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Experienced CE Leadership Without the Full-Time Hire

Your organization may not need another consultant who only delivers recommendations. You may need an experienced Continuing Education leader who can help translate strategy into systems, priorities, decisions, and measurable progress.

Fractional CE Director services provide senior-level strategic and operational leadership for organizations building, stabilizing, restructuring, or scaling continuing education and workforce programs.

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The Promise

"I help organizations build, stabilize, and scale high-quality continuing education and workforce programs through stronger strategy, systems, operational readiness, and outcomes."

— Alexis D. Greene, MPA

Fit

Who This Service Is For

  • Colleges experiencing a CE leadership vacancy or transition
  • Institutions launching or restructuring workforce programs
  • Organizations managing multiple grant-funded initiatives
  • CE departments facing operational backlogs or unclear processes
  • Training providers that need senior leadership but are not ready for a full-time director
  • Organizations preparing for expansion, new funding, or Workforce Pell
  • Executive leaders who need experienced CE decision support
Scope

Areas of Support

Strategic Leadership

  • Annual or semester CE operating plans
  • Program portfolio recommendations
  • New-program feasibility reviews
  • Enrollment and revenue strategies
  • Executive advising and decision support
  • Staffing and organizational structure recommendations
  • Alignment with institutional and workforce priorities

Program Development and Launch

  • Program readiness assessments
  • Launch timelines and responsibility matrices
  • Curriculum and contact-hour reviews
  • Instructor qualification standards
  • Student eligibility and admissions workflows
  • Vendor, laboratory, equipment, and supply planning
  • Certification-exam readiness
  • Clinical or internship coordination frameworks

Operations and Systems

  • Standard operating procedure development
  • Enrollment-to-completion workflows
  • Instructor onboarding systems
  • Course scheduling and academic calendars
  • Grade, attendance, and certificate processes
  • Program dashboards and trackers
  • Cross-department coordination
  • Operational risk identification

Funding and Grant Implementation

  • Grant implementation plans
  • Budget-to-program alignment
  • Deliverable and milestone tracking
  • Grant spend-down monitoring
  • Documentation and reporting systems
  • Workforce funding readiness
  • Corrective-action planning for delayed programs

Full grant writing and proposal development are separately scoped services.

Quality and Outcomes

  • Enrollment, completion, credential, and placement metrics
  • Student experience reviews
  • Instructor performance systems
  • Employer feedback processes
  • 30-, 60-, and 90-day outcome tracking
  • Continuous-improvement recommendations
  • Executive progress reports

Partnerships and Workforce Alignment

  • Employer engagement strategy
  • Advisory board development
  • Clinical and internship partnership planning
  • Labor-market alignment
  • Industry credential strategy
  • Cross-campus and community partnerships
Service Structure

Choose the right level of leadership.

Signature Engagement

Fractional CE Director

Starting at $7,500
per month
Minimum engagement · Four months
  • Weekly leadership strategy meeting
  • Up to 20 hours of reserved monthly leadership capacity
  • Support for up to two active program or operational priorities
  • Initial CE operational assessment
  • Customized 90-day implementation roadmap
  • Program launch and readiness oversight
  • Workflow and SOP development
  • Enrollment, staffing, scheduling, and funding guidance
  • Monthly executive progress report
  • Reasonable email and document-review access

Every engagement is customized based on the organization's program portfolio, leadership needs, number of active initiatives, institutional complexity, and desired level of support.

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Available by Custom Proposal

Fractional CE Director Plus

Starting at $11,500 / month

For organizations managing multiple programs, grants, launches, or major operational changes that require expanded leadership capacity.

Available by Custom Proposal

Interim CE Director

Starting at $16,500 / month

For organizations navigating a leadership vacancy, leave, departmental transition, or urgent need for temporary CE executive leadership.

Engagement Notes

Boundaries and clarity.

  • Monthly fees reserve leadership capacity and are not based solely on completed tasks.
  • Unused monthly capacity does not roll over.
  • Each engagement includes a defined number of active priorities.
  • Additional programs, hours, on-site days, curriculum development, grant writing, accreditation applications, and major technology implementations are separately scoped.
  • The client retains responsibility for institutional decisions, approvals, legal compliance, personnel actions, and financial authorization.
  • Travel and on-site services are priced separately.
Why Alexis

Strategy Informed by Real CE Operations

Alexis D. Greene, MPA is a workforce development strategist, Continuing Education leader, educator, speaker, and Principal Consultant of Lexcellence in Higher Ed. Her experience includes Allied Health program development, multimillion-dollar workforce initiatives, grant implementation, instructor operations, employer partnerships, compliance systems, and student-outcome planning.

Alexis brings more than recommendations to the table. She understands what it takes to move programs from concept and funding to enrollment, implementation, credential attainment, and measurable outcomes.

  • More than $1.3 million in workforce development awards secured and implemented
  • Experience leading Allied Health and workforce certificate programs
  • Expertise in CE strategy, systems, instructional operations, grant readiness, and outcomes
  • Higher education teaching and administrative leadership experience
  • Founder of the Lexcellence Standard: Strategy, Systems & Outcomes
Application

Start your leadership conversation.

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Tell Me About Your CE Priorities

Share a few details about your organization and program priorities. If your needs align with the services offered, you'll receive next-step instructions within two business days.