Associate Dean of Graduated School

NATIONAL COLLEGE OF BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY•Orlando, FL

2d•Onsite

About The Position

At Northbridge University, we are looking for an Associate Dean of Graduated School! This role is responsible for the oversight and coordination of all graduate programs and activities that support student recruitment, education, and retention, including reentries, at NUC University – Florida Technical College and assigned campuses. The Associate Dean provides leadership to fulfill the mission, objectives, plans, and goals of the campus, ensuring that support services and academic courses in diploma and degree programs meet the needs of faculty, students, and the community. The position also involves assisting the Executive Director in all education and training areas, including planning, organizing, directing, staffing, coordinating, motivating, supervising, improving, and evaluating all facets of the campus’ graduate programs academic department.

Requirements

Doctorate degree required in the field of Business Administration, Education or related field.
Minimum of 3 years of successful teaching experience at the college level; preferably in the proprietary school setting.

Responsibilities

Meet or exceed monthly, quarterly, and annual retention, laddering/career pathway, student satisfaction, and certification goals of the college by structuring appropriate student services, supportive time for students, and academic advising, inclusive of office hours and communication with students.
Coordinate and track student reentry and readmission processes, ensuring that monthly student reentry goals are met.
Meet or exceed daily student engagement goals for graduate online courses in all online programs.
Assist in the development and maintenance of the student schedule for all graduate programs and courses under supervision.
Coordinate timely academic advising for students failing satisfactory academic progress (SAP) in compliance with policy and regulations.
Provide retention and advising to students and support the student services team during evening and weekend at-risk outreach.
Assist the Executive Director to verify online graduate level classes have qualified and appropriate coverage (faculty) and that instructors complete contractual agreements through module end dates.
Provide support to the Dean and ED with recruitment, interviews, hiring, and on-boarding for all faculty, including New Faculty Orientation or Programmatic Training Sessions.
Conduct biweekly one-on-one meetings, faculty meetings, and quarterly formal online classroom observations of instructors, program coordinators/managers.
Assist with scheduling and guaranteeing requirements of annual faculty development, in-services, and professional growth activities to meet accreditation criteria.
Ensure program operations, personnel, facilities, and curriculum comply with state, accreditation, and programmatic regulatory bodies.
Manage program certifications and/or licenses for students by ordering, tracking, and assessing sit and pass rates, and coordinating external or internal proctoring of exams.
Monitor, facilitate, and implement timely course development and curriculum revisions recommendations via coordination with and approval of the VP for Academic Affairs.
Safeguard the student experience and satisfaction by analyzing and addressing student needs based on quantitative and qualitative data, such as online classroom observations and student surveys.
Ensure that instructors are following the standardized curriculum and that course objectives are met.