Dean – Curriculum Management

Dean – Curriculum Management

Requirements

• Demonstrated expertise in project planning, development, and implementation.
• Concepts and principles related to curriculum development.
• Presentation of information and summary reports internally and externally.
• Understanding of the community college philosophy and mission.
• Understanding and managing the demands and requirements of senior-level management in higher education.
• Effective leadership and ethics principles and techniques, including Servant-Leadership and relevant principles and standards of higher education.
• Knowledge of Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) requirements.
• Management, implementation, and leadership of large-scale projects.
• Supervisory principles, practices, and methods.
• Budget preparation, bid and purchasing procedures, and expense control.
• Five years related work experience including supervisory experience in a higher education academic environment.
• Master’s degree. Experience cannot be substituted for required, applicable educational level.

Responsibilities

• Provides leadership and management for the development and delivery of curriculum services.
• Works with academic leadership and related stakeholders in preparing class schedule guidelines and processes that meet the needs of students and support completion goals.
• Builds talent and a sense of belonging for staff through support, coaching, training, and setting expectations.
• Maintains effective internal and external communication processes that provide stakeholders with clear, timely, and relevant information.
• Provides leadership in short-term and long-term planning with clear, measurable goals and outcomes for curriculum management operations.
• Oversees the alignment of work in transfer articulation with university partners to ensure seamless integration and expand transfer opportunities for students.
• Stays current in the field. Identifies and researches emerging, innovative, and research-based practices and technologies in curriculum management, and evaluates the relevance and benefit to the college.
• Provides analysis and review of curriculum management functions and services, and reports appropriate information to ACC stakeholders and, as required, local, state, and federal agencies.
• Leads financial planning and budget management for activities of the office.
• Represents the college in local, state, regional, and national organizations and events to advance the interests of the college as assigned.
• Manages technology resources and serves as a liaison between the college and vendors that provide services or resources for curriculum services.
• Adheres to compliance requirements of the position.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in a community college environment.
• Direct experience with instructional design or curriculum development.
• Doctorate in Curriculum and Instruction or other Academic Field.