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Ultimately responsible for the operation, maintenance, and growth of academic and student affairs Create an academic advising program to increase retention, relying heavily on intrusive advising practices and high touch outreach and responseLeads all initiatives in fostering academic excellence and success for our student populationIncrease retention to above 80% and persistence to nearly 75%Develop strategic initiatives to meet the CPS values of empowering students, decreasing… Show more Ultimately responsible for the operation, maintenance, and growth of academic and student affairs Create an academic advising program to increase retention, relying heavily on intrusive advising practices and high touch outreach and responseLeads all initiatives in fostering academic excellence and success for our student populationIncrease retention to above 80% and persistence to nearly 75%Develop strategic initiatives to meet the CPS values of empowering students, decreasing debt, increasing quality, and getting students to completion Advance and support a multifaceted diversity and inclusion strategy to respond to the exponential growth in students from non-dominant groups to 49% diverse studentsProvide leadership and inspiration, oversight and support for the division’s retention and persistence strategiesProvide strategic oversight for a collaborative culture that puts the student at the center of the academic experienceEnsure continuous academic quality improvement across 65+ graduate and undergraduate degrees and certificatesProvide primary supervision for assistant deans and program directors, and strategic oversight for over 200 part- and full-time faculty across nearly 500 courses a semesterProvide leadership in developing, implementing, and maintaining curricula and programs that respond to public and private sector needs, preparing students for successConsult with private and public sector chief learning officers to provide organizations with learning solutions that will enable them to develop their workforce and increase productivityDesign and implement a quality assurance process that ensures best practice academic programming, while providing consistency in faculty and student access across all coursesConstruct a faculty development plan that trains new faculty to teach within the pedagogical approach of CPS and a personal development plan for each faculty member to ensure consistency of academic experience Show less

Ensured continuous academic quality improvement across 30+ Associate and Baccalaureate degrees, 31 certificates, and a graduate degree, several of which are onlineProvided primary supervision for 3 assistant deans, a program director, and over 100 full-time and adjunct faculty across 150+ courses a semesterProvided leadership in developing, implementing, and maintaining curricula and programs that respond to community needs and prepare students for successDeveloped and maintained… Show more Ensured continuous academic quality improvement across 30+ Associate and Baccalaureate degrees, 31 certificates, and a graduate degree, several of which are onlineProvided primary supervision for 3 assistant deans, a program director, and over 100 full-time and adjunct faculty across 150+ courses a semesterProvided leadership in developing, implementing, and maintaining curricula and programs that respond to community needs and prepare students for successDeveloped and maintained course and program assessment processesEnsured course schedule development process is implemented and schedule is staffedProvided professional development for academic leadership team and facultyManaged transfer/waiver process through Admission and Retention departmentsSupervised and evaluated Division’s academic deans and program directorsProvided annual faculty performance reviewHelped develop and direct Division’s strategic planning process and oversee achievement of strategic goalsAssisted in the development of partnerships with other organizations and collegesSupported acquisition and management of grantsProvided academic advising to students, either directly or through Admission and Retention Sat on CPS Leadership Team, Voting member of Curriculum Committee and Faculty Senate, member of Faculty Assessment committee and Assessment Team Show less

Oversaw 25 adjunct and fulltime faculty members across three programsMaintained curriculum and ensured relevance and attention to new trends and practicesHired, trained, and supported instructors Ensured achievement of course and program objectives and outcomesSupported instructors on curriculum content and designWorked with faculty to create new program standards and evolve existing onesCreated methods of assessment to ensure course objectives are metProvided annual… Show more Oversaw 25 adjunct and fulltime faculty members across three programsMaintained curriculum and ensured relevance and attention to new trends and practicesHired, trained, and supported instructors Ensured achievement of course and program objectives and outcomesSupported instructors on curriculum content and designWorked with faculty to create new program standards and evolve existing onesCreated methods of assessment to ensure course objectives are metProvided annual evaluation for facultyCoordinated with Admissions to recruit students and position programs to attract new enrolleesEstablished new curricula to respond to external and internal changesIntegrated a program of general education throughout the curriculumWorked closely with student to support academic and personal success Sat on Academic Cabinet, Educational Leadership Committee, and Curriculum Committee Show less

Taught the following courses to a primarily non-traditional student population: Mass Media and Society, Rhetorical Expression, Women’s Studies, Social and Political Philosophy, Journalism

Taught Social, Historical, and Philosophical Foundations of Education to Junior and Senior Education majors in preparation for student teaching

Prepared the President for speaking engagement by providing extensive logistical and background information on topic and targeted audienceManaged and responded to crises and provided public relations responsesResolved student, parent, and alumni concerns and complaintsWrote correspondence above the President’s signatureProvided editing for President’s scholarly papers and publicationsResearched a wide variety of topics in higher education, including educational trends… Show more Prepared the President for speaking engagement by providing extensive logistical and background information on topic and targeted audienceManaged and responded to crises and provided public relations responsesResolved student, parent, and alumni concerns and complaintsWrote correspondence above the President’s signatureProvided editing for President’s scholarly papers and publicationsResearched a wide variety of topics in higher education, including educational trends, current theories, corporate leadership and change theory, international education initiatives, national higher educational organizations, and patterns in a variety of diversity issuesWorked closely with campus-wide upper level administrators – deans, legal counsel, public relationsResearched and wrote appendices for two articles of major state legislationsWrote executive summaries of major issues facing each committee of the Board of Trustees Show less

Taught the following courses to rural, non-traditional, and first generation community college students: Written Composition, Communication, Effective Speaking, Interpersonal & Small Group Communication, Principles of Persuasion, Business and Professional Writing