Academic Dean

About the role

The Campus Academic Dean is under the direct supervision of the Campus Director. The role is responsible for the day-to-day operation of the educational programs through managing and promoting a productive academic environment. This role is responsible for the academic oversight of both program directors and faculty on the campus by supporting the faculty with developing, implementing, and delivering academic outcomes for the campus.

Responsibilities

• Supervises instruction to ensure the integrity of educational programs on the campus through classroom observations
• Supports academic outcomes such as course completion, student satisfaction, retention leading to career placement
• Codifies faculty teaching schedules, classroom and lab facilities, and campus activities
• Codifies faculty recruitment, hiring, and evaluation according to established policies
• Reinforces and helps implement the knowledge and skills gained from NAO, In-service’s, Academic Excellence, PALs and other college wide meetings
• Reviews assessment data and assists faculty/programs with adjustment of instructional methodologies to improve student learning
• Ensures the classroom is a safe and engaging environment for students and faculty
• Maintains accurate and up-to-date standard equipment list and ensures annual calibration is up-to-date and documented
• Participates in program reviews, institutional committees and campus meetings as required
• Ensures programs are compliant with college policies, accreditation, and federal/state requirements
• Provides academic counseling, and supports program director and faculty with student outreach
• Affords daily reports which tracks and monitors: attendance, grades, and Satisfactory Academic Progress
• Analyzes institutional reports that track retention, grades, and other outcomes to support continuous improvement and develop plans/actions to address challenges
• Implements and monitors all action plans
• Maintains and documents student GPA term by term and works with students below benchmark
• Participates as assigned in related admissions, education, employment services activities and over-all campus events
• Acts as campus Incident Commander and safety committee leader
• Collaborates with the College Dean of Instruction and Student Success and the Student Affairs Manager
• Coordinates and facilitates New Student Orientation, college prep day, and CDV-Go-Live
• Collects, audits, and maintains up-to-date faculty files
• Performs other duties as assigned

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Supervises Program Directors, Faculty and Academic Administrative Staff
• Overall direction, coordination, and evaluation of these units
• Interviews, hires, and trains employees
• Plans, assigns, and directs work
• Applies performance appraisal
• Disciplines and rewards employees
• Addresses complaints and resolves problems

Qualifications

• Minimum of a Bachelor's degree is required. Master’s degree preferred
• Minimum of 5 years of administrative experience preferably in an educational institution
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, and policy and procedure handbooks
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of employees or students of the campus
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measurement, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs
• Ability to use common sense in all situations
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office; Word, Excel, Access and Outlook
• Experience with Student Information Systems, and LMS