities, community sites, employers, workforce
convenings, and conferences; ability to work evenings and weekends as required by cohort schedules and
events.
• Ability to pass background checks and clearances required for entry into correctional facilities.
Additional Expectations
This position is expected to model the highest standards of professionalism, integrity, accountability,
responsiveness, student-centered leadership, and commitment to the mission of Talladega College. Because this
role carries significant regulatory, correctional-partner, employer-facing, and statewide-leadership
responsibilities, the Executive Director must be prepared to represent the College with distinction to students,
families, employers, correctional officials, workforce agencies, funders, and the visiting public.
Application Process
Applications are being accepted immediately. The College will accept and review applications until the position
is filled. Qualified candidates should forward a letter of interest and resume, Talladega College application, and
at least three (3) professional references to: [email protected], or by mail to the Human Resources Office,
Talladega College, 627 W. Battle Street, Talladega, AL 35160.

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