Dean, Emerging Technology and Workforce

Qualifications

• Required Experience:
  
  3 years experience teaching at the college level in a divisional area. Must also have demonstrated two years of experience leading an instructional work unit.
• Preferred Experience:
  
  Doctorate with 5 years experience leading a department or divisional area.

• Acts as an advisor to the Executive Vice President of Academic Services in matters of college policies and procedures.
• Formulates educational policies and procedures, presenting them to the Executive Vice President of Academic Services.
• Directs the development, implementation, and evaluation of the learner-centered curriculum and the performance indicators of the division with an emphasis on quality of instruction and innovation in the learning environment.
• Coordinates work unit development in conjunction with the Academic Master Plan, Strategic Goals, and institutional priorities.
• Collaborates with mid-level and upper-management to ensure alignment of work unit activities with the institution’s mission and strategic goals.
• Supervises curriculum, assessment of student learning, courses, and methods of instruction, and evaluates instruction.
• Manages the division’s faculty and staff and recommends hiring, promotion, advancement, and retention. Appoints and evaluates department/program chairs and directors, evaluates the division’s support staff, and administers personnel procedures.
• Manages faculty utilization and workload. Ensures that qualified faculty members are available for staffing of courses.
• Directs and coordinates the college’s educational partnerships including transfer activities and dual credit.
• Oversights all modes of instructional delivery (face-to-face, hybrid, and online) within the Academic Division.
• Develops faculty load units and payroll notification reports.
• Responsible for approval of payroll notifications.
• Develops, recommends, implements, and administers the annual division budget. Monitors program expenditures to ensure compliance with approved budget. Oversees procurement, usage, and disposition of division resources.
• Approves all requisitions for instructional supplies and equipment.
• Approves faculty travel in conjunction with the Executive Vice President of Academic Services.
• Facilitates responsiveness of support services to meet the needs of the division faculty, staff and students.
• Presides over divisional meetings.
• Directs the attention of faculty members to changing educational thought and practice, particularly as they affect higher education.
• Recommends and implements new programs, marketing, promotion, recruitment, and retention strategies for programs in the division in cooperation with the Executive Vice President, Institutional Advancement and community leaders and organizations.
• Approves divisional class schedules, schedule changes, and class cancellations.
• Schedules use of all classrooms in conjunction with the Institutional Scheduler.
• Inspects classrooms and equipment routinely to ensure an environment conducive to learning for WC students and faculty.
• Makes recommendations for improvements of the physical plant as it relates to the educational programs.
• Submits required reports and provides specific information to college administrators and regulatory bodies as requested.
• Serves as a member of standing college councils, committees, and task forces.
• Advises on the appointment of administrative committees.
• Prepares reports of various kinds relating to personnel problems of the faculty and staff.
• Meets with departmental chairs and directors on a regular basis.
• Verifies that official transcript(s) and application forms are received on all faculty members.
• Makes exceptions in courses required for graduation in conjunction with the Executive Vice President of Academic Services.
• Prepares the Faculty Handbook in conjunction with the Executive Vice President of Academic Services and Assistant Vice President, Student Services.
• Performs other duties as may be assigned according to deadline.

Ability to treat all persons with respect, dignity and justice, without discrimination based upon age, sex, race, color, religion, national origin,…