Senior Associate Director of Accreditation and Curricular Assessment

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Description

Senior Associate Director of Accreditation and Curricular Assessment (SADAC) reports to the Director and serves on the School of PA Executive Council, School, College, and University committees. The SADAC is responsible for the coordination and administrative management of the Program’s ongoing programmatic self-assessment to ensure that accreditation, state, and national standards and competencies have been successfully integrated and evaluated.  The SADAC assists the School Director in identifying potential areas for improvement, leads School ongoing programmatic assessment, self-study planning, and preparation of accreditation related documents.

In addition, the SADAC serves as a member of the Executive Committee and Directors Meeting monthly.

Administrative Responsibilities       

• Serve on School’s Executive Committee (EC) and Directors Meeting to discuss the operation of the School and development of policies and procedures           
• Provide guidance and supervision, in coordination with the Program Director, for programmatic self-assessment to ensure that accreditation, state, and national standards and competencies have been successfully integrated and evaluated.
• Co-Chair the Data Analytics Committee and the ARC-PA Compliance Committee of the Executive Council to provide guidance in the implementation of the committees’ duties and plans
• Serve on the Curriculum Committee and Didactic Subcommittee of the Curriculum Committee  
• Collaborate with the Senior Associate Director of Academic Education, the Associate Director of Clinical Education and the Associate Director of Academic Assessment and Achievement for the monitoring of student academic progression, evaluation of overall academic student performance and monitoring of student remediation, attrition, and other data related to curricular assessment
• Assist faculty, staff, and students in understanding policies and procedures related to accreditation, program self-assessment, and programmatic self-study assessment
• Actively participate in the admissions process including interview selection, interviewing, recommendations, admissions notification, matriculation, and orientation
• Attend appropriate meetings sponsored by state and national physician assistant professional organizations to promote the School of Physician Assistant Studies 
• Attend continuing education offerings and workshops to maintain clinical competency and knowledge of current best practices within the profession

Teaching Responsibilities

Faculty teaching responsibilities are varied and will differ based upon the individual phases of the curriculum.  Specific Module assignments will be given by the School Director. 

Module leader for: Intro to Clinical Medicine, Hematology & Oncology, Neurology

Co Module Lead for: Genitourinary & Sexual Health

• Prepare syllabi with goals, objectives, and learning outcomes
• Prepare assigned lectures using applicable technology
• Develop course platform on Moodle
• Review, evaluate, and develop appropriate assessment tools
• Participate in text selection or other teaching modalities
• Assess student progress in course, prepare and submit final grades, communicate with students’ faculty advisors
• Critique student assignments and provide prompt feedback
• Participate in student assessment, reassessment, and r