Dean,Instruction Job Cypress area,Texas USA,Education / Teaching

Commitment to Mission

This job carries with it the obligation to uphold the Mission of Lone Star College (LSC) in carrying out the duties of the position. A commitment to positive interpersonal behaviors, professional communication, integrity, leadership, stewardship, respect and accountability to LSC students and employees is essential.

Cultural Beliefs

One LSC
Student Focused
Own It
Foster Belonging
Cultivate Community
Choose Learning

Lone Star College has been recognized in multiple categories.

Campus Marketing Statement

Lone Star College offers high-quality, low-cost academic transfer and career training education to 80,000+ students each semester. LSC has been named a 2023 Great Colleges to Work For® institution by the Chronicle of Higher Education. LSC consists of eight colleges, seven centers, eight Workforce Centers of Excellence and Lone Star Corporate College. Located in suburban northwest Houston in the heart of the CyFair Community, the college provides a full range of offerings including unique programs in fire science technology, logistics management and sonography.

Since opening our award‑winning campus in 2003, the college has experienced record growth and supports an exciting learning environment that brings together state‑of‑the‑art technology and active, collaborative learning. Location address is 9191 Barker Cypress Road, Cypress, TX 77433.

Job Description Purpose and Scope

Working under the leadership of the Vice‑Presidents of Instruction, the Dean, Instruction are the principal academic and budgetary officers for their respective divisions within Lone Star College. Instructional Deans are empowered with the authority necessary to provide positive leadership regarding academic personnel, curricular, and budgetary decisions that further the academic, programmatic, and scholarly mission of the institution in service to the community.

Such leadership includes the processes of academic personnel policy, participation in budgetary allocations, determination of academic standards and benchmarks, and the acquisition, retention or release of academic programs.

Essential Job Functions

Leads instructional areas through planning, development, implementation, and evaluation. Builds processes in the division and collaborates with other LSC divisions, VPIs, and Deans to ensure schedules are developed to meet student needs, class loads are efficiently distributed, and registration to final grade delivery is seamless.

Ensures that the division offers programs that allow for student success; this includes developing benchmarks through data‑informed decisions, developing accountability, and ensuring SACS, GIPWE, and Coordinating Board requirements are met. If necessary, oversees the discontinuation of programs that do not meet student needs or are unsustainable.

Coordinates and maintains long‑range academic plan for the division with appropriate Lone Star College (LSC) leadership, including but not limited to rollout, budget, staff development and succession planning, plus community awareness.

Guides the division in keeping up‑to‑date on the latest trends in instructional methods, technology, and effective pedagogies for learning and ensures that these trends are built into the long‑range plan for the division.

Regularly analyzes and provides evaluation of instructional area and fosters a culture of continuous improvement to ensure curriculum and instructional integrity.

Develops and implements faculty and staff professional growth plans that leverage employee talent to achieve LSC goals; oversees the recruitment, hiring, evaluation, and retention of qualified faculty and staff; resolves personnel issues and student issues as needed and develops and maintains effective channels of communication.

Develops budget recommendations and manages budget allocations for effective, efficient and productive educational programs and support services.

Develops innovative and entrepreneurial partnerships to leverage system resources; expands relationships with external constituencies by working with P‑12 and university partners, attending community functions, and serving on various committees.

Responsible for other…