Assistant Dean, Faculty Development

Covenant Health Care College of Medicine at Central Michigan University

Saginaw, Michigan, United States (on-site)

The Assistant Dean for Faculty Development provides strategic leadership for faculty development initiatives that support the Covenant Healthcare College of Medicine at Central Michigan University’s mission and priorities. This role oversees faculty development efforts for educators of medical students and residents and works closely with the Associate Deans for Pre-Clerkship and Clerkship Education to design, develop, implement, and evaluate programs aligned with the college’s institutional goals and strategic initiatives.

The Assistant Dean supports faculty in strengthening their individual interests and talents in ways that advance the educational, research, clinical, and service missions of both the faculty and the college. The role also serves as a key resource for discipline chairs as they mentor faculty through appointment, reappointment, promotion, and tenure across all academic ranks and tracks, and advises the Senior Associate Dean of Academic Affairs on best practices related to these policies and processes.

In addition, Assistant Dean oversees the development of educational initiatives such as courses, programs, workshops, seminars, and individualized consultation and mentorship opportunities that foster faculty growth as educators, scholars, and leaders.

The Assistant Dean of Faculty Development reports directly to the Senior Associate Dean of Academic Affairs.

• Doctoral degree (e.g., PhD, MD/DO, EdD).
• Meets criteria for Associate Professor or Professor rank at CMU College of Medicine.
• Demonstrated experience in the areas of faulty development in an academic setting.
• Strong collaborative of interprofessional education.
• Established credentials and experience in medical education, leadership, and/or administration.
• Experience in the professional development and mentoring of medical school faculty.
• A record of scholarly activity with the expectation of continued scholarly activity preferably in educational research, but other areas will be considered.
• Successful attainment of extramural funding.
• Experience in health professions education and commitment to innovative approaches to advancement of educational pedagogies and learning.
• Ability to facilitate interactive learning in large and small group settings.
• Demonstrated commitment to ensuring members of the university community can thrive.
• Ability to perform the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation.

• Experience providing effective faculty development programming within a distributed clinical educational model and across health systems.
• Experience with, or a strong knowledge of, pedagogical approaches such as problem and team-based and peer instruction.
• Duties and Responsibilities:
  
  Works with the staff in the Office of Faculty Development to ensure that best practices related to appointment, promotion and tenure are implemented consistently with the college of medicine bylaws and CMU policies.
• Supports/mentors chairs in their roles as leaders in clinical, teaching, research, and service and in evaluating, developing and retaining their faculty. Assists the chairs in determining appropriate CARE models for faculty.
• A MD/DO will have “C” allocation of time for clinical responsibilities to be determined based on candidate’s qualifications and professional interests.
• Guide Department Chairs in assisting their faculty in the compilation of teaching portfolios and dossiers for advancement, promotion and/or tenure decisions, and in implementing targeted and focused development plans to assure…