UMKC School of Dentistry Associate DEAN of Academic Affairs & Tenure-Eligible Associate​/Full Professor or NTT

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Location:

Kansas City

Full/Part Time:
Full-Time

UNIVERSITY of MISSOURI-KANSAS CITY

SCHOOL of DENTISTRY

The UMKC School of Dentistry is the only public dental school in Missouri. Our alumni account for roughly half of all practicing dentists in Missouri. But our reach goes further, we also provide a critical education outlet for Kansas and several other states. UMKC is the only institution in Missouri offering advanced education residency programs in General Dentistry, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Periodontics, Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, and Endodontics.

About Us - UMKC School of Dentistry | University of Missouri-Kansas City

UMKC is a public, urban,
Carnegie R1 research university with more than 15,000 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students. Our university is committed to being a model urban university that is recognized for our partnerships with surrounding urban communities to effectively foster a healthy, safe, and more economically secure quality of life.

https://www.umkc.edu/

UMKC is seeking applications for a full-time, tenured/tenure track, (or non-tenure-track) faculty member for the position of Associate Dean of Academic Affairs. We seek an innovative leader in ongoing development, assessment and improvement in educational outcomes in dental education.

Candidates should have commitment to institutional missions in teaching, research/scholarly activity, service and organizational quality improvement. Candidates should have experience with the accreditation processes and preparation and have demonstrated successful leadership in the American Dental Education Association or discipline specific professional organizations.

Experience in curricular design, pedagogical theory, didactic and clinical assessment methodology is essential. Candidates must have education and academic experience commensurate for the rank of Associate or Professor. The position is responsible to the dean of the school of dentistry and represents the dean in his/her absence.

The Associate Dean of Academic Affairs:

• Ensures excellence in all matters related to the academic mission of the School of Dentistry.
• Leads in developing and meeting the goals and objectives of the School's educational mission and strategic plan and facilitates evidence based educational programming and processes.
• Has responsibility for coordination, implementation and successful outcomes related to ongoing compliance with Commission on Dental Accreditation expectations.
• Is responsible for development, implementation and equitable application of academic policies of the school.
• Facilitates process of curriculum development, faculty discussion and implementation and communicates program initiatives and updates with faculty, staff and students.
• Collaborates with the Associate Dean of Clinical Affairs to facilitate coordination and calibration of the educational program.
• Supervises the Educational Program Manager to support ongoing faculty development and faculty retreat planning.
• Oversee organization and academic review of curricular offerings through leadership of the Curriculum Committee.
• Is responsible for review of student progress in the DDS and DH programs through leadership of the Academic Standards Committee.
• Oversee the completion of periodic reports of academic programs for internal and external groups on behalf of the school.
• Serves as the School's faculty promotion and tenure coordinator, supporting faculty review processes in alignment with University policies, unit bylaws, timelines, documentation requirements, and applicable Collected Rules and Regulations.
• Oversees assessment, data collection and analysis of program outcomes.
• Oversee the efforts of the Student Services Coordinator in managing student counseling, mentoring and advising.
• Has a global perspective of integration of basic biomedical and clinical sciences addressing the changing national educational environment in dentistry.
• Has a pulse on the future of dental education and is passionate about shaping the educational programs for the future of dental education.
• Participates with dean's leadership team in discussing/triaging important external, university, campus and school initiatives.
• Promotes positive, civil discourse while valuing, promoting and upholding the UMKC School of Dentistry Core Values
• Demonstrated skills in verbal and written communication and maintains confidentiality of information when required.

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