Chair - Department of Education and Human Development
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Clemson University seeks a Chair Department of Education and Human Development
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As an accomplished and visionary academic leader the Chair of the Department of Education and Human Development is primarily responsible for providing leadership and support to ensure quality growth and innovation in the departments teaching scholarship public service and undergraduate and graduate programs. The preferred start date for the position is July or August 2024; however a start date of January 2025 will also be considered. The successful candidates record would merit tenure at the rank of Full Professor in the College at the time of appointment or demonstrate a professional appointment consistent with appointment as Full Professor with tenure in the Department of Education and Human Development. Consistent with Clemson Universitys public landgrant mission the College of Education is especially focused on serving underserved schools and communities. The successful candidate will have demonstrated experience leading and engaging an accomplished multidisciplinary faculty committed to fulfilling this mission through research teaching and public service. Salary is competitive and commensurate with experience and qualifications. Department chairs are formally evaluated through the process described in Clemsons Faculty Manual.
About the Department of Education and Human Development:
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About the College of Education:
U.S. News and World Report has again ranked the Clemson University College of Education as the #1 online graduate program in the nation.
TheCollege of Educationis committed to improving education beginning at birth. With a focus on working with underserved schools and communities the College has awardwinning programs that prepare highlyqualified teachers counselors and school leaders for P12 schools; prepare counselors for community and schoolbased practice; train higher education student affairs leaders; and prepare leaders and training and development specialists for business government nonprofits and industry. Students are equipped for careers and lives that make a difference. Participating in innovative efforts as part of Clemsons landgrant mission to serve the state of South Carolina and beyond the College of Education has continued to successfully develop initiatives that respond to todays educational landscape as evidenced in the2023 Annual Report.
About Clemson University:
Established in 1899 through the will of the founder Thomas Green Clemson and one of the most productive public research universities in the nationClemson Universityenrolls over 27000 students across the State of South Carolina and has an endowment of over $1 billion. The University operates Extension offices in every county of the state and has five Innovation Campuses and six Research and Education Center locations. Classified as an R1 Very High Research University by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education Clemson is dedicated to teaching research and service. The main campus located in Upstate South Carolina sits on 1400 acres in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains along the shores of Lake Hartwell. Through the research outreach and entrepreneurial projects led by faculty and students Clemson University is driving economic development and improving quality of life in South Carolina and beyond.
The University provides bachelors masters and doctoral degrees in more than 100 majors through nine academic colleges: Agriculture Forestry and Life Sciences; Architecture Art and Construction; Arts and Humanities; Behavioral Social and Health Sciences; Business; Engineering Computing and Applied Sciences; Education; Science and Veterinary Medicine.
Responsibilities:
- Articulate a vision for the department by nurturing and building consensus with faculty staff and external stakeholders.
- Lead the implementation of the departments strategic plan in alignment with the colleges strategic plan and the universitys strategic plan Clemson Elevate.
- Supervise the departments portfolio including course and program curriculum scheduling faculty workload and research and public service.
- Develop budgets in concert with the Dean and leadership team and allocate such funds for infrastructure and strategic purposes.
- Recruit mentor retain and annually evaluate departmental faculty and staff.
- Oversee faculty hiring reappointments tenure and promotion and termination.
- Provide leadership in student recruitment student advising and student placement.
- Mentor and support the professional growth and development of departmental faculty staff and doctoral students.
- Manage administrative staff effectively with an understanding of the Universitys policies and how staffs expectations experiences and career objectives differ from faculty in terms of performance evaluation and feedback.
- Create an inclusive and productive department culture.
- Ensure faculty participation in annual program reporting internal and external program review and unitwide accreditation with CAEP (unitwide) and CACREP (counselor education program specific).
- Arrange meetings of the departmental faculty; meet with the departmental advisory committee and appropriate constituent and advisory groups for the disciplines.
- Represent the department on the colleges leadership team and the universitys Organization of Academic Department Chairs (OADC).
- Collaborate with the department chairs of Educational and Organizational Leadership Development (EOLD) and Teaching & Learning (TL) and associate deans in the college.
- Serve as the liaison between the department and the offices of Marketing and Communications Undergraduate Studies Graduate Studies Assessment and Accreditation and Field and Clinical Outreach and Partnerships.
- Identify trends and challenges in education and be able to formulate plans to address these trends.
- Work with relevant organizations and cultivate partnerships to enhance programs research and public service.
- Engage in teaching and/or advising graduate students.
- Engage in research publication external funding and other scholarly activities.
- Perform other duties as assigned by the Dean.
- Earned doctorate in any of the academic disciplines of the College.
- Record or scholorscholarship supporting tenure eligibility at the rank of Full Professor in Clemson Universitys College of Education.
- Academic and professional experience among these skills/competencies:
- in academc administration (e.g. academic program leader and/or department chair)
- with funded grants and publication
- with undergraduate and graduate programs
- with curriculum development innovative teaching methods instructional design for various settings (e.g. online and hybrid) and assesment
- with field and clinical placement
- in program assessment and accreditation
- in effective oral and written communication skills
- in collaboration with others in a teamoriented environment
- in a dynamic work environment incorporating multiple tasks and adjusting to issues as needed
- with a commitment to fostering a diverse and inclusive professional environment
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience increasing extramural funding and scholarly output.
- Experience designing innovative programs including online and hybrid or hyflex teaching/learning models.
- A record of scholarship outreach and leadership in areas of strategic importance including: Rural Education Early Childhood Education Counselor Education Reading/Literacy Education Special Education Learning Sciences and/or STEM Education (including AI VR multimodal/digital literacies computational thinking or robotics).
- Demonstrated commitment and experience working with underserved communities and diverse populations; promoting inclusive excellence evident in teaching approaches research initiatives and service activities.
Employment Type
Full Time
