Online Absn Department Chair

Overview

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This online program offers the potential for a hybrid work model. Upon successful completion of the orientation period, employees may have the opportunity to work remotely for a portion of their schedule, balancing both in-office and work-from-home days.

• Coordinates the activities of department faculty in course development, planning, implementation, and evaluation.
• Facilitates course development consistent with the mission and philosophy of the SoN and Edgewood University, in collaboration with the SoN Undergraduate Curriculum Committee (UGCC).
• Facilitates faculty communication within the department regarding theory, clinical, and alignment of simulation.
• Facilitates the process of integrating theory, lab skills, and clinical throughout department courses.
• Facilitates preparation and distribution of course syllabi for theory and clinical courses.
• Collects syllabi each semester, ensuring they are submitted to the SoN and EC as directed.
• Verifies book orders are placed for every section of the department in a timely manner.
• Assumes responsibility for maximizing the use of ATI in the department courses.
• Facilitates and assists faculty on annual course assessment requirements.
• Continually updates online ABSN curriculum to ensure alignment with both the traditional and accelerated face-to-face programs.
• Coordinate course scheduling, including immersion experiences with lab and simulation activities.
• Stay current with trends and best practices in nursing education and incorporate them into the curriculum.

• Assists department faculty with decision-making regarding student issues/concerns and program progression.
• Assists departmental faculty with counseling of students requiring academic alert notices.
• Assists faculty with the development of student performance improvement plans as needed.
• Notifies Director, Associate and Assistant Deans of potential failing or withdrawing of students in the program.
• Assures that grade rosters for the specified department are submitted to the Registrar’s Office in a timely manner.
• Facilitates implementation of student policies as identified in the student handbook.
• Supports academic advisors during advising.
• Collaborates with nursing professional advisors and faculty to review requirements, uniform policy, health requirements and first-class day instructions.

• Assist with recruiting new faculty in the department.
• Facilitates and executes orientation and mentoring of new departmental faculty to:
  • Ensure the onboarding process is communicated (Email, Blackboard, Office, Parking, ATI, clinical site, etc.)
  • Teaching responsibilities; including theory, clinical, and the CHES.
  • Departmental meeting expectations
  • Introduction to level faculty and clinical partners
  • Semester timelines
  • Course content, pedagogical ideas, etc.
  • Ordering/obtaining textbooks for faculty use
• Provides updates to the Director, Dean, Associate Dean, and Assistant Dean on new faculty progress.
• Chairs monthly department meetings with all traditional and accelerated faculty.
• Includes preparing agenda, facilitate meeting, and recording meeting minutes (can assign a faculty member to record minutes).
• Sends meeting minutes to the SoN Administrative Assistant, who will electronically store these.
• Chair submits end of year report to SoN Dean and Administrative Assistant.
• Acts as liaison to the Director, Dean, Associate Dean, Assistant Dean of the Program, and department faculty.
• Reviews and updates Orientation Guide for Faculty, in conjunction with the current orientation, as appropriate.
• Facilitate communication with departmental faculty regarding school-wide or curricular changes made to clinical, lab, assessment, simulation, and/or theory courses.
• Facilitates book orders for new faculty.
• Represents department faculty on UGCC committee.
• Removes ATI access to faculty who stop teaching at Edgewood.

• Facilitates clinical agency cooperation by encouraging faculty to maintain relationships with departmental clinical agencies.
• Ensures that clinical faculty provide agency sites with clinical learning objectives at the beginning of the semester, and maintains communication with preceptors.
• Assists in planning for new clinical sites with the Director, Clinical Department Chair, Dean, Associate Dean, and Assistant Dean of the Undergraduate Program.

• Orients new faculty regarding the process for requesting equipment, supplies, library resources, and room reservations, etc.
• Requests appropriate supplies/resources for the department as needed.

Required

• Minimum of Master’s Degree in Nursing with current WI license or eligibility to obtain one.
• Maintains a full-time teaching load.

Preferred

• Terminal degree (DNP or PhD).
• Minimum of two years of full-time teaching experience, as well as online teaching experience.
• Knowledge of the curriculum in respective department level.
• Familiarity with…