Director of Curriculum, Assessment & Academic

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Management Salem, WV, US

2 days ago Requisition

Salary Range: $70,000.00 To $75,000.00 Annually

The Director of Curriculum, Assessment & Academic Quality provides University-wide leadership for curriculum management, academic assessment, program review, course development and revision, and continuous academic improvement at Salem University.

Working closely with the Provost, academic Deans and Directors, faculty, Institutional Effectiveness, Registrar, instructional design personnel, and other University stakeholders, the Director establishes and maintains systematic processes to ensure academic programs and courses are current, coherent, appropriately assessed, and aligned with institutional expectations, accreditation requirements, workforce needs, and student-learning goals.

The Director serves as the primary coordinator for the University Curriculum Committee (UCC) and leads University processes related to curriculum development and approval, assessment of student learning, academic program review, course development and redevelopment, and documentation of continuous improvement.

The Director also supports innovation in teaching and learning, including the responsible and academically appropriate integration of artificial intelligence and emerging technologies into curriculum, instruction, and assessment.

The duties listed below are representative of the responsibilities of this position. Additional duties may be assigned based on departmental or organizational needs.

• Coordinate and facilitate the University Curriculum Committee (UCC), including proposal workflows, agendas, supporting documentation, meeting materials, approvals, records, and follow-up.
• Maintain a comprehensive University curriculum calendar and ensure curriculum proposals progress through established approval processes.
• Establish and maintain standards, templates, procedures, and documentation for new and revised courses, programs, certificates, concentrations, and other curricular offerings.
• Review curriculum proposals for completeness, consistency, appropriate documentation, and alignment with established University requirements prior to governance review.
• Support academic Deans, Directors, and faculty in developing new academic programs and substantive curriculum revisions.
• Maintain accurate documentation of curriculum approvals and coordinate implementation with the Registrar and other appropriate University offices.
• Review academic catalog content related to curriculum for accuracy and consistency in collaboration with the Registrar and regulatory or compliance personnel.
• Identify opportunities to improve curriculum governance, approval processes, documentation, and implementation.

• Establish and manage an annual course-development and redevelopment schedule in collaboration with academic leadership and instructional design personnel.
• Coordinate the systematic review and updating of existing courses.
• Support academic departments in ensuring course content, learning outcomes, instructional materials, assessments, and course design remain current and appropriate.
• Establish expectations and processes for course development and revision.
• Monitor completion of assigned course-development and redevelopment projects.
• Collaborate with instructional design personnel and academic leadership to promote consistency and quality in course design.
• Support alignment among course learning outcomes, program learning outcomes, instructional activities, and…