Assistant Vice Provost, Educational Effectiveness

Job Title:

Assistant Vice Provost, Educational Effectiveness

Job Summary:

The Assistant Vice Provost for Educational Effectiveness leads the university-wide effort to ensure a quality educational experience and equitable student learning outcomes for all academic programs in the university. The Assistant Vice Provost (AVP) supports academic excellence and student success through promoting support for assessment for student learning, taking concrete actions to advance learning outcomes, and utilizing a continuous improvement approach.

Full Job Description:

The Assistant Vice Provost heads the Office of Assessment and Accreditation Support (OAAS) and reports to the Vice Provost for Student Success, Inclusive Excellence and Curricular Innovation. In addition to assessment and accreditation support, OAAS manages the curricular approval process and state authorization of distance education for the Provost’s Office. OAAS also creates policy around the university's survey program and provides analysis of data derived from surveys to faculty, staff and students. The AVP works collaboratively with staff in each of the school dean’s offices, the Registrar’s Office, OIRA, Student Life, and other related offices. The AVP evaluates progress on key goals, works with faculty and staff to assure academic quality, and seeks solutions to achieve effective programs and operations.

As chair of the University Assessment Committee, the Assistant Vice Provost oversees the program and unit review process and leads the university-wide assessment of student achievement of student learning outcomes at all levels and across all campuses. The AVP supports the creation of policy related to assessment of student learning. The AVP promotes educational effectiveness through empowering faculty and staff to design and use program evaluation and assessment processes and strategies in courses, academic programs, and support units to improve student learning. The AVP also coordinates and tracks the reporting of outcome results and closing the loop activities to the campus, accrediting organizations, and other stakeholders.

The Assistant Vice Provost is the Accreditation Liaison Officer (ALO) with WSCUC. As such, this position is the primary point of contact with WSCUC, coordinates and supports accreditation activities, and works with the WSCUC Commission and its staff on matters of accreditation, including coordinating proposals for substantive and structural change to WSCUC.

The AVP provides oversight for the additional campuses and locations beyond the city of San Francisco that ensures that all University of San Francisco students experience a sense of belonging as they pursue their Jesuit education guided by the University Mission. In collaboration with the Provost and deans, the AVP develops a strategy to leverage the University’s additional campuses to enhance visibility, access, and academic excellence. The AVP monitors operations at the additional campuses and supervises the campus directors. The AVP works collaboratively with the deans to provide quality academic programming and student support, admission pipelines to programs, and to monitor and improve equity in student learning outcomes. The AVP works with the Provost and deans to ensure the sustainability of the additional campuses through the monitoring of academic resources and development of a strategic vision.

The AVP is a member of the Provost’s Circle and the Council of Associate Deans. 

Reports to: Vice Provost for Student Success, Inclusive Excellence and Curricular Innovation    

 

Supervises: 

●      Director, Orange County Campus

●      Director, Sacramento Campus

●      Associate Director of Research and Assessment, OAAS

●      Associate Director of Curriculum Management, OAAS

●      Project Manager, OAAS

 

Responsibilities and Duties

The AVP will support and work collaboratively with administrators, faculty, and staff in the following activities:

Accreditation and Compliance

●      Serve as Accreditation Liaison Officer (ALO) to WSCUC.

●      Promotes and supports the educational effectiveness of the university through promotion of continuous improvement and data-driven decis