Department Head of Higher Education and Learning Technologies
- Employer
- East Texas A&M University
- Location
- Commerce, Texas
- Salary
- Commensurate
- Date posted
- Dec 9, 2024
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- Position Type
- Faculty Positions, Education, Educational Administration & Leadership
- Employment Type
- Full Time
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Works collaboratively with faculty to build a positive culture and effective structures, policies, and communication channels.
- Serves as the chief advocate for advancing the mission of the Department of Higher Education and Learning Technologies as well as advocate for the college and university.
- Assesses departmental performance and determines critical requirements for program practices and documentation.
- Leads best practice expectations for recruitment and retention of students, faculty success, alumni relations, securing and managing extramural funding, and other scholarly and fundraising initiatives.
- Promotes and mentors the professional development of faculty within the academic department. Encourages and supports attendance at professional conferences, grant writing, academic and research publications, professional consulting, mentoring, and community engagement. Mentors faculty to success in achieving tenure and advancing through ranks. Maintains professional development and ongoing success of seasoned faculty.
- Performs annual evaluations of faculty and staff. Develops annual performance plans outlining what each faculty or staff member will accomplish in the coming year. Combines results of individual plans to produce an annual performance plan for the department as a whole.
- Ensures that departmental course offerings optimize resources and are offered in a timely manner with adequate student input to ensure the smooth flow of student progress toward graduation.
- Exercises fiduciary responsibility on all departmental operating, special, and endowment accounts as well as fixed and consumable assets assigned to departmental programs. Monitors dedicated scholarships closely and ensures that awards are made in a timely fashion.
- Develops and improves departmental plan for curriculum development, review, and revision. Utilizes course student assessments and input from faculty, program graduates, and external stakeholders/employers. Utilizes results from these assessments to identify and respond to areas of greater demand and to seek out new areas of strength.
- Oversees, in conjunction with program faculty and departmental staff, an effective and continuous student academic advising program for each academic program of study in the department. Monitors graduation rates and ensures compliance with any relevant Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board requirements, particularly, where appropriate, state-mandated core curriculum learning goals. Collaborates with departmental faculty to mentor new graduate students and ensures that any graduate assistants employed by the department, including those supported by extramural funds, receive appropriate training and mentoring to enable them to perform their job assignments professionally.
- Serves as the primary departmental liaison with the dean, graduate school, the registrar, and institutional effectiveness.
- Oversees the assessment processes used for regional accreditation.
- Keeps faculty informed of institutional issues in a timely and transparent fashion and manages departmental student issues; the graduation process; employment of adjunct faculty and GAs; departmental and program marketing, including the departmental website; student internships; alumni records; departmental fund-raising initiatives; ordering of equipment and supplies; facility renovations; and the completion of various required reports.
- Serves on selected departmental, college, and university committees.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
- Education: Ph.D. or Ed.D. in Higher Education, Workforce Development, Educational Technology, or a closely-related field from an accredited institution.
- Experience/Knowledge/Skills: Academic background commensurate with the rank of associate professor or higher. Proven records of teaching graduate-level coursework online, administrative experience, college/university leadership experience, dissertation advising, and a commitment to shared governance and quality programming.
- Ability to: Ability to manage multiple tasks with competing priorities and work cooperatively with faculty, staff, and students. Ability to work beyond normal office hours and on weekends as needed. Ability to travel.
PREFERRED EDUCATION/SKILLS/EXPERIENCE:
Leadership experience at the department head level or higher. Extensive online teaching and advising experience in higher education, workforce development, educational technology, or closely-related field at the graduate level. Qualification to teach advanced statistical analyses. Extensive record of higher education administrative experience. Extensive record of dissertation advising. Demonstrated experience with budgeting; program design and implementation; and procuring external funding. Evidence of effective interaction with students, faculty, administration, community, and professional organizations.
SUPERVISION OF OTHERS:
Departmental staff and faculty
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