Dean, Instruction

Job Title :
Dean, Instruction

Location : LSC-Health Professions Bldg

Regular / Temporary :
Regular

Full / Part Time :
Full-Time

Job  : 43909

This job carries with it the obligation to uphold the Mission of Lone Star College (LSC) in carrying out the duties of the position. A commitment to positive interpersonal behaviors, professional communication, integrity, leadership, stewardship, respect and accountability to LSC students and employees is essential.

• One LSC
• Student Focused
• Own It
• Foster Belonging
• Cultivate Community
• Choose Learning

The Chronicle of Higher Education's "Great Colleges to Work For®" is designed to recognize colleges that have been successful in creating great workplaces and to further research and understanding of the factors, dynamics and influences that have the most impact on organizational culture at higher education institutions.

Lone Star College has been recognized in multiple categories.

Lone Star College-Health Professions Building

Lone Star College offers high-quality, low-cost academic transfer and career training education to 80,000+ students each semester. LSC has been named a 2023 Great Colleges to Work For® institution by the Chronicle of Higher Education.

LSC consists of eight colleges, seven centers, eight Workforce Centers of Excellence and Lone Star Corporate College.

The Health Professions Building is home to many of the college's health care training programs, including nursing and medical assisting. The facility's state-of-the-art technology and location near Houston Northwest Medical Center create an unmatched experience for students. Its amenities, combined with our top-notch faculty, prepare students for a successful career in health care.

Location address is 17200 Red Oak Dr. Houston, TX 77090.

Working under the leadership of the Vice-Presidents of Instruction, the Dean, Instruction is the principal academic and budgetary officer for their respective divisions within Lone Star College. Instructional Deans are empowered with the authority necessary to provide positive leadership regarding academic personnel, curricular, and budgetary decisions that further the academic, programmatic, and scholarly mission of the institution in its service to the community.

Such leadership includes the processes of academic personnel policy, participation in budgetary allocations, determination of academic standards and benchmarks, and the acquisition, retention, or release of academic programs.

• Leads instructional areas through planning, development, implementation, and evaluation. Builds processes in the division and collaborates with other LSC divisions, VPIs, and Deans to ensure schedules are developed to meet student needs, class loads are efficiently distributed, and registration to final grade delivery is seamless.
• Ensures that the division offers programs that allow for student success; this includes developing benchmarks through data-informed decisions, developing accountability, and ensuring SACS, GIPWE, and Coordinating Board requirements are met. If necessary, oversees the discontinuation of programs that do not meet student needs or are unsustainable.
• Coordinates and maintains long-range academic plan for the division with appropriate LSC leadership, including but not limited to rollout, budget, staff development and succession planning, plus community awareness.
• Guides the division in keeping up-to-date on the latest trends in instructional methods, technology, and effective pedagogies for learning and ensures that these trends are built into the long-range plan for the division.
• Regularly analyzes and provides evaluation of instructional area and fosters a culture of continuous improvement to ensure curriculum and instructional integrity.
• Develops and implements faculty and staff professional growth plans that leverage employee talent to achieve LSC goals; oversees the recruitment, hiring, evaluation, and retention of qualified faculty and staff; resolves personnel issues and student issues as needed and develops and maintains effective channels of…