Associate Dean of Curriculum, Assessment and Articulation

• Curriculum
  1. Co-Chairs our curriculum committee.
  2. Establishes standards and facilitates development of new credit, non-credit, and workforce courses and programs.
  3. Assures new and revised curriculum submissions meet the standard of rigor for the industry and regulatory credential, license, certificate or associate degree programs.
  4. Maintains current course outlines for all college credit and noncredit courses, assuring currency, accuracy, and compliance with standards.
  5. Develops and assures currency of curriculum maps repository within our systems and aligns/maps course outcomes with program and institutional outcomes.
  6. Works with the Academic Services and/or Student Services administration to support faculty:
     • Facilitates the transition from the current curriculum forms to the revised curriculum forms as part of curriculum change recommendations and the five-year curriculum/program review (audit), including assessment instruments.
     • Reviews proposals with faculty prior to Dean’s review for rigor, accuracy, completeness, spelling, and grammar.
     • Works with faculty to establish stackable credentials within programs of study
     • Works with College Relations to market programs and short term job training credentials
     • Works with faculty to align curriculum, establish new programs that align with High Priority Occupations, community workforce needs
• Assessment
  1. Co-Chair on the Assessment Council.
  2. Coordinates and monitors the day-to-day implementation of assessment tasks under the supervision of the associate dean of professional accreditations, compliance, curriculum, and assessment.
     • Meets with coordinators and faculty
  3. Works with the institution administration staff and faculty to follow-up on assessment cycles to (1) assure accuracy, timeliness and (2) provide assistance to academic divisions in planning, writing, and assessing measureable goals.
  4. Manages and monitors the four-year revolving schedule of course, program, and institutional outcomes assessment activities.
  5. Oversight support staff’s data collection and analysis through electronic systems.
  6. Reviews reports with faculty prior to publication for rigor, adequacy, accuracy, spelling, and grammar.
  7. Works with the institution administration staff and faculty to follow-up, as needed, with Academic Services, the Deans, and Associate Academic Deans to support faculty assessment of student learning outcomes across all modalities (face-to-face, distance education) and sites on a regular recurring schedule with evidence of analysis and use of results.
  8. Assists employees and provides training on conducting activities to assess student learning and in planning, writing, and assessing measurable goals.

• Develops and presents institutional annual Program Enrollment Report
• Serves as primary contact for those requesting review of prior learning for credit, course substitution, and academic restart.
• Oversees Commonwealth Workforce Development System (CWDS) accountability and assures timely and accurate reporting of non-credit and credit programming.
• Oversees Pennsylvania Department of Education TAOC filings and CATS system filings
• Works with Institutional Research in determining Institutional Effectiveness metrics and the possible impact of these metrics when considered with external and internal trends.  For example, Feasibility study.
• Develop and maintain CTE and 4-year transfer articulation agreements.
• Monitors contracts with outside agencies providing credit courses or programs.
• Serves as member of the leadership team, coordinates efforts with other members of the leadership team to advance the college’s goals and mission.
• Coordination, critical review, and publication of annual credit catalog.
• Maintains appropriate records.
• Prepares reports, assuring critical review of all documents and exemplars for accuracy, content, completeness, formatting, spelling, and grammar.
• Performs other duties as may be assigned.

Education

• Master’s degree from a regionally accredited college or university

Certifications

• Act 153 Clearances (Act 34 PA Criminal Background, Act 151 PA Child Abuse History, Act 114 FBI Clearance Fingerprinting)

Work Experience

• Understanding of outcomes assessment in an educational setting.
• Experience with integrated data management systems, statistical software packages (SPSS), and Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access).

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Possess a strong understanding of and commitment to the mission and philosophy of the comprehensive community college.
• Ability to work collaboratively with faculty and staff in a teamwork environment.
• Strong verbal and written skills.
• Ability to maintain accurate and detailed program records.  Excellent organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Must be proficient in the use of MS Office.   Ability to learn the College’s administrative computing systems (SunGard Banner, CourseDog).
• Must possess a high level of the following work skills and behaviors: teamwork/cooperation, initiative, customer service, and commitment to continuous professional growth in skills and knowledge.

Preferred

• Experience in project management and teaching in higher education.
• Experience in course/program development and articulation agreements.
• Knowledge of SCT Banner beneficial.
• Bilingual (Spanish)

Physical Demands
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; talk and hear.   The employee may regularly lift and/or move up to 15 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.   Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and distance vision.