Course Director – Scripting for Web Applications

Job Type: Full Time

Department: Education – Web Design and Development

Description: We are seeking enthusiastic, fun, individuals, with exceptional web skills, to join our talented and growing web team. In this role, you will help shape the instruction of our students as they progress through the Web Curriculum at Full Sail. Our future teammates will be self-motivated individuals that possess knowledge of web techniques and technologies coupled with a desire to share their unique talents.

As the Course Director for the Scripting for Web Applications course, you will teach students the technologies used to create dynamic content for the Web using client-side scripting. In addition to utilizing a client-side scripting language (JavaScript), students will explore using a combination of a valid markup language (XHTML), the presentation definition language (CSS), and the Document Object Model (DOM) to add dynamic behavior to a website using DHTML. This course focuses on the use of JavaScript to write functions that are embedded in or included from HTML pages and interact with the Document Object Model of the page to perform tasks not possible in HTML alone.


Responsibilities:
• Plan, design, develop, and implement course curriculum as defined by the Program Director
• Lecture to students and assist students with queries and requests for additional information
• Evaluate and grade the students’ progress through the course material
• Support and cultivate the student body
• Ensure high student retention of curriculum
• Participate in monthly departmental meetings
• Work with the Program Director on enhancing the quality of the course and the Web

Department Requirements:
• Extensive knowledge of client-side languages, including JavaScript
• Extensive knowledge of DHTML technologies
• Extensive knowledge of DOM
• Extensive knowledge in XHTML web development
• Extensive knowledge in CSS and Web Standards
• An understanding of validation and document type definitions
• Good design and layout skills
• Knowledge of Flash, Flash integration, and ActionScript 3.0 helpful
• Knowledge of server-side integration helpful

Education/Training:
• Minimum of three years experience designing, developing, and producing web applications
• Bachelor Degree

Skills Needed:
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Self-motivated team member
• Ability to help develop lab curriculum

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