Reporting to the Campus Executive Director, with a dotted-line relationship to the Provost, the University Dean of General Education holds a dual-scope leadership role. Approximately 70% of the position is dedicated to campus-level academic operations - providing day-to-day leadership, direction, supervision, and evaluation of the general education program, academic support, retention and services on the assigned campus. The remaining 30% is dedicated to university-wide responsibilities, including oversight of the academic and operational components of General Education across all undergraduate programs delivered online and on site.

Campus-level responsibilities include academic policy administration, instructional effectiveness, instructional administration, faculty management, and serving as a member of the campus leadership team for strategic planning and fiscal management. University-wide responsibilities include ensuring the quality, integrity, and consistency of curriculum and instruction for the General Education program across all delivery modalities.

The University Dean serves as a key leader supporting persistence and retention of all General Education students and provides professional leadership and support for other Campus Academic Deans, faculty, fostering an environment where creativity, responsiveness, continuous improvement, accountability and a student-centered mindset are promoted.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

• Campus-Level Responsibilities
• Working closely with the Campus Executive Director, plans, directs, and controls activities concerned with the program's curriculum, instruction and retention.
• Directs program activities to ensure compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations, accrediting bodies, and University policies and procedures in concert with other West Coast University programs.
• Plans, directs, and provides daily guidance of didactic and laboratory assignments and/or scheduling of classes.
• Provides leadership to address key issues of growth, retention, and implementation of technology requirements to support the general education program.
• Provides leadership and direction for student retention and persistence activities and ensures faculty involvement in these processes.
• Maintains, controls, and orders supplies required for the academic instruction of the program.
• Maintains copies of curricula, course outlines, objectives, and grading criteria; faculty credentials, licenses, and certifications; and individual student records, including those necessary to establish satisfactory completion of all requisite general education courses in accordance with University Policies and Procedures.
• Functions as a member of general education program committees as needed.
• In collaboration with Student Affairs, assures students are provided support services to maintain the highest level of student achievement while safeguarding the integrity of the educational process.
• Ensures that faculty record daily class attendance and grade, record, and return all assignments and assessments promptly.
• Assures student course evaluations are administered each term and that feedback is provided to faculty in a timely fashion to improve instructional effectiveness.
• Monitors and analyzes student attrition and retention data and works with other campus and University leaders to develop initiatives that can be implemented to improve retention.

• University-Wide Responsibilities
• Provides leadership to ensure consistency of General Education curriculum, syllabi, instruction, equipment, supplies, and materials across all campuses and instructional delivery modalities.
• Ensures General Education is in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations, accrediting bodies, and university policies and procedures across all locations and modalities.
• In collaboration with the University Librarian, manages online and on-campus General Education textbooks, materials, supplies, and equipment for courses or projects used in instruction.
• Advises the Provost on academic and operational matters related to General Education.
• Partners with Campus Academic Deans to provide direction, training, informational support, technical/professional guidance, and coaching to faculty on curriculum, instruction and retention.
• Ensures adherence to, and evaluates policies pertaining to General Education transfer credit.
• Creates and refines General Education learning outcomes that align with the program mission and philosophy. Ensures documented learning outcomes are sufficiently broad to capture program-specific accreditation and prerequisite requirements for all undergraduate academic programs.
• Provides leadership to proactively identify and resolve key issues of General Education persistence and remediation online and on campus. Implements data-driven and innovative methodologies to ensure student success in General Education.
• Supports the University Director of Student Affairs in persistence and remediation efforts for all general education students, ensuring progression into core programs and meeting University retention goals.
• Leads the General Education Curriculum and Assessment Committee and, in collaboration with faculty and key program stakeholders, comprehensively executes programmatic and student learning improvement plans.
• Develops a clear understanding of WSCUC expectations with respect to General Education and leads West Coast University in responding to them.
• Serves on the University Council and other committees as requested.
• Systematically audits on-campus and online implementation of general education policies, curriculum, and instruction.
• Leads the program/learning outcomes review process for General Education.

Required Education, Certifications, and Licensures

• Master’s or higher degree from an accredited college or university which includes significant course work in Business Administration or a related field is required.

Required Experience and Skills

• Requires at least 9 years of related work experience, including significant leadership experience.
• A minimum of five (5) years of full-time teaching experience
• A minimum of five (5) years of increasingly responsible management and supervisory experience in one or more areas of academic instructional management at the level of dean or above.

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