Job Description for Part Time Job in Online at Associate Dean
If you are seeking a growing organization where you can use your talents to help others achieve their goals, join Strayer University. We offer a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits including a 90% tuition discount and significant career growth opportunities.
The Associate Online Dean is a student centered academic who is mindful of the impact that faculty have regarding student learning, engagement, and success, continuation and retention in the online classroom. As an expert in a specific academic discipline, the Associate Online Dean is responsible for hiring, managing, evaluating and supporting Strayer University’s full-time and part-time faculty who teach in English and Law online. Primary focus is on ensuring excellent instruction in the online classroom that upholds the highest standards of academic integrity while also working to ensure that faculty are engaged and focused on improving student engagement, continuation, retention and academic success.
Job Requirements
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
• Hires and manages Strayer online faculty within a specific academic discipline that aligns with their academic and professional credentials
• Holds faculty members accountable for meeting University expectations as outlined in the applicable contract
• On a quarterly basis, conducts formative and summative performance reviews for both asynchronous and synchronous online courses to promote excellence in online instruction
• Responsible for monitoring faculty performance and using evaluative data to drive improvement and results relative to faculty engagement, student engagement, continuation, and retention.
• Relies on evaluative data to provide quarterly feedback and coaching to faculty to promote instructional success, student and faculty engagement, and student continuation
• Records findings, recommendations, and all other necessary documentation in a centralized system
• Uses data from Net Promoter Score survey and Student Opinion polls to improve the quality of instruction of faculty who teach online.
• Works in collaboration with campus-based operations to ensure that faculty are responsive to student inquiry and provide high quality instruction to all students
• Uses LMS-generated reports to monitor overall instructor activity and presence in his/her assigned courses in a term
• Conducts virtual coaching sessions for online faculty to provide opportunities for continuous improvement and development
• Works in partnership with the Office of Scheduling to maintain scheduling lists and reports that deal specifically with faculty substitutions and/or replacements
• Conducts annual faculty evaluations for all full-time faculty
• Works in partnership with the Office of Student Affairs to assist in fair and efficient faculty-student problem resolution
• Teaches one course per academic term
• Attends departmental and other university meetings, conferences, and workshops as and when needed, or as assigned
Education:
• Terminal degree in Literature, Rhetoric and Composition or JD from an accredited university
Work Experience:
• At least three years of work experience in an online higher-education setting
• Prior experience working in a team environment mandatory with virtual team experience preferred
• Prior supervisory experience mandatory with experience managing a large number of employees preferred
• Experience teaching adult college students in an online environment
J
ob Skills:
• Knowledge of the online teaching and learning environment and Learning Management System(s)
• Problem-solving ability
• Demonstrated ability to work independently, take initiative, and make decisions with minimal supervision
• Detail oriented
• Ability to analyze and synthesize information
• Strong relationship-building skills, and the ability to influence and lead others
• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written); experienced with how to deliver feedback to others in a constructive manner that drives results
• Ability to adapt quickly to a fast-paced, rapidly growing organization
• Proficiency in basic computer applications (Microsoft Office Suite – e.g. Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
Communication Skills:
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal communication skill
Mobility:
• Must be able to travel 15% of time
• Must be able to lift N/A lbs.
Work Environment:
• The Associate Dean will work from Strayer University’s corporate headquarters in Herndon, VA.
• Virtual office environment or classroom setting with low noise level. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Physical and Mental Demands:
• Communicate extensively via telephone and virtual tools
• Access information using a computer
• Effectively communicate, both up and down the management chain
• Effectively cope with stressful situations
• Strong mental acuity
If you are qualified with the minimum requirements, and interested to join
part time job in online for Faculty of English / Law at Associate Dean, you can apply here.
