Program Director - Associate Degree Nursing; AASN); Waco, TX​/Hybrid

Position: Program Director - Associate Degree Nursing (AASN) (Waco, TX/Hybrid)
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## Program Director - Associate Degree Nursing (AASN) (Waco, TX/Hybrid)
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ACU is affiliated with the fellowship of Churches of Christ. This position requires the employee to be a professing Christian and to be willing to support the Christian mission of ACU.
** This position is located in Waco, Texas, with remote work as scheduled. On-site presence in Waco is required for clinical and simulation oversight.
** The Program Director provides academic, administrative, and clinical leadership for the Associate Degree Nursing (AASN) program, ensuring the program prepares safe, competent nurses and maintains compliance with the Texas Board of Nursing and the program’s nursing accreditor. This is a non-tenured faculty position.  
** Major Responsibilities:
*** Design, review, and approve nursing program curriculum and develop policies and procedures to support the program’s mission, goals, and outcomes.
* Hire, evaluate, and supervise all program full-time, half-time, and adjunct nursing faculty.
* Serve on the program faculty, including teaching and/or clinical and simulation supervision.
* Manage student affairs and licensure-specific advising for nursing students, including progression toward NCLEX-RN eligibility and Texas RN licensure.
* Maintain nursing curriculum alignment with university, college, Texas Board of Nursing, and accreditation standards.
* Maintain clinical competency and current, unencumbered Texas RN licensure, and/or engage in an ongoing research/scholarship agenda.
* Meet nursing program accreditation and Texas Board of Nursing approval standards.  
** Essential Duties
*** Other duties may be assigned. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals to perform the essential functions.
* * Design, review, and approve nursing program curriculum and develop policies and procedures to support the program’s mission, goals, and outcomes.  + Lead program and faculty meetings, including Clinical/Simulation Coordinator and Curriculum Committee meetings.  + Represent program proposals and interests in Academic Council meetings.  + Work collaboratively with Registration Operations regarding curriculum updates.  + Develop and oversee simulation exercises and clinical placements that reflect current nursing practice.
* Hire, evaluate, and supervise all program full-time, half-time, and adjunct faculty.  + Prepare advertisements for faculty job postings.  + Interview all applicants and facilitate hiring committee meetings.  + Perform regular University, college, and program evaluations on all faculty.  + Provide faculty with scheduled feedback about their performance.
* Serve on the program faculty.  + Teach one course and/or clinical section per year.  + a.  Provide rich and timely feedback on student work, being both encouraging and constructively critical.  + b.  Engage in andragogically sound teaching methods designed for an adult learner.  + c.  Comply with all pertinent policies and procedures outlined in Abilene Christian University’s Handbook, Faculty Handbook, and those specified by ACU’s College of Health and Human Services and the Program.  

+ d.  Supervise and evaluate student performance in simulated and clinical environments.  + Redesign one course per year.
* Manage student affairs and licensure-specific advising for program students.  + Review requests for transfer credit.  + Review new student applications for compliance with admission requirements and suitability for NCLEX-RN licensure and clinical placement eligibility.  + Oversee clinical placement compliance (immunizations, background checks, certifications) through the program’s clinical management system.
* Maintain program curriculum alignment with university,…