Instructional Designer
LaGuardia Community College · Long Island City, New York · On-site · Staff (Full-time)
Salary USD 76,848–98,231
Apply by Oct 11, 2025
Posted Sep 17, 2025
Reporting to the Director of the Center for Teaching & Learning in Academic Affairs, the Instructional Designer supports faculty in the design of classroom-based and online courses, and the development of pedagogical materials and activities that maximize student engagement in experiential and career-connected learning. This includes supporting faculty in the development of new online courses, redesign of existing courses, or development and/or redesign of new or existing course modules or individual activities or assessments related to college-career pathways.
The Instructional Designer will support pedagogies that are grounded in inclusive teaching and universal design practices, which aim to ensure that all students have access to and are active in the process of learning, and in high impact practices (HIP) that are represented in well-established LaGuardia programs and in those currently being strengthened. The Instructional Designer will approach project planning guided by analyses and assessment of outcomes data and will collect data on the impact of instructional design work with faculty, staff or students. Specific duties will include but are not limited to:
Professional Development and Consultation
- Design and deliver professional development seminars or workshops to enhance participants’ instructional skills.
- Provide individual consultations to support faculty in designing accessible, inclusive online courses aligned with UD and inclusive teaching practices which make content accessible and promote learning for all students.
- Advise faculty on best practices in high impact practices such as ePortfolio, experiential and career-connected learning, and teaching with OER.
Resource Development and Technical Support
- Develop instructional guides, course templates, resources and training materials to support the efficient use of educational technology and learning management systems.
- Support faculty in migrating courses between platforms or updating existing courses.
- Review and research emerging educational technology tools and services that enhance teaching and learning and make appropriate recommendations for their pilot or adoption by faculty, staff, and students.
- Coordinate with IT Department on technology infrastructure needs, upgrades and troubleshoot as necessary.
Assessment, Continuous Improvement, and Strategic Innovation
- Manage and oversee data collection for internal assessment and continuous quality improvement of instructional technology support as well as for the reporting for college or external reporting.
- Participate in or coordinate with the college technology planning and strategic initiatives.
Outreach and Supervisions
- Facilitate faculty learning communities and represent the institution at professional events.
- Maintain technology resources, websites and communication materials.
- Provide technology orientation and support for faculty and students.
- Develop student and faculty resources and tutorials for using specific technology as needed.
- Supervise part-time staff.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelors' degree and six years' related experience required.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Master’s Degree in counseling, education or academic field, or policy preferred.
- Six years or more experience in higher education in a faculty-facing or instructional capacity with a focus on first -generation college student success.
- Understanding of the community college academic career and transfer pathways, with knowledge of CUNY 4-year colleges preferred.
- Experience designing and facilitating engaging faculty and staff learning communities
- Demonstrated experience designing and supporting the implementation of experiential and career-connected course activities, and other High-impact Practices (HIPs)
- Experience designing activities using a range of Learning Management Systems, including ePortfolio, that support high-quality student learning experience
- Excellent written and oral communication skills; demonstrate ability to successfully work with target populations.
- Strong skills in data analysis and creating reports and assessment tools.
