College of Education - Assistant Dean of Assessment & Accreditation
Sacred Heart University
- Fairfield, CT
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Provide leadership for ongoing and systematic academic assessment, fostering a culture that promotes continuous improvement of student learning.
- Compiles, implements, presents, and analyzes outcomes data.
- Consult regularly with programs on assessment of student learning outcomes, as well as chairs and deans in their support of faculty conducting assessment.
- Facilitate professional development opportunities for faculty, chairs, and deans in academic assessment.
- Prepare high-impact and influential assessment reports to drive improvement, including annual reports for external accrediting bodies and state reports.
- Design surveys and perform quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis; (i.e., curriculum and program effectiveness, student success, learning outcomes)
- Partner with faculty in the design and execution of surveys and other evaluation instruments for use in faculty-led assessment initiatives and effectiveness evaluation projects.
- Provide leadership in writing self-studies for various programmatic accreditation bodies (i.e. CAEP, CACREP), in cooperation with faculty.
- Stays informed about changes to accreditation and certification at the state and national levels.
- Leads on-going efforts to improve assessment data gathering and reporting and the wider use of FCEHD assessment management and data tools to support college planning, evaluation, operations, and decision-making.
- Directs the operations and maintenance of all assessment-related software and data systems.
- Assures that program assessment and evaluation tools are updated, disseminated, collected and analyzed.
- Assists with preparation of grant proposals.
- Serve on College and University committees.
- Serves as certification officer for certificate programs.
- Special projects as assigned by Dean.
- Other duties as assigned.
- Minimum 5-7 years' experience in higher education assessment; educational outcomes or assessment experience
- Master’s degree in a related field required
- Doctoral Degree in a related field preferred
- Knowledge and experience with survey systems (i.e., Qualtrics) and statistical methodology and software
- Experience working with faculty on assessment and accreditation
- Experience managing data, data analysis, and report-writing to secure external accreditation
- Strong ability to collect, analyze, and present data in a cohesive manner to drive data informed recommendations
- Experience with online portfolio software (i.e., Student Learning & Licensure)
- Experience with learning management systems such as Blackboard
- Experience managing change initiatives including program review, assessment, improvement, project planning, and data-based decision-making concepts
- Strong writing skills and ability to communicate clearly in writing
- Strong collaboration skills
- Ability to analyze multi-layered problems and propose solutions
- Strong organizational skills and managing multiple projects simultaneously