Educational Director, Baccalaureate Nursing Program

General Summary of Position

The UMass Lowell Susan and Alan Solomont School of Nursing (SSON) is seeking an Educational Director for its Baccalaureate Nursing Program. The Program Educational Director is responsible for leadership, curriculum integrity, faculty and student oversight, regulatory compliance, and overall program success for the baccalaureate nursing program, in accordance with Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing (MA BORN) 244 CMR 6.00 regulations, including 244 CMR 6.04 (2)(a). The Program Educational Director also ensures program quality, regulatory compliance, curriculum integrity, adjunct faculty supervision, and effective student learning outcomes. The role includes oversight of adjunct faculty recruitment and evaluation, clinical operations, and external partnership development to ensure adequate clinical placements. The Educational Director will also serve as the ATI Program Manager, ensuring appropriate implementation, benchmarking, and outcomes tracking. This is a 12-month on-campus professional staff position.

Essential Job Duties

Program Leadership & Administration (Curriculum Integrity):

• In collaboration with the faculty, lead and oversee curriculum development, implementation, evaluation, and revision, to ensure alignment with MA BORN, CCNE standards, and current nursing competencies
• Ensure curriculum integrity through continuous review and quality improvement
• Oversee data informed program assessment
• Direct evaluation processes
• In collaboration with the Chair, inform program budget, resource allocation, and technology investments, including management of ATI platform
• Oversee Baccalaureate Program academic policies.
• Support faculty with student-learning concerns, remediation plans, and academic integrity cases.
• With student placement and success coordinator, maintain adequate clinical placements, development of new clinical sites, and ensure clinical partnerships meet required standards
• Manage the administration and review of student and alumni surveys

Regulatory Compliance:

Working with the school’s chair, faculty & governance, ensure the program meets all regulatory requirements, maintain the annual reviews and Master Evaluation plans and submit required documents for program reviews, visits & regulatory monitoring.

Faculty Oversight:

• Ensure full-time and adjunct faculty meet qualifications required by the MA BORN
• Recruit, hire, orient, supervise, and evaluate adjunct faculty, ensuring MA BORN credentialing compliance
• Conduct adjunct faculty evaluations and document performance.
• Provide mentorship and support professional development of adjunct faculty
• Coordinate and administer clinical orientation for full time and adjunct faculty each semester
• In coordination with the Department Chair, assign teaching to faculty in the Baccalaureate program and complete the course master schedule for fall, spring, and summer classes.
• Other Administrative Duties as required