Dean of Learning and Assessment

General Description

The position of Dean of Learning and Assessment shall report directly to the Vice Chancellor for Academics (VCA) and serve on the VCA’s academic leadership team. The Dean of Learning and Assessment will demonstrate experience and commitment to the comprehensive community college mission; best practices in teaching and student learning; assessment of student learning; institutional and program accreditation; shared governance; curriculum development, support, and review; faculty and staff support and development; enrollment management; continuous quality improvement; innovation; technology; and the use of data for decision making. The Dean of Learning and Assessment must embrace a commitment to communication, collaboration, and transparency.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Support academic operations and programming at all ASU-Beebe campuses in conjunction with the Vice Chancellor for Academics (VCA), Academic Division Deans, and Directors/Program Coordinators. Travel to and from ASU-Beebe’s four campuses is required.
• Provide leadership and support in the assessment of student learning, the measurement of learning outcomes at the course, program, and institutional levels, and strategies to ensure continuous improvement.
• In concert with the VCA, provide leadership and support to the college’s compliance with the requirements established by the Arkansas Division of Higher Education, the Higher Learning Commission (HLC), and all other institutional and program accreditations.
• Provide leadership and support to faculty in the ongoing development of best practices according to the science of teaching and learning (SoTL). Engage in the development of collaborative, innovative strategies and review of data to support student learning frameworks to include retention, persistence, completion, transfer, and employment.
• Provide leadership and support to the Office of Academics and program faculty in the coordination of curriculum proposals and the updating, creation, and publishing of materials such as, but not limited to, the college catalog, faculty handbook, academic calendar, and standard operating procedures, as well as program grant writing, implementation, and reporting initiatives.
• Provide leadership and support to the coordination of transfer and other articulation agreements.
• Provide leadership and support to the college’s Distance Education, Library, and Early College staff and initiatives.

Required Qualifications

1. Master’s degree within a discipline offered by the college
2. Three years of progressive academic leadership experience
3. Three years of Community College teaching experience
4. National institutional and program accreditation experience

Preferred Qualifications

1. Terminal Degree (PhD, EdD) within a discipline offered by the college
2. Four years of progressive academic leadership experience to include, but not limited to, program coordinator, director, chair, and dean
3. Four years of Community College teaching experience
4. National institutional and program accreditation experience