Associate Dean of Academic Affairs

About the role

The Associate Dean of Academic Affairs provides leadership necessary to fulfill the mission, objectives, plans and goals of the college. This role is responsible for the oversight and coordination of all programs and activities that support student recruitment, education, retention, and reentries at the college and assigned campuses. The Associate Dean ensures support services and academic courses in diploma and degree programs meet the needs of faculty, students, and the community it serves, while assisting the Dean of Academic Affairs in all education and training areas of planning, organizing, directing, staffing, coordinating, motivating, supervising, improving, and evaluating all facets of the college's campus academic department.

Responsibilities

• Meet or exceed monthly, quarterly and annual retention, student satisfaction, and certification goals of the college by structuring appropriate student services, supportive time for students, academic advising (inclusive of office hours), communication with students, etc.
• Coordinate and track student reentry and readmission processes, ensuring that monthly student reentry goals are met.
• Meet or exceed daily student attendance goals for on ground programs and regular student engagement for online courses.
• Assist in the development and maintenance of the student schedule for all programs and courses under supervision.
• Coordinate timely academic advising for students failing satisfactory academic progress (SAP) in compliance with policy and regulations.
• Verify classes in all modalities (online, blended, and on-ground) have qualified and appropriate coverage (faculty) and that instructors complete contractual agreements through module end dates.
• Provide support in recruitment, interviews, hiring and on-boarding to all faculty.
• Conduct biweekly one on one meetings and quarterly formal classroom observations of instructors, program coordinators and directors.
• Assist with scheduling and guaranteeing requirements of annual faculty development, in-services and professional growth activities to meet the college and accreditation criteria.
• Assist with the hiring and onboarding process of instructor(s) for the program.
• Ensure program operations, personnel, facilities and curriculum comply with state, accreditation and programmatic regulatory bodies.
• Conduct New Faculty Orientation, Training Sessions, classroom observations and monthly instructor class assignments.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Staff Meeting with Faculty members
• Support the Performance Appraisals Process
• People Development (Coaching / Mentoring)

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Education or a related field
• Minimum of 3 years of successful teaching experience at the college level; preferably in the proprietary school setting
• Bilingual in Spanish and English (written, read, and verbal)
• Ability to adapt to new and rapidly changing situations
• Ability to work extended hours (which will include evenings and Saturdays) in order to meet business objectives
• Patient, empathetic, adaptable, and enjoy problem-solving