Senior Associate Dean for the Graduate Program - Dean Nursing

Texas Woman’s University•Denton, TX

8d•Hybrid

About The Position

This leadership role has accountability and responsibility for the Graduate nursing program(s). The program associate dean collaborates with the Dean and the Campus Associate Deans to unify and standardize program operations across the three campuses and create a strategic plan for their programs. The program associate dean is accountable for academic programming to include student experience, curriculum integrity, accreditation readiness, enrollment and, performance improvement.

Requirements

Accountability and responsibility for the Graduate nursing program(s).
Collaboration with the Dean and Campus Associate Deans to unify and standardize program operations and create a strategic plan.
Accountability for academic programming, including student experience, curriculum integrity, accreditation readiness, enrollment, and performance improvement.
Understanding of faculty workload policy and process.
Knowledge of accreditation standards and experience in participating in self-studies and site visits.
Experience in contributing to CCNE and SACS self-study documents.
Ability to prepare program faculty for participation during site visits.
Experience in program data collection and analysis.
Ability to partner with Institutional Research and Data Management.
Ability to create program dashboards.
Ability to share relevant data and trends.
Ability to formulate opportunities for performance improvement.
Ability to identify programmatic performance improvement exemplars.
Ability to act as program advisor to CPIC committee.
Ability to market and communicate programs.
Overseeing admission processes.
Ability to interact with professional peers outside of TWU.
Ability to attend relevant conferences and seek presentation opportunities.
Ability to seek service opportunities on boards.
Ability to partner with ADR and CADs to mentor program faculty in research and support dissemination.
Active participation in the mentoring of new and experienced faculty.
Understanding of the leadership hierarchy within the CON.
Ability to mentor faculty as they aspire to leadership roles.
Ability to partner with the faculty lead for the Academy of Nursing Excellence.
Ability to provide program(s) overview and orientation for new faculty.
Ability to identify developmental activities to enhance faculty performance and success.
Ability to act as an advisor in the promotion and tenure process.
Ability to create and support meetings of program(s) faculty.
Ability to give program(s) updates to CON faculty.
Participation in faculty retreats and doctoral colloquium.
Attendance at graduations.

Responsibilities

Understands faculty workload policy and process and uses data to determine programmatic faculty needs, making recommendations for additional faculty members and correlating program enrollment with faculty vacancies and adjunct utilization.
Provides staff oversight and manages the search process for direct reports, reviews current staff roles for upskilling opportunities, and considers how staff can better meet programmatic needs.
Maintains curriculum integrity across the CON, including SLO’s, program outcomes, syllabi integrity, compliance with CCNE Essentials and university requirements, and active leadership in curriculum review, updates, and innovations.
Maintains accreditation readiness for their program in partnership with program faculty, campus deans, and shared governance committees, contributing to self-study documents and preparing program faculty for site visits.
Accountable for program data collection, including faculty workload, enrollment, applications, drops, incompletes, course failures, graduates, employability, licensure, and certification rates, partnering with Institutional Research and Data Management to create program dashboards and share relevant data.
Uses available program data to formulate opportunities for performance improvement, identifying programmatic performance improvement exemplars and acting as a program advisor to the CPIC committee.
Markets and communicates with the public and within the university regarding their programs, highlighting faculty, staff, and student achievements.
Oversees admission processes, including setting enrollment targets, improving admission processes, participating in student orientations, reviewing admissions and comprehensive exams, building a process for rolling admissions, and working with recruiters and advisors to resolve applicant barriers.
Interacts with professional peers outside of TWU, promoting the CON’s reputation by attending relevant conferences, seeking opportunities to present, seeking service opportunities on boards, and partnering with ADR and CADs to mentor program faculty in research and support dissemination.
Actively participates in the mentoring of new and experienced faculty, understanding the leadership hierarchy, mentoring faculty aspiring to leadership roles, providing program overviews for new faculty, identifying developmental activities, and acting as an advisor in the promotion and tenure process.
Is perceived by faculty and students as the leader for their program(s), creating and supporting meetings for faculty discussion, priority setting, performance improvement, and strategic planning, giving program updates, participating in faculty retreats and doctoral colloquium, and attending graduations.