Description Of Job Duties
· Provides strategic leadership for student learning assessment and continuous improvement across Academic Affairs. · Collaborates with faculty, department chairs, school directors, and deans to develop meaningful student learning outcomes that align with institutional and disciplinary expectations. · Leads the development and implementation of a comprehensive institutional assessment framework that promotes consistency while respecting disciplinary differences. · Guides academic programs through the complete assessment cycle, including identifying outcomes, selecting assessment measures, collecting evidence, analyzing results, implementing improvements, and evaluating the effectiveness of those improvements. · Promotes a culture of continuous improvement by emphasizing the use of assessment findings (“closing the loop”) to strengthen student learning, curriculum, pedagogy, and academic support services. · Designs and delivers professional development workshops, training sessions, and individual consultations on assessment best practices. · Reviews annual assessment reports and provides constructive feedback to academic programs to improve assessment quality and effectiveness. · Collaborates with deans and faculty leaders to establish institutional expectations, timelines, and reporting processes for assessment activities. · Develops assessment resources, templates, guides, and other tools that support faculty and staff engagement and reduce unnecessary administrative burden. · Analyzes institutional assessment data to identify trends, strengths, opportunities, and emerging needs across academic programs. · Supports academic program review by integrating assessment evidence into program evaluation and continuous improvement processes. · Partners with Institutional Research to identify and utilize institutional data that informs assessment and student success initiatives. · Collaborates with accreditation leadership by providing evidence of student learning assessment and continuous improvement efforts for institutional and specialized accreditation activities. · Maintains awareness of national best practices, emerging trends, and professional standards related to assessment, institutional effectiveness, and student learning. · Serves on institutional committees and task forces related to assessment, academic quality, and continuous improvement. · Performs other duties as assigned by the Provost.
Minimum Qualifications
· Master’s degree from a regionally accredited institution (doctorate preferred). · Five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in higher education involving academic assessment, institutional effectiveness, faculty development, curriculum, or related areas. · Demonstrated knowledge of student learning assessment methodologies and continuous improvement practices in higher education. · Experience designing and implementing assessment plans at the program, college, or institutional level. · Excellent written, verbal, analytical, and presentation skills. · Demonstrated ability to build collaborative relationships with faculty, staff, and administrators. · Experience using assessment data to inform planning, decision making, and program improvement.
Preferred Qualifications
· Earned doctorate from a regionally accredited institution. · Experience leading assessment initiatives at a public university. · Knowledge of Higher Learning Commission expectations regarding assessment and institutional effectiveness. · Experience facilitating faculty workshops and professional development. Familiarity with assessment management software and data visualization tools. · Demonstrated success building an institutional culture focused on evidence-based improvement. · Experience supporting academic program review and curriculum development.
