Director, Curriculum and Assessment

GENERAL SUMMARYThe Director of Curriculum and Assessmentis responsible forleading curriculum design assessment andimprovementacross all USAHS campusesand pathwayswithin theOccupational Directorensures the integrity alignment and continuous improvement of the curriculum by overseeing its development implementationconsistency and evaluation across multiple learning modalities including campus-based and digital Director collaborates closely with faculty Committee chairs CourseCoordinator academic leaders and other curriculum stakeholders to promote instructional excellence curricular coherence andalignmenttoprogrammatic andinstitutional learning outcomes and accreditation Director coordinates thecurriculum governance processesbyfacilitatingstakeholder engagement and ensuring that curriculum decisions are informed transparent the Director provides strategic oversight and support to Curriculum quality committee and CourseCoordinators ensuring consistency in course delivery and quality across campuses and sections. Through rigorous curriculum assessment practices and data-informed decision-making the Director fosters a culture of academic excellence and innovation in teaching and DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIESManagement of Course CoordinatorsInstitute and oversee course maintenance policies that ensure collaborative instructional development and innovation while maintaining curricular integrity and leadership mentoring training and direction for Course all core and contributing faculty regarding the curriculum plan to include integration threads and instructional roles in curriculum development and faculty in the development of syllabi including the construction of objectives and learning proper sequencing of courses within the AssessmentDesign implement and refinecomprehensive systems for evaluating assessment strategies with institutional learning outcomes accreditation standards and program documentation andassessmentprocesses that meet regional and professional accreditation and analyze data oncurriculum effectiveness including but not limited to course and programlearning outcomes course evaluations andmeasures ofinstructional gaps and areas for improvement across courses and findings and recommendations to internal curriculum stakeholders and with facultyacademic leaders and curriculum stakeholdersthrough curriculum governance processesto implementdata-driven andevidence-based as a liaison during accreditation reviewsand reportingrelated to curriculum that curriculum review is an ongoing process culminating in an Annual Curriculum and assist with agenda formation for the Annual Curriculum Review to include:Annual review of the curriculum;Review of Program mission goals and objectives;Summative results of Student Evaluation of the Curriculum;Summative review of adjunct supportive and guest faculty evaluations;Faculty input regarding curricular issues;Selected topics and current issues as recommended by faculty or indicated by professional trends;Reports all curriculum activities at faculty meetings;Maintenance of Master CoursesProvide program oversight of course maintenance process and ensure that any changes to master courses have been approved and reflect instructional quality and alignment with ILOs PLOs CLOs accrediting standards and USAHS teaching and learning master documentation related to the curriculum including curriculum mapping and matrices master syllabi course maintenance changes course files and course revision that content learning activities and assessments in master courses are sequentially aligned with program learning outcomes and that levels of learning are scaffolded across courses appropriately to reinforce student learning and Development Revision and Learning InnovationCollaborate with academic leadership to enforce existing and implement new quality and course design standards based on innovative pedagogy and best practices such as active learning integration of new technologies interprofessional education and on course development and revision projects to lead SMEs in curriculum design most importantly the writing of objectives competencies and learning activities that scaffold learning across sequences of courses. Quality AssuranceWork collaboratively with Digital Learning and Innovation the supervising Program Leadership and the supervising Program Director(s) to execute a system of quality assurance (QA) for course preparation delivery logistics and faculty performance as it relates to instructor engagement active learning strategies signature assignments and outcome achievement across and analyze course and program outcome data and report metrics to academic leadership related to consistency in evaluation measures reliability of signature assignments simulation experiences (if applicable) and overall grade performance. Make recommendations for revision based on DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIESMay perform other duties and responsibilities that program leadership may deem necessary from time to IN ORGANIZATIONReports to: Program leadershipPositions Supervised: NoneTECHNICAL MANAGERIAL & PEOPLE SKILLS REQUIREDTo perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge skill and/or ability required. Incumbents will be evaluated in part based on performance of each essential function. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential and/or EXPERIENCEMinimum of five years teaching experience in a first professional organization and time management skillsAbility to work independently with numerous projects/tasks with little or no to work in a team environmentFluency with digital learning including teaching in online hybrid and blended integrating educational technologies and/or clinical simulation into teaching and commitment to lifelong learning and professional design or curricular design experience highly preferred. LICENSURE and/or CERTIFICATIONAn advanced doctoral degree is preferred however candidates with an advanced masters degree or a clinical doctorate will be considered. Salary and rank are commensurate with credentials and leadership experience travel is required and projected to occur a minimum of 30% of the addition this appointment will require professional development which will include conference attendance and a commitment to self-led activities that promote expertise in the assigned COMPETENCIESTo perform the job successfully an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:Collaborates - Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared Resilient - Rebounding from setbacks and adversity when facing difficult Trust - Gaining the confidence and trust of others through honesty integrity and Results - Consistently achieving results even under tough - Creating new and better ways for the organization to be Focus - Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric Engagement (People Managers Only) - Creating a climate where people are motivated to do their best to help the organization achieve its Leadership (People Managers Only) - Leads by example when it comes to finding and developing talent with a focus on talent acquisition strategies setting performance targets that raises standards and development of high potential talent.