Dean,Instruction Job Tomball area,Texas USA,Education / Teaching

Commitment to Mission

This job carries with it the obligation to uphold the Mission ofLone Star College (LSC) in carrying out the duties of the position.

A commitment to positive interpersonal behaviors, professional communication, integrity, leadership, stewardship, respect and accountability to LSC students and employees is essential.

Cultural Beliefs

One LSC
Student Focused
Own It
Foster Belonging
Cultivate Community
Choose Learning

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Lone Star College has been recognized in multiple categories. Campus Marketing Statement Lone Star College-Health Science Building

Lone Star College offers high-quality, low-cost academic transfer and career training education to 80,000+ students each semester.

LSC has been named a 2023 Great Colleges to Work For institution bythe Chronicle of Higher Education.

LSC consists of eight colleges, seven centers, eight Workforce Centers of Excellence and Lone Star Corporate College.

The LSC-Tomball Health Science Building is a 60,000-square-feetthree-story complex that houses the Surgical Technology,Occupational Therapy Assistant, Nursing and Pharmacy Technology programs. The facility provides numerous classrooms, a medical library, simulation labs, an operating room, a clean room, asterile room and additional educational resources.

Location address is 700 Graham Dr., Tomball, TX 77375.

Job Description PURPOSE AND SCOPE:

Working under the leadership of the Vice-Presidents of Instruction,the Dean, Instruction are the principal academic and budgetary officers for their respective divisions within Lone Star College.

Instructional Deans are empowered with the authority necessary toprovide positive leadership regarding academic personnel,curricular, and budgetary decisions that further the academic,programmatic, and scholarly mission of the institution in its service to the community. Such leadership includes the processes of academic personnel policy, participation in budgetary allocations,determination of academic standards and benchmarks, and the acquisition, retention or release of academic programs.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

Leads instructional areas through planning, development,implementation, and evaluation. Builds processes in the division and collaborates with other LSC divisions, VPIs, and Deans toensure schedules are developed to meet student needs, class loadsare efficiently distributed, and registration to final grade delivery is seamless

Ensures that the division offers programs that allow for student success; this includes developing benchmarks through data-informed decisions, developing accountability, and ensuring SACS, GIPWE, and Coordinating Board requirements are met. If necessary, oversees the discontinuation of programs that do notmeet student needs or are unsustainable

Coordinates and maintains long-range academic plan for the division with appropriate Lone Star College (LSC) leadership,including but not limited to rollout, budget, staff development and succession planning, plus community awareness

Guides the division in keeping up-to-date on the latest trendsin instructional methods, technology, and effective pedagogies for learning and ensures that these trends are built into thelong-range plan for the division

Regularly analyzes and provides evaluation of instructional area and fosters a culture of continuous improvement to ensure curriculum and instructional integrity

Develops and implements faculty and staff professional growth plans that leverage employee talent to achieve LSC goals;
Oversees the recruitment, hiring, evaluation, and retention of qualified faculty and staff;
Resolves personnel issues and student issues asneeded and develops and maintains effective channels of communication

Develops budget recommendations and manages budget allocations for effective, efficient and productive educational programs and support services

Develops innovative and entrepreneurial partnerships to leverage system resources;
Expands relationships with external constituencies by working with P-12 and university partners,attending community functions, and serving on various committees

Responsible for other reasonable related duties as assigned

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

Strong leadership abilities (department chair/faculty senate)
Excellent oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills
Strong abilities in curriculum and program development and effectiveness
Expertise in adult learning methodologies as well as evaluation of instructional quality and outcomes
Ability to function/lead a collaborative work team
Ability to organize work around broad organizational goals and processes
Ability to maintain and promote a positive attitude in ademanding environment

PHYSICAL ABILITIES:

The work is sedentary. Typically, the…