Education - Program Chair - AIUS

Reporting to the Dean, the Program Chair oversees specific academic and administrative areas in General Education. The Program Chair manages faculty, maintains and enhances curriculum, leads or supports school and university initiatives, engages in scholarly activities, and actively participates in school and university governance. The position is critical to the success of the institution by ensuring a quality education for students and ensuring their successful persistence toward the completion of their degree or program, particularly related to students taking first year experience/foundational courses where analysis of retention, persistence, and completion data guides ongoing collaboration across multiple functional areas.

Principal Duties & Responsibilities:

Academic Oversight Activities

• Oversee specific areas of General Education across the system schools (AIUS) as determined by the Dean
• Engage in the collection, analysis, interpretation, reporting, and use of data related to class, faculty, and student performance and implement initiatives to improve curriculum, instruction, and administrative processes
• Maintain an adequate and appropriately credentialed pool of faculty
• Review and resolve conflicts between faculty and students when necessary. Collaborate with student advising on resolving student issues
• Address student complaints/appeals and conduct concerns as per university policy
• Foster an environment of academic rigor, continuous learning and scholarship

Instructional Management and Support

• Manage Administrative Faculty in providing oversight and supervision of adjunct faculty in areas of classroom performance expectations, course scheduling, hiring, mentoring, file management, and evaluation
• Manage full-time faculty in areas of teaching and curriculum work, including hiring/selection, assigning courses, supervision, mentoring, professional development, and evaluation
• Facilitate ongoing development and mentoring of full-time and Administrative Faculty
• Ensure all faculty adhere to policies and procedures related to their role
• Provide consistent coaching and guidance to faculty to realize continuous improvement
• Oversee implementation of faculty performance management and overall quality of instruction
• Teach a minimum of one class a year, serve on doctoral committees as needed

Academic Success Activities

• Administer high-level academic support to ensure retention of students so that they succeed in their academic endeavors
• Promote and undertake a variety of student persistence/retention measures
• Track student progression through General Education first year experience foundation courses
• Foster collaboration across multiple functional areas such as Admissions and Advising
• Monitor faculty follow-up with students concerning absence, missing work and/or poor academic progress, contributing to the institution’s commitment to student retention and success
• Contribute to weekly retention meetings

Curriculum and Assessment

• Analyze a diversity of details in order to make informed and responsive decisions on matters that impact the academic programs of the department
• Actively gather and share feedback for curriculum and course enhancement
• Assist Dean in the development of new academic concentrations or programs as requested
• Assist Dean in enhancing and maintaining existing courses as well as the development of new courses as requested
• Develop academic materials and assessments as requested
• Oversee and participate in program reviews and annual reporting
• Coordinate/conduct trainings for faculty to support instruction, curriculum, and assessment activities

Service and Leadership

• Serve on academic governance committees as a voting member, including as a chair
• Participate in System, University, School, and Program cross-functional teams and committees
• Support program, school, or university initiatives as assigned
• Contribute to continuous learning and improvement activities
• Assist in all regional (institutional) and programmatic accreditation efforts
• Attend Program, School and University meetings, Commencement, and other university events
• Understand the mission, vision, goals and academic standards and policies of the University, and espouses them in the performance of duties
• Adhere to all University policies, procedures, integrity, and ethical standards, and hold their reports accountable for the same

Scholarly and Professional Activities

• Maintain professional credentials
• Engage in regular and consistent scholarly/professional activities as applicable to online supervision as well as in discipline-specific area of expertise

Other Duties as Assigned or Requested

• Performs other duties as assigned and assignments as required on an ad hoc basis