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Acts as the chief academic officer,
operating with shared supervision from the President, Executive
Committee, and members of the Central Staff. / Responsible for the
overall administration, coordination, and development of
instructional policies, programs, personnel and facilities./
Responsible for creating and sustaining an environment of academic
and professional excellence for students and faculty and a
collaborative working environment with educational team members./
Responsible creating environment which is conducive to innovation,
positive thinking and expansion.
1. Leadership and Vision: (a) Develop and maintain a vision for
educational growth of the Institution.(b) Develop a Strategic Plan
for the Academic Affairs Department.(c) Participate as a member of
the College's Executive Committee.(d) Build a strong, cohesive
academic management team.(e) Encourage and promote professional
staff development.(f) Evaluate relevancy and viability of curriculum
in collaboration with faculty and appropriate offices.(g) Nurture
positive faculty relations.(h) Provide leadership in assessing
student academic achievement.(i) Provide leadership to improve
academic achievement, persistence and attainment of academic
goals.(j) Provide leadership and ensure a sense of community for the
students, faculty and staff within Academic Affairs.
2. Curriculum Development: (a) Administer all academic programs to
provide quality education with overall consistency to meet the needs
of the marketplace. (b) Oversee the Program Review Committees for
the development/revision and/or implemental of all curricula.(c)
Assume responsibility for administration, coordination and
development of the professional degree curriculum.(d) Ensure any
technology associated with course delivery is available accurately
and timely for class starts, up to and including proper selection of
the approved text.(e) Assures the primary space, rooms, technology
and furniture are ready for all class starts.(f) Oversees ongoing
assessment process for Academic Affairs. Includes assuring course
syllabi clearly articulate student learning and professional
development outcomes that can be achieved and measured in both
qualitative and qualitative form.
3. Student Persistence and Completion: (a) Guide the Student Success
Committee for overall improvement of persistence.(b) Coordinate with
the Director of Career Services and network with industry
professionals to discuss new developments and trends and to obtain
feedback on curriculum efforts.(c) Coordinate and facilitate
persistence efforts on campus, maintaining records and monitoring
Standards of Academic Progress.(d) Provide leadership to faculty on
persistence issues, noting trends and helping to create, implement
and support initiatives to provide appropriate academic support to
gaps noted in challenging trends.(e) Address special student
concerns that are not addressed at the instructional or departmental
level.(f) In conjunction with appropriate academic personnel,
supervise externship program, ensuring all students are
appropriately and timely placed.
4. Compliance with System Rules, State Regulations and Accrediting
Criteria: (a) In partnership with the President, coordinate general
compliance of the Institute's academic practices with national,
state, regional and programmatic relationships.(b) Coordinate with
the Senior Director of Admissions to set and maintain admissions
(new enrollment and re-entry) standards and the process.(c) Ensure
appropriate accrediting criteria and requirements are maintained
both institutionally and programmatically.
5. Faculty and Staff Development: (a) Supervise, develop and
evaluate all academic managers and/or faculty. (b) Guide the
academic management staff in hiring and developing appropriately
qualified and credentialed faculty and staff members.(c) Create and
enforce the systems, policies and procedures in order to ensure
academic consistency.(d) Continually improve the faculty and
academic staff orientation, training and development activities to
promote a culture of learning.(e) Work closely with Associate Dean,
Deans and Department Chairs to meet management expectations and
targets while remaining activity involved in standing school
committees.(f) Coordinate faculty hiring process well in advance of
class starts.(g) Represent academic staffing needs to President.
6. Fiscal Responsibilities: (a) Guide the academic management team
in the preparation and implementation of the budgeting process.(b)
Finalize annual budgeting for Academic Affairs Department.(c) Make
necessary changes to ensure fiscal health of Academic Affairs and
achievement of strategic objectives.(d) Meet the targets of all key
metrics assigned to the Academic Affairs Department.(e) With the
President, partner with the Registrar in finalizing the scheduling
process for maximizing efficiencies while maintain academic
outcomes.
7. Community Responsibilities: (a) Develop academic articulation
relationships with other institutions. (b) Enhance externship
opportunities within the community by maintaining a quality academic
presence. (c) Elevate the visibility and image of the campus in the
community. (d) Assures Academic Department representation for campus
and community events.(e) Provide support to the college and
community relation activities that encourage community
relationships, field trips, guest speakers, and externship site
development.(f) Assist growth of academic programs by executing
strategic initiatives that leverage current industry trends, improve
the quality of the student experience, and expand program reach.
8. Other responsibilities as required. |