Practice Education Specialist, Capella and Strayer University

About the role

The Practice Education Specialist functions within the Center of Excellence (COE) reporting to the Program Director. This position supports site-based learning needs and provides effective leadership for site-based learning, experiential learning, conducting site vetting and administration, and/or clinical training experiences to ensure the intended educational outcomes are met.

Responsibilities

• Ensure high-quality educational experiences for learners and faculty, focusing on SBL quality and achievement of outcomes.
• Engage in the ongoing review of the program, accreditation SBL Outcomes, and learner performance data; identify improvement opportunities based on regular data review.
• Prepare and submit analytics reports on a schedule determined by accreditation requirements and/or the school, summarizing findings and recommendations and tracking the impact of implemented changes.
• Conduct learner site-based vetting, approvals, and administration.
• Approve and manage affiliation requests.
• Manage affiliation database and ensure accreditors' mandates are met.
• Across both Strayer and Capella Universities serves as liaison with multiple internal cross-functional partners.
• Collaborate with the SBL team, Academic Leadership Team, Program directors, Licensure Team, School Curriculum Committee, Advisory Councils, Honor Society Liaison (if relevant), and other committees as assigned.
• Resolve multi-faceted types of problems encountered involving courses, faculty, regulatory, or administrative issues.
• Maintain communications with preceptors/clinical faculty/clinical coordinators/site supervisors, including, but not limited to, site vetting, orientations, and evaluations.
• Maintain communications with learners, including, but not limited to, site-based learning issues, audits, and evaluations.
• Develop and provide SBL faculty and learner orientations/training as defined by university leadership and/or specialized accreditation and as needed.
• Contribute to specialized accreditation processes, self-study development, develop and maintain relevant learner manuals and accreditation SBL standards and outcomes assessments.
• Ensure SBL processes are designed per accreditation standards and followed by all involved.
• Conduct audits of SBL processes to ensure continuous quality improvement and learner success.
• Teach or mentor as assigned.

Requirements

• Education — Knowledge of program/course quality data and implementation of recommendations relevant to improving learner outcomes.
• Ability to maintain program compliance with all regulatory rules and national program accreditation standards.
• Familiarity with program development and evaluation.
• Ability to advise and assess learning effectiveness and quality of the education experience.
• Navigation — Resolve multi-faceted types of problems encountered involving courses, faculty, regulatory or administrative issues.
• Adaptability/Flexibility — Open to change. Drive results despite ambiguity.
• Innovation — Creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems.
• Stress Tolerance — Accepting constructive criticism and dealing with high-stress situations.
• Leadership - Ability to operate independently (leading, collaborating, and executing) in a highly ambiguous, matrixed environment with high interdependencies.
• Ability to teach or mentor as assigned.

Qualifications

• Nursing (non-NP): MSN from an accredited Nursing program, required.
• An earned doctorate from a regionally accredited institution in Nursing or closely related fields, including Leadership in Higher Education and Education, preferred.
• Nursing (ARNP): MSN from an accredited Nursing program, required.
• An earned doctorate from a regionally accredited institution in Nursing or closely related fields, preferred.

Skills

• Education — Knowledge of program/course quality data and implementation of recommendations relevant to improving learner outcomes.
• Ability to maintain program compliance with all regulatory rules and national program accreditation standards.
• Familiarity with program development and evaluation.
• Ability to advise and assess learning effectiveness and quality of the education experience.
• Navigation — Resolve multi-faceted types of problems encountered involving courses, faculty, regulatory or administrative issues.
• Adaptability/Flexibility — Open to change. Drive results despite ambiguity.
• Innovation — Creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems.
• Stress Tolerance — Accepting constructive criticism and dealing with high-stress situations.
• Leadership - Ability to operate independently (leading, collaborating, and executing) in a highly ambiguous, matrixed environment with high interdependencies.
• Ability to teach or mentor as assigned.

Benefits

• SEI offers a comprehensive package of benefits to employees scheduled 30 hours or more per week.
• This includes medical, dental, vision, life and disability plans, well-being incentives, parental leave, paid time off, certain paid holidays, tax saving accounts (FSA, HSA), 401(k) retirement benefit, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, tuition assistance as well as entertainment and retail discounts.
• Non-exempt employees are eligible for overtime pay, if applicable.

Pay

$85,000.00 - $95,000.00 is the expected starting pay for this position. This offer is based on current budgetary guidelines and the additional factors outlined below.

Schedule

The expected salary range for this position is below.

• $75,800.00 - $113,700.00 - Salary