Associate Dean of General Education

Chamberlain University, an Adtalem Global Education institution, continues to raise the standard of nursing and healthcare education through a growing community of over 100,000 alumni who are making an impact in their communities around the world. Chamberlain has the largest school of nursing in the U.S. and is the leading grantor of Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degrees to underrepresented minority students in the country. The university is committed to addressing the national nursing shortage through the development of innovative programs to ensure nurses are practice ready as they step into the workforce. Chamberlain is comprised of the College of Nursing, with online and campus-based programs, and the College of Health Professions, offering a variety of bachelor’s, master’s, doctoral, and certificate programs. Chamberlain University is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission.

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Opportunity at a Glance
The Associate Dean of General Education (ADGE) directs and provides leadership for all campus level General Education faculty to ensure faculty and curricula are current and consistently delivered in an environment and manner that achieves superior student outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a role model and mentor general education faculty and students in areas of academic and service excellence, collaboration, communication and professionalism.

• Conduct classroom, lab, and Learning Management Systems (LMS) observations each session.

• Ensure regular meetings of general education faculty to facilitate communication and participation in planning, implementing and evaluation of the curriculum.

• Solicit recommendations from general education faculty for academic budget.

• Supervise general education faculty and provides appropriate mentoring, coaching and feedback regarding performance.

• Conduct annual individual performance evaluation of the faculty.

• Initiate recruitment, selection, orientation, and onboarding of general education faculty.

• Ensure curricula are current and consistently delivered in an environment and manner that achieves superior student outcomes and provides direction to science faculty on strategies to improve student engagement, performance, and retention.

• Share feedback on course objectives and content gained from students, faculty, and other staff members - with appropriate leadership for quality improvement of the curriculum.

• Ensure meaningful assessment of student achievement, e.g., exams, projects, cases, occurs at the end of each course and for continuous course improvement that meet course objectives.

• Lead or support science curriculum and course review, assessment, improvement, development, and implementation, including updates, revisions, and redevelopments as needed.

• Participate in various committees as assigned and provide input for policy development that impacts program academics; communicate with academic committees to ensure that appropriate goals and projects are implemented.

• Provide leadership in the identification and application of student support and tracking processes to improve retention, persistence, and academic outcomes.

• Prepare, evaluate, and communicate student success metrics to campus and national leaders, including student retention, student achievement of learning outcomes, and student satisfaction, and work with team members to ensure superior student outcomes.

• Serve as a leader and model in developing and promoting retention strategies.

• Actively participate in campus retention committees and leadership calls.

• Work across teams to support campus retention, persistence, and academic success efforts.

• Work across teams to ensure the efficiency and effectiveness of program and course delivery, faculty operations, laboratory operations, and academic support services as assigned.

• Support institutional leadership in projects or responsibilities as assigned.

• May teach up to 12 credits per academic year based on need.

• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Complies with all policies and standards.

• Doctorate degree (from regionally accredited institution) in a science discipline. 
• 5 years’ experience teaching at the Bachelor level or above.
• Previous academic leadership experience preferred.
• Strong interpersonal, organizational and conflict resolution skills.
• Strong time management skills.
• Ability to interact with all levels: Student, faculty and staff.
• Strong customer service orientation.
• Ability to lead, direct and supervise faculty.

In support of the pay transparency laws enacted across the country, the expected salary range for this position is between $68,637.22 and $124,230.14. Actual pay will be adjusted based on job-related factors permitted by law, such as experience and training; geographic location; licensure and certifications; market factors; departmental budgets; and responsibility. Our Talent Acquisition Team will be happy to answer any questions you may have, and we look forward to learning more about your salary requirements. The position qualifies for the below benefits.

Adtalem offers a robust suite of benefits including:

• Health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance
• 401k Retirement Program + 6% employer match
• Participation in Adtalem’s Flexible Time Off (FTO) Policy
• 12 Paid Holidays
  
  For more information related to our benefits please visit: https://careers.adtalem.com/benefits.

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