Category:: Administrative Professionals
Department:: Academic Affairs
Locations:: Garden City, NY
Posted:: Feb 27, 2019
Closes:: Mar 27, 2019 - 11:59 PM EDT
Type:: Full-time

About Nassau Community College:

Nassau Community College (NCC), a member of the State University of NY (SUNY) system of Colleges and Universities, is a diverse and multi-cultural campus. NCC provides equal employment opportunity and prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital, or veteran status. NCC promotes positive efforts in recruitment to achieve equity and inclusion and is conducting a search to fill anticipated staff and administrative vacancies. All vacancies are filled pending budget approval.

Job Description:

The Dean of Professional Studies (PS) will oversee the teaching, research and operational activities of the departments of Accounting/Business Administration, Administrative Business Technology, Criminal Justice, Hospitality Business, Legal Studies, and Marketing/Retailing/Fashion Buying Merchandising/ Interior Design. The Dean will assume overall supervisory responsibility for the academic, personnel and fiscal affairs of these departments through the maintenance of regular and direct communication with the area department chairs. The Dean will work collaboratively with the chairs to ensure relevance and quality of the curriculum and instruction; propose and develop new academic programs in response to identified community needs; develop and lead initiatives that advance professional growth and scholarship among faculty, especially those that foster innovative teaching and enhance student learning; monitor and improve the performance of area departments, including especially the assessment of student learning.

The Dean of Professional Studies (PS) will:

• Advise the Vice President for Academic Affairs on matters pertaining to the operations of the PS area departments and on other matters as requested.
• Advise Assessment Coordinator on matters pertaining to the assessment of departmental courses and programs.
• Review approval requests for modification of student academic requirements, upon recommendation of area departments.
• Assist students by serving as final decision person with respect to difficulties requiring the application of appropriate College's academic policies.
• Participate in and facilitate the work of College Committees, as the assigned representative of the College Administration.
• Monitor the alignment of area department programs and activities with the mission, goals and objectives of the College and compliance with general college policy
• Participate in, facilitate in, and monitor academic departments through all assessment processes, including departmental self-study and program review.
• Review Department year-end reports and generate Dean's Summary report.
• Review and approve department requests for personnel, resources and new program and course proposals, grounding those decisions in assessment results and other data.
• Approve and monitor department budgets and purchases.
• Work with chairs, registrar, and advisement to ensure appropriate scheduling and availability of classes, review and approve department course schedules and cancellations each semester.
• Review and approve reassigned time and coordinators' requests, faculty schedules, adjunct contracts, and faculty Year-End Evaluation forms, providing Dean's comments where appropriate.
• Conduct classroom observations.
• Participate in new faculty orientation.
• Ongoing supervision of departmental faculty qualifications.
• Ensure departmental adherence to appropriate disciplinary procedure for both full-time and adjunct faculty and participate as required in grievance procedures.
• Supervise department chairpersons

Requirements:

Minimum qualifications include Master's Degree required in a related discipline; Doctorate preferred and at least ten (10) years of experience in higher education, primarily involved in teaching and learning. Previous experience with course and program assessment preferred. Demonstrated experience in administration and/or organizational leadership, and/or directing institutional initiative or programs is required.

Additional requirements include:

• Familiarity with the mission, goals and objectives of the community college and the demographics of the student body of NCC
• Familiarity with best practices in community college education
• Excellent oral, written and interpersonal communication skills
• Knowledge of educational theories, practices and issues necessary for effective leadership of the faculty of the designated departments
• Knowledge of quantitative and qualitative assessment utilized in the evaluation of courses and programs
• Leadership skills in program development and instructional innovation to advance the mission of the program
• Familiarity with the research process and the application in higher education
• Familiarity with current instruction technology
• Appropriate computer skills necessary for the effective analysis and communication of data relevant to the needs of area departments
• Familiarity with distance education
• Previous experience with course and program assessment

Additional Information:

The Dean of Professional Studies (PS) will report directly to the Vice President for Academic Affairs who may assign additional responsibilities to the Dean as necessary for the effective administration of the area.