Program Director - Savannah Campus Job Pooler area,Georgia USA,Education / Teaching

This position is incentive eligible.

Program Director – Savannah Campus

Position Overview

As a Program Director at Galen College of Nursing, you will provide engaged leadership with the development, implementation, evaluation, and continuous quality improvement of the educational program in accordance with the laws and rules of all applicable state and federal regulatory and accrediting bodies in response to identified industry and community needs.

Key Responsibilities

Program Administrator

May be designated as nursing program administrator role for regulatory agencies, state boards of nursing, and programmatic accreditors (see addendum).

Outcomes

Ensures that students and graduates have achieved the student learning outcomes, program outcomes, and role‑specific graduate competencies.
Facilitates faculty in the implementation of systematic plan for evaluation.
Ensures that aggregated and trended evaluation findings are used to inform decision making for the maintenance and improvement of the student learning outcomes and program outcomes; shares these findings with communities of interest.
Assumes responsibility for the oversight of programmatic accreditation; is vested with the administrative authority to accomplish the program’s mission, goals, and expected program outcomes; and provides effective supervision and leadership for the academic nursing unit to achieve its mission, goals, and expected program outcomes.
Fosters an educational environment that supports the students, graduates, and faculty in their pursuit of life‑long learning.

Faculty

Ensures that the number of faculty is sufficient to achieve the student learning outcomes and program outcomes.
Identifies the resources required for faculty (full‑and part‑time) to maintain expertise in their areas of responsibility.
Ensures that faculty are academically prepared for the areas in which they teach, maintain expertise in their areas of responsibility, and that their performance reflects scholarship and evidence‑based teaching and clinical practices. Ensures that faculty (full‑and part‑time) are oriented and mentored in their areas of responsibility.
Oversees the systematic assessment of faculty (full‑and part‑time) performance; develops a plan with the faculty when areas for improvement are identified.
Ensures that faculty engage in on‑going development and receive support for instructional and distance technologies.
Screens and interviews faculty applicants, recommends faculty prior to hire to the Dean, and actively mentors faculty in the Rank & Promotion process.
Collaborates with faculty and the Dean to create and maintain an environment conducive to teaching and learning, scholarship, and service, including oversight of faculty assignments, scheduling, and workload.
Acts as a leadership role model who inspires a sense of college community and motivates positive values in all interactions.

Students

Participates in the development of policies for nursing students, ensuring that they are congruent with the College, publicly accessible, and non‑discriminatory.
Ensures the appropriate application of student policies and the correct implementation of related procedures by faculty.
Identifies the resources required to provide student services that are commensurate with the needs of nursing students, including those receiving instruction using alternative methods of delivery.
Ensures the implementation of policies and procedures that allows program complaints and grievances to receive due process and include evidence of resolution; implements strategies for continuous improvement based on the evaluation of complaints and grievances.
Ensures that orientation to technology is provided and that technological support is available to students.

Curriculum

Facilitates the faculty in their development of the curriculum and its regular review to ensure integrity, rigor, and currency; ensures that accreditation standards and criteria are used as they relate to curriculum.
Ensures that practice learning environments support the achievement of student learning outcomes and program outcomes.
Facilitates faculty to ensure that learning activities, instructional materials,…