Assistant Vice Provost, Educational Effectiveness

Job Title:

Assistant Vice Provost, Educational Effectiveness

Job Summary:

The Assistant Vice Provost for Educational Effectiveness leads the university-wide effort to ensure a quality educational experience and equitable student learning outcomes for all academic programs in the university. The Assistant Vice Provost (AVP) supports academic excellence and student success through promoting support for assessment for student learning, taking concrete actions to advance learning outcomes, and utilizing a continuous improvement approach.

Full Job Description:

The Assistant Vice Provost heads the Office of Assessment and Accreditation Support (OAAS) and reports to the Vice Provost for Student Success, Inclusive Excellence and Curricular Innovation. In addition to assessment and accreditation support, OAAS manages the curricular approval process and state authorization of distance education for the Provost’s Office. OAAS also creates policy around the university's survey program and provides analysis of data derived from surveys to faculty, staff and students. The AVP works collaboratively with staff in each of the school dean’s offices, the Registrar’s Office, OIRA, Student Life, and other related offices. The AVP evaluates progress on key goals, works with faculty and staff to assure academic quality, and seeks solutions to achieve effective programs and operations.

As chair of the University Assessment Committee, the Assistant Vice Provost oversees the program and unit review process and leads the university-wide assessment of student achievement of student learning outcomes at all levels and across all campuses. The AVP supports the creation of policy related to assessment of student learning. The AVP promotes educational effectiveness through empowering faculty and staff to design and use program evaluation and assessment processes and strategies in courses, academic programs, and support units to improve student learning. The AVP also coordinates and tracks the reporting of outcome results and closing the loop activities to the campus, accrediting organizations, and other stakeholders.

The Assistant Vice Provost is the Accreditation Liaison Officer (ALO) with WSCUC. As such, this position is the primary point of contact with WSCUC, coordinates and supports accreditation activities, and works with the WSCUC Commission and its staff on matters of accreditation, including coordinating proposals for substantive and structural change to WSCUC.

The AVP provides oversight for the additional campuses and locations beyond the city of San Francisco that ensures that all University of San Francisco students experience a sense of belonging as they pursue their Jesuit education guided by the University Mission. In collaboration with the Provost and deans, the AVP develops a strategy to leverage the University’s additional campuses to enhance visibility, access, and academic excellence. The AVP monitors operations at the additional campuses and supervises the campus directors. The AVP works collaboratively with the deans to provide quality academic programming and student support, admission pipelines to programs, and to monitor and improve equity in student learning outcomes. The AVP works with the Provost and deans to ensure the sustainability of the additional campuses through the monitoring of academic resources and development of a strategic vision.

The AVP is a member of the Provost’s Circle and the Council of Associate Deans. 

Reports to: Vice Provost for Student Success, Inclusive Excellence and Curricular Innovation    

 

Supervises: 

●      Director, Orange County Campus

●      Director, Sacramento Campus

●      Associate Director of Research and Assessment, OAAS

●      Associate Director of Curriculum Management, OAAS

●      Project Manager, OAAS

 

Responsibilities and Duties

The AVP will support and work collaboratively with administrators, faculty, and staff in the following activities:

Accreditation and Compliance

●      Serve as Accreditation Liaison Officer (ALO) to WSCUC.

●      Promotes and supports the educational effectiveness of the university through promotion of continuous improvement and data-driven decision-making.

●      Prepare assessment reports and data for campus dissemination, including accreditation documentation, and the Annual Report required by WSCUC.

●      Manage and coordinate substantive change proposals to WSCUC for prior approval of new degree programs and sites.

●      Notify the WSCUC Commission of substantive changes and program developments, as required by Commission policy.

●      Direct the maintenance of a file of all accreditation materials, such as institutional review reports, evaluation team reports, accreditation manuals and guidelines, schedules of all reviews and other interactions with the Commission, and correspondence from accrediting offices including commission action letters; ensure that faculty, administration, staff, and students know that these materials are available.

●      Interpret Commission Standards, policies, and procedures, and call attention to particular sections of the Handbook that may apply to certain aspects of the campus, particularly when Standards or Commission policies are adopted or revised.

●      Serve as chair and resource person for the institutional self-review, coordinate preparations in advance of evaluation reviews, coordinate accreditation visits, and assist in follow-up studies resulting from the evaluation.

●      Support the University and the various schools and College in the preparation of reports and proposals related to institutional and professional accreditation and program approval.

●      Monitor of the reviews of all academic, co-curricular, and student support units in Academic Affairs; provide support where needed.

●      Manage state authorization of distance education, including coordinating with relevant school/College staff regarding compliance with state and federal distance education policies.

 

Student Learning Assessment and Continuous Improvement

●      Promote development of learning outcomes to design curriculum for courses and programs (including library, Student Life and University Life programs and other co-curricular activities).

●      Monitor the alignment of curriculum, pedagogy, and assessment with learning outcomes and partner with faculty on adjustment of learning outcomes when needed.

●      Promote continuous improvement through assessment and action plans.

●      Support the development of action plans that respond to the improvement indicated through analysis of indirect and direct data.

●      Collaborate with staff and faculty to integrate direct assessment findings with national data and institutional indirect evidence (surveys, focus groups, etc.).

●      Provide educational opportunities, such as workshops, and professional development processes focused on assessment; lead planning and promotion of an annual day of celebration of assessment for faculty and staff.

●      Coordinate the implementation and archiving of the annual assessment reports prepared by all academic programs and support units.

●      Design and direct the process of assessment by faculty of the core graduation competencies; supervise the preparation and dissemination of reports on the results of this assessment.

●      Promote and support data-driven approaches to program development and curriculum-related decision-making.

●      Manage institutional surveys, including maintaining applicable policies, reviewing requests, creating internal surveys, and reporting results to the community.  

●      Manage and document the curriculum development approval process for the Provost Office.

 

Additional Campus Locations

●      Provide oversight of additional campuses that supports student success and academic growth and the strategic priorities of the partnering deans.

●      Work with the partnering deans to ensure support of academic programs and operations in additional campuses.

●      Responsible for the day-to-day operations at the additional campuses, including budgeting, staffing, space, and programming needs.

●      Supervise and mentor staff.

●      Other duties as assigned.

 

Qualifications

●      Three to five years experience in a supervisory position in a higher education environment.

●      Advanced knowledge of higher education principles, practices, and procedures.

●      Training and/or experience equivalent to at least five years of learning assessment expertise and academic leadership.

●      Experience preparing for and leading accreditation activities and reaffirmation efforts.

●      Effective in translating complex federal, state, and accreditation policies to a wide internal audience.

●      Excellent written, oral communication, and interpersonal skills.

●      Understanding and commitment to USF’s mission, vision, and values.

●      Demonstrated ability to work with diverse members of the University community including students, faculty, staff, administrators, trustees and accreditors.

●      Creative problem-solver who is confident, proactive, and exercises initiative and independent judgment.

●      Exhibits a growth mindset and continually enhances their skill set through ongoing professional development.

●      Ability to exercise a high level of diplomacy, discretion, and confidentiality.

●      Highly effective at time and task management, prioritization.

●      Thrives in a fast-paced, intense working environment, is adaptable and able to pivot.

●      Masters degree in a related discipline is required, terminal degree preferred.

Full-Time/Part-Time:

Full time

Pay Rate:

Salary

Salary Range :

$140,000 - $170,000 annualized; commensurate with experience