Associate Dean of Education - General Education

Description

Work from Home (WFH)- Remote work must be performed while residing in California or New Mexico

CIAT Campus Locations: San Diego, CA and Albuquerque, NM

Reports to: VP of Education

Division: General Education

Status: Exempt

Employment Type: Full-time

Reporting to the VP of Education, this role serves as a member of the management team. The Associate Dean of Education will be responsible for administrative, curriculum, mentoring tasks, and teaching responsibilities with an emphasis on overall program success. The Associate Dean of Education will handle a variety of strategic tasks, including departmental and company goals.

Management Tasks

• Conduct hiring, onboarding, and on-going training and of faculty of specific programs as assigned
• Develop and manage the General Education program including fostering cohesiveness between instructors, encourage instructor feedback to improve training programs, and promote the exchange of ideas, concepts, and teaching techniques that are specific to individual training programs
• Be a mentor to new instructors assigned to the General Education program
• Conduct planning and evaluating departmental activities
• Review and follow up with instructor and programmatic surveys and assessments while analyzing and sharing this data with faculty and staff
• Accomplish departmental objectives by managing assigned instructors
• Provide growth opportunities and maintain a motivated and professional team by assisting with recruiting, selecting, orienting, coaching, and training employees
• Coach and counsel employees in partnership with HR and the VP of Education
• Ensure a safe, secure, and ethical work environment
• Manage and enforce timekeeping policies to ensure accuracy and timely process of employee’s timecards
• Maintain quality service by enforcing customer service standards, analyzing, and resolving quality and customer service problems, and recommending improvements
• Must support and be a champion to the goals of the department

Program Success

Responsible for the overall success of the Computer Information Systems program including:

• Graduation and placement rates
• Program retention rates
• Maintain compliance with accreditation related to instruction and the quality of education
• Responsible for analyzing and developing new metrics for programs, as needed

Administrative Tasks

• Conduct formal and informal classroom observations and plan on-going faculty development/training
• Work with the VP of Education to develop and revise programs to continually enhance quality of education and to maintain consistency with CIAT’s mission and goals
• Process timely, accurate, fair, without bias, performance reviews. Conduct timecard review to ensure that all time submitted by instructors is accurate

Curriculum Development Tasks

• Responsible for the creation and application of curriculum making sure it meets academic and industry standards
• Maintain currency of curriculum, syllabi, textbooks, and Canvas
• Review training material/deliverables and provide recommendations on the accuracy of and relevancy of content of curriculum
• Contribute to the selection and development of instructional materials in accordance with course objectives

Teaching Responsibilities

• Available to teach live online and asynchronously
• Available to provide coverage when needed
• Current certification(s) in subjects taught
• Plan and organize instruction in ways that maximize online student learning and engagement
• Modify, where appropriate, instructional methods and strategies to meet diverse student’s needs
• Employ appropriate teaching and learning strategies to communicate subject matter to students
• Stay current in their subject matter through professional development, through involvement in professional organizations, and attending professional meetings, conferences, or workshops

Requirements

• Master’s degree required
• 2-3 years of management experience, ideally in a higher education setting
• At least 2 years of teaching experience
• Curriculum development experience required
• Advanced subject matter expertise preferred
• Canvas experience preferred
• Able to work a 40-hour plus workweek, if needed, depending on schedule and coverage
• Self-motivated with a strong work ethic; dedicated to quality, quantity, and timeliness of results
• Able to handle