Associate Professor/Professor/Senior Associate Dean for the Undergraduate Program - Dean Nursing

Texas Woman’s University • Denton, TX

4d • Hybrid

About The Position

This leadership role has accountability and responsibility for the Undergraduate 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. Has primary responsibility for the Undergraduate Program for the College of Nursing (CON) with the following accountabilities:

Requirements

• Understanding of faculty workload policy and process.
• Experience in staff oversight and search processes.
• Knowledge of curriculum integrity standards, including SLO’s, program outcomes, syllabi integrity, CCNE Essentials, and university requirements.
• Experience in maintaining accreditation readiness, including knowledge of accreditation standards and participation in self-studies and site visits.
• Experience in program data collection and analysis.
• Experience in performance improvement initiatives.
• Experience in marketing and communication.
• Experience overseeing admission processes.
• Experience interacting with professional peers and promoting an institution's reputation.
• Experience in mentoring new and experienced faculty.
• Leadership experience within an academic program.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in creating program dashboards.
• Experience as an advisor to committees like CPIC, UAAC, or GAAC.
• Experience presenting at conferences (podiums and posters).
• Service experience on boards (community, state, national, international).
• Experience mentoring program faculty in research and supporting dissemination.
• Partnership with the faculty lead for the Academy of Nursing Excellence.
• Experience in the promotion and tenure process.
• Experience as an advisor in the promotion and tenure process.

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, including operations administration, reviewing current staff roles for upskilling opportunities, and ensuring staff better meet programmatic needs.
• Maintains curriculum integrity across the College of Nursing (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 CCNE and SACS 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, certification rates, and retention, partnering with Institutional Research and Data Management to create accessible program dashboards.
• 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, setting enrollment targets, improving admission processes, participating in student orientations, building a process for rolling admissions, and working with recruiters and advisors to resolve barriers for applicants.
• 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, and partnering with the faculty lead for the Academy of Nursing Excellence.
• Is perceived by faculty and students as the leader for their program(s) by creating and supporting meetings for discussion, priority setting, performance improvement, and strategic planning, giving program updates during faculty meetings, and attending graduations.

Benefits

• Equal opportunity to all employees and applicants for employment.
• Prohibition of discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, gender, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected category, class or characteristic.
• Offers of employment contingent on the candidate’s ability to provide documents which establish proof of identity and eligibility to work in the United States.
• Background checks and verification of all academic credentials for security-sensitive positions.
• Information regarding Selective Service System registration requirements for males aged 18-25.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior