Associate Dean Academic Center of Excellence

Reporting to the Vice President of Academic Affairs, this role provides leadership and vision in the ongoing planning, implementation, development, review, and evaluation of the outcomes of the efforts of the university and its colleges in areas of admissions, faculty assessment and distribution, curriculum, teaching methods, student assessment, and overall learning outcomes. This incumbent will take an active role in shaping the vision of the student, faculty, and organizational outcomes that support the mission of KHSU-KansasCOM.

Working across organizations and groups, the position will assist in defining and refining program outcomes.

• Advise KHSU-KansasCOM administration on the campus resources, function, and flow to ensure that the building meets/exceeds the academic requirements to provide for faculty and student success, creating a physical environment conducive to collaboration and learning
• Review and advise on the planning, staffing, resources, and technology required to advance the mission and vision of the university and constituting colleges.
• Advise and guide the development of the curriculum and programs to meet the mission and vision of the colleges by providing assessment of requirements, preparation, and outcomes of its efforts.
• Collaborate with IT to identify the most appropriate software to be used in the school and to ensure the best applications, integrations, and services to fulfill the school’s missions and goals.
• Lead the creation of a team that will assist academic affairs, student affairs, faculty, and research in identifying outcome measures.
• Academic Affairs Individual student performance Class performance Outcomes of students Evaluation of universities efforts to meet all accreditation, legislative and regulatory requirements.
• Student Affairs Student admissions requirements to advance success with the program requirements Individual student performance Class performance Assessment of student needs and desires fulfillment and defects
• Faculty Assessment of faculty outcomes Assessment of faculty resources to meet needs of the programs, advance research and scholarly activities, etc. Individual faculty performance and development outcomes and needs Department performance in meeting the scholarly, research, educational, service and mentorship demand of the programs Assessment of faculty resources vs. needs of the programs.
• Research Assessment of the efforts and outcomes of the research programs Assessment of the direction of research vs. mission and vision of the institution Student research outcomes Faculty research outcomes
• Assist academic affairs, student affairs, faculty, and research in identifying systems (i.e., software, workflows) to record identified outcomes.
• Provide leadership in he assessment of the curriculum, its outcomes and efficiency related to the development of students, success with outside accreditation and evaluation standards, and growth and development of the faculty and staff
• Assist the Deans in developing, implementing, and overseeing student assessment regarding outcomes, success, deficiencies, etc.
• Supervise and provide testing processes and procedures for the pre-clinical medical student testing and assessment requirements, including oversight of national, standardized, normative and board type assessments.
• Incorporating best practices of digital assessment.
• Supervise the administration of subject exams and clinical curriculum content delivery.
• Work with the Dean/CAO and the President to identify organizational outcome goals and success with established mission and vision of the university and its colleges. (e.g., GME match rates, medical disciplines selected, certification rates, student placement in Kansas after residency; impact on community health)
• Create a database and collect data from academic affairs, student affairs, faculty affairs, and research for internal/external reporting purposes for the board, the accreditation agencies, state BOR, etc..
• Lead the process and provide training in the application of outcome measures for continuous quality assessment and continuous quality improvement for the colleges assessment of outcomes, curriculum, research, etc.
• Work with the Director of Graduate Medical Education (GME) to identify future GME programs that support the KHSU-KansasCOM.
• Serve on selected committees at the discretion of the Dean/CAO.
• Assist the Dean/CAO in accreditation functions, including document creation, data collection, data entry,…