Associate Dean, School of Education

POSITION DETAILS

The School of Education (SOE) at Lehman College seeks an Associate Dean to provide leadership and management to the School and the Dean’s Office. The Associate Dean will report to the Dean of SOE and serve as a key member of the School’s senior management team, and acts as a liaison between the SOE academic departments and units, and the Dean’s office.

The Associate Dean supports the Dean with the day-to-day functions of the School, including efforts across the school to develop strategic planning, quality assurance and accreditation processes, outreach and budget development and management. The Associate Dean will also help to oversee scheduling, personnel and academic matters and will represent the Dean’s office on school and college-wide committees. This is not a remote position.

The School of Education (SOE) at Lehman College seeks an Associate Dean to provide leadership and management to the School and the Dean’s Office. The Associate Dean will report to the Dean of SOE and serve as a key member of the School’s senior management team, and acts as a liaison between the SOE academic departments and units, and the Dean’s office.

The Associate Dean supports the Dean with the day-to-day functions of the School, including efforts across the school to develop strategic planning, quality assurance and accreditation processes, outreach and budget development and management. The Associate Dean will also help to oversee scheduling, personnel and academic matters and will represent the Dean’s office on school and college-wide committees. This is not a remote position.

SOE is one of the six schools within Lehman College. The SOE reflects the mission of the college in serving the Bronx, New York City, and surrounding region as an intellectual, economic, and cultural center. As the only public higher education school of education in the Bronx, SOE embraces a vision of preparing future and in-service educators, counselors and school building leaders to meet the needs of an increasingly diverse student population who themselves represent a racial, ethnic, cultural, and linguistic spectrum that remains one of the strengths of our state and community.

SOE is organized in three departments:
Early Childhood and Childhood Education (ECCE);
Counseling, Leadership, Literacy, and Special Education (CLLSE); and Middle and High School Education (MHSE). SOE offers initial preparation advanced preparation programs in Literacy Studies, Mental Health and Educational Leadership, including a doctorate in Organizational Leadership. SOE is also home to one center and two institutes:
The Bronx Institute, The Center for School-College Collaboratives, and The Institute for Literacy Studies, all of which conduct research and action projects in partnership with schools.

The Associate Dean will represent the SOE when the Dean is away and will support the Dean in managing all academic, accreditation and curricular affairs in collaboration with department chairs and programs coordinators. This will include oversight of educator, leadership, and counselor preparation programs, liaisons with liberal arts and sciences faculty for collaborative programs, collaboration with School partners at other agencies and institutions.

The Associate Dean will work closely with the members of the Dean’s Office staff, including the Director of Clinical Practice and Partnerships, Director of Operations, and the Teacher Certification Specialist to ensure effective administrative operations and to support student success.

• Co-lead and co-manage the school’s strategic planning process, in some cases share frameworks and recommendations for planning
• Provide…