Assistant Dean, Center for Teaching and Learning

TITLE: Assistant Dean, Center for Teaching and Learning

CAMPUS: Ammerman Campus in Selden

START DATE: ASAP

TYPE OF APPOINTMENT: Full Time

RANK: Guild

POSITION

DESCRIPTION:

Suffolk County Community College is the largest community college in the State University of New York (SUNY) system, enrolling more than 26,000 students at its three campuses in Selden, Brentwood, and Riverhead, as well as its Culinary Arts Center in Riverhead. Established in 1959, the college offers a wide array of transfer-oriented associate degrees in the liberal arts and sciences; business;

communications and the arts; computing and cybersecurity; health sciences; and many other areas. Career-facing degrees and certificates are offered in allied health professions, automotive technology, culinary and baking, manufacturing, and many other areas. The college provides high school concurrent enrollment opportunities to thousands of students each year through Suffolk’s Beacon program and on-campus early college classes. Designated by the U.S. Department of Education as a Hispanic Serving Institution, Suffolk enrolls thousands of students in English Language Learning courses, and also serves more Veterans than any other college in the SUNY system.

Suffolk County Community College is seeking an Assistant Dean for the Center for Teaching and Learning. The ideal candidate will provide leadership for designing and implementing professional development programs that advance the college mission and research-based best practices related to community college instruction. Priorities include implementation of training related to academic technologies (including classroom technologies and use of the LMS in all instructional modalities), general instruction (including student learning, student engagement, assessment, and growth-mindset strategies), and the support for equity in access, instruction, and learning outcomes.

In addition to developing, encouraging, and leading college-wide faculty professional development, the assistant dean also co-chairs a faculty committee that ensures quality and commonality in course design and course delivery (including provision for regular and substantive interaction) and for supporting academic integrity.

Overarching goals for the position include the advocacy for student access and engagement through appropriate academic technology; advancement of community college teaching excellence regardless of modality; and partnering with stakeholders across the college to orient new faculty to community college teaching. This position plays a critical leadership role in cultivating an environment that incorporates responsible AI use, innovative pedagogies, and high-impact digital learning experiences across all modalities.

JOB DESCRIPTION

• Promote a campus culture that values and recognizes teaching excellence, encourages innovation and integrates emerging educational technologies, while advancing initiatives that enhance student learning and support student success.
• Provide leadership for the use of SUNY’s Brightspace learning management system as a platform for delivering instruction in all modalities.
• Evaluate academic technologies as they apply to instruction, recommend and promote best practices for teaching and learning.
• Assist faculty with implementing and assessing instructional methods and educational technologies to advance quality of instruction.
• Co-chair the Distance Education Committee and provide faculty-level consultation relating to distance education and educational technologies.
• Facilitate a work environment that encourages knowledge of, respect for, and development of skills to engage with those of other cultures or backgrounds.
• Develop and coordinate a review process for courses regardless of modality.
• Collaborate with Human Resources and Academic Affairs to create a New Faculty Orientation program and other instructional professional development programs.
• Provide direction in the design, implementation, and assessment of professional development programs designed to assist faculty at all career stages.
• Collaborate with ITS and academic leadership to ensure alignment with instructional technology…