Associate Dean of Nursing jobs in Connecticut

Why You Should Work With Us:

Arizona College of Nursing is a rapidly growing, nursing school that transforms people's lives by preparing them for careers in nursing and improving communities through the care its graduates provide. As a leading nurse educator, Arizona College of Nursing offers students the opportunity to earn a bachelor's in nursing in 3 years or less with qualified transfer credits. Our quality nursing curriculum prepares students for an in-demand career to help communities overcome the chronic, well-known, and increasing nursing shortage. Through the execution of a targeted growth strategy, the college plans to meet the growing demand for nurses by launching campuses in markets where bachelor's prepared nurses are needed.

Putting students first, we are dedicated to providing students with an exceptional education in growing healthcare fields; teaching them relevant, required skills for today and the future. Our culture is positive, supportive, and collaborative. As a team, we continually embrace our core values:

Passion: We love helping others succeed.

Excellence: We strive to be the best.

Adaptability: We learn, in part by trying new ideas.

Accountability: We own our results.

Integrity: We do the right thing.

What You'll Do:

Provides oversight of the General Education curriculum and faculty. Leads student retention initiatives.

General Education Curriculum• Manages the General Education curriculum of the BSN program through support for curriculum development, ensures systematic evaluation, continuous quality improvement activities, and collaborates with the Curriculum Committee in curriculum revisions.• Creates course schedules in accordance with the needs of the students, availability of the faculty, and campus capacity.

General Education Faculty• Manages the recruitment, hiring, and development of the General Education faculty.• Provides leadership of General Education faculty to ensure appropriately rigorous, student-centered, and engaging instruction.• Creates faculty teaching schedules.• Supervises and conducts face-to-face and online classroom observations of the General Education faculty and supporting staff per ABHES requirements.• Initiates and leads faculty development initiatives, responds to faculty needs. • Ensures compliance with ABHES faculty development requirements.• Monitors instructional performance and provides timely, effective feedback per College policy.• Organizes General Education faculty meetings throughout the year.• Assures faculty personnel files are up-to-date and compliant with ABHES standards.• Develops and maintains effective supply acquisition process to assure maintenance of appropriate par levels of inventory for science lab supplies.

Student Performance Monitoring and Reporting• Monitors academic performance of students enrolled in the General Education courses.• Monitors weekly the retention of students enrolled in the General Education courses; ensures that faculty report at-risk students, including development and completion of student success plans; ensures achievement of student retention goals. • Serves as a Student Success Coach with an assigned caseload of at-risk students and supports the administration of the Intrusive Advising Program.

Academic Support• Collaborates with the Student Success Coordinator to puts in place learning resources for students.• Monitors student needs and satisfaction with academic services that support success in the General Education curriculum.• Collaborates with the BSN program manager to track student attendance to proactively intervene with at-risk students.

New Student Onboarding and Orientation• Serves as the liaison to Ambassador, ensures that the appropriate textbook selections have been made by the deadline and that students receive their textbooks in a timely manner for their courses.• Collaborates with Admissions in organizing and delivering the New Student Orientation program.

Committee Service• Serves on the General Education Committee and other committees.

Other Duties as Assigned

What We Need From You:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

• Master’s degree required; Doctorate preferred from an accredited institution.• A minimum of two years of academic leadership experience.• A minimum of two years of full-time teaching experience in higher education.