Associate Dean of Academic Affairs & Faculty Development

Job Description

Job Description

Department: Office of Academic Affairs
Position Classification: Full-Time Academic Administrator
Reports To: School Director
Directly Supervises: Director of Academic Affairs, Program Directors, and assigned academic personnel, as designated in the approved organizational chart
Works With: Faculty Council, Curriculum Committee, Assessment Committee, Registrar, Student Services, and Institutional Leadership

The Associate Dean of Academic Affairs & Faculty Development serves as the institution's senior academic administrator responsible for providing experienced college-level academic leadership, faculty supervision, curriculum oversight, academic governance, faculty professional development, and institutional academic quality assurance.

The position is specifically established to strengthen AMAT Healthcare Institute's academic administrative capacity as the institution prepares for proposed degree-granting operations.

The Associate Dean shall apply prior experience in an accredited degree-granting institution to guide faculty, Program Directors, and academic administrators in the implementation of appropriate collegiate academic standards.

The Associate Dean shall possess documented experience supervising college faculty, managing academic programs, overseeing curriculum development, conducting faculty evaluations, and participating in higher education academic governance.

The Associate Dean shall:

• Provide leadership and oversight of the institution's faculty management system.
• Supervise and mentor the Director of Academic Affairs and Program Directors.
• Establish faculty performance expectations consistent with institutional policies.
• Review faculty qualifications and proposed teaching assignments.
• Ensure faculty assignments are consistent with their academic credentials and professional expertise.
• Oversee faculty evaluation procedures.
• Conduct classroom observations and review instructional effectiveness.
• Mentor faculty transitioning from certificate-level instruction to college-level education.
• Review faculty workload and allocation of instructional, advising, curriculum, and governance responsibilities.
• Participate in faculty recruitment, selection, orientation, reappointment, and performance-improvement recommendations.
• Ensure appropriate faculty participation in academic committees.

The Associate Dean shall:

• Guide academic personnel in the development and evaluation of collegiate curricula.
• Review course syllabi, learning outcomes, instructional methods, and assessment strategies.
• Ensure that proposed degree-level coursework demonstrates appropriate academic rigor.
• Support faculty in applying Bloom's Taxonomy and higher-order learning objectives.
• Review curriculum mapping and alignment between institutional, program, and course learning outcomes.
• Oversee periodic curriculum reviews through the established Curriculum Committee.
• Review the institution's credit-hour methodology and documentation of faculty-directed instructional activity.
• Ensure faculty retain meaningful responsibility for curriculum development and evaluation.

The Associate Dean shall:

• Provide experienced leadership for the institution's academic governance structure.
• Coordinate with the Faculty Council, Curriculum Committee, and Assessment/Institutional Effectiveness Committee.
• Ensure academic committee responsibilities are clearly established.
• Promote faculty participation in educational policy and curriculum decisions.
• Review committee recommendations and ensure appropriate follow-up.
• Maintain appropriate academic decision-making processes.
• Ensure academic decisions are documented and implemented through established procedures.

The Associate Dean shall develop and oversee a faculty professional-development program addressing:

• College-level teaching methodologies;
• Curriculum development;
• Student-learning outcomes;
• Assessment and grading practices;
• Bloom's Taxonomy;
• Academic advising;
• Credit-hour expectations;
• Faculty-directed academic engagement;
• Academic integrity;
• Academic governance;
• Instructional technology; and
• Continuous improvement in teaching effectiveness.

Professional-development activities shall include documented objectives, attendance, materials, and follow-up evaluation.

The Associate Dean shall:

• Oversee annual faculty evaluations.
• Conduct or coordinate classroom…