Dean of Applied Programs and Workforce Innovation

Salary: $94,636.91 -$98,422.39 Annually

Edison State Community College invites qualified candidates to apply for the full-time position of Dean of Applied Programs and Workforce Innovation
. The Dean is responsible to the Provost for the operational oversight and strategic leadership for career and technical education (CTE) programs, applied technology disciplines, applied business disciplines, and workforce development initiatives. The Dean is responsible for advancing academic excellence and fostering faculty and student success. This role is pivotal in aligning academic offerings with regional labor market needs, expanding partnerships with business and industry, and fostering innovation in teaching, training, and experiential learning.

This position plays a critical role in ensuring access to high-quality education that supports both direct-to-work and university transfer goals.

To be considered, candidates should include cover letter, resume, and list of education/work experience, including job titles in chronological order when completing their online application.

Edison State Community College is an EOE/AA Employer.

• Students – Promote and facilitate student success from recruitment to retention to graduation:
• Facilitate a success-based learning environment.
• Hear complaints, resolve issues, and explain processes
• Assist students with scheduling classes as needed
• Process schedule changes
• Approve independent studies and other special registration arrangements
• Approve graduation checks and transcript evaluations
• Advise students when faculty are not available
• Respond as needed to inquiries forwarded from Student Affairs
• Develop and maintain high school, career center, and university articulations
• Collaborate with faculty to ensure textbook adoptions are completed and texts are available to students

• Faculty – Foster excellence among the faculty; provide leadership, support, and feedback for full-time and adjunct faculty:
• Recruit, hire, develop, and supervise full-time and adjunct faculty
• Cultivate positive faculty and staff morale in a climate of collegiality and mutual respect.
• Demonstrate reliability, consistency, and equity to all faculty and staff
• Facilitate communication between and from faculty and develop multiple formal and informal ways to keep them informed and to advance their concerns
• Encourage and support entrepreneurial initiatives among faculty to develop new programs, delivery models, services, partnerships, and revenue sources
• Collaborate with faculty to set their yearly goals and complete them
• Work with individual faculty to identify unique professional development needs and plans
• Staff classes as necessary
• Project future instructional needs
• Evaluate full-time and adjunct faculty
• Recommend awards and promotions
• Manage flex contracts and trade time

• Curriculum – Collaborate with faculty to keep program curricula current and responsive to local and regional stakeholders’ needs:
• Identify future trends in various industries, plan accordingly, and implement best practices in transfer curricula in partnership with the Ohio Department of Higher Education, and local and regional 4-year institutions of higher education
• Propose and work with faculty to develop new courses, programs, and delivery models to increase enrollment, meet the needs of local employers, and meet the needs of local and regional 4-year institutions of higher education
• Maintain academic standards while being flexible enough to meet students’ needs
• Lead the development and maintenance of transfer agreements
• Use advisory committee input to improve curricula
• Facilitate the development and maintenance of Credit for Experiential Learning procedures
• Facilitate assessment and revision of curricula regularly
• Work with the Marketing Office to market each program in the division
• Develop, review, and update internal and external publications (e.g., catalog and class schedule)
• Coordinate the development and maintenance of TAG courses/credits
• Lead efforts to obtain and maintain programmatic accreditation where applicable

• Strategic Enrollment Management – Develop new approaches, refine processes, and conduct SEM activities:
• Promote SEM…