Vice Provost, School of Education

Vice Provost, School of Education

Location: Dallas, TX

Reports To: Provost

Position Summary

Our Client is seeking an experienced, highly collaborative leader with a proven track record of enhancing academic quality, faculty excellence, and student success in a dynamic higher education environment.

The Vice Provost for the School of Education serves under the Provost and provides leadership for the planning, implementation, and evaluation of credit hour programs in the field of Education, while serving as an advocate for students, faculty, instructors, local business, and industry. Additional responsibilities include assisting and advising the Provost in matters pertaining to professional and technical education, and actively engaging with community and employer partners to create new partnerships, responsive programs, and revenue opportunities.

Key Responsibilities

Academic Leadership & Excellence

Oversee Faculty and Academic Managers, with direct responsibility for academic excellence initiatives, including:

• Curriculum
• SLO / Assessment
• Tutoring and supplemental academic support
• Instruction
• Faculty professional development
• Develop and maintain student pathways and degree maps within your School ensuring students have the ability to take the courses and programs they need to reach economic security and success.
• Oversee each school-specific program and Faculty, Administrator, or Staff member across geographic locations, ensuring consistency of offerings to create a seamless student experience.
• Coordinate with Academic Services teams to provide academic support for students through access to tailored resources such as library and tutoring services.
• Ensure excellence of curriculum and offerings through benchmarking and assessment of school and community needs.

Community & Workforce Engagement

• Work with Workforce & Advancement teams to ensure student opportunities with community and workforce partners during their time in the program and after completion.
• Actively engage with community and employer partners to develop partnerships, responsive programs, and revenue opportunities.

Administrative Responsibilities

• Complete required Professional Development training hours per academic year.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Leadership Scope

The Vice Provost provides oversight of:

Faculty Managers

• Oversight of faculty, including evaluation
• Oversight of instruction

Academic Managers

Academic Functions

• Curriculum
• SLO / Assessment
• Tutoring

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Knowledge of the purpose of community colleges and the vision of the College.
• History of progressively responsible experience as an academic administrator involving graduate or undergraduate programs, including responsibility for budget, personnel recruitment, and evaluation.
• Experience in strategic planning, assessment of program effectiveness, and development of guidelines to enhance academic units within the institution and with accrediting bodies.
• Knowledge of curriculum design and its application to sound academic management.
• Ability and skill in the design and application of methods for the evaluation of faculty and academic staff.
• Demonstrated success working with diverse communities.
• Understanding of emerging technologies and the effective application of instructional technologies to enhance student learning.
• Highly collaborative leadership experience within a comparably complex college or university environment, with a proven track record of enhancing academic quality, faculty excellence, and student success.
• Understanding of contemporary issues in higher education through professional development activities.
• Appreciation of shared governance and demonstrated ability to work effectively and collaboratively with administration, faculty, students, staff, and constituent groups both within and outside a college or university.
• Ability to collaborate across the institution to align course offerings and scheduling to promote student success while increasing effectiveness and efficiencies.
• Excellent time management, organizational, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to respond appropriately to issues in a dynamic and rapidly changing educational and economic environment.
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills, with the ability to convey complex ideas and information to a variety of stakeholders and constituents.
• Experience providing support services for students, including library, tutoring, and computing services.
• Ability to identify, address, and collaborate with academic leaders on solutions to barriers preventing a significant portion of the population from obtaining employment that provides a living wage.

Minimum Qualifications

• Master's degree required (earned doctorate preferred) as confirmed by official transcripts.
• Five (5) years of progressively responsible teaching, administrative, and/or educational leadership experience.
• Three (3) years of upper-level administrative/supervisory experience in a community college or higher education environment.
• Demonstrated successful experience in strategic planning, fiscal management, resource allocation, and personnel supervision.
• Demonstrated distinguished record of teaching, scholarly publications, and/or creative accomplishments that exhibit commitment to academic excellence.
• Official transcript will be required.
• Bilingual or multilingual preferred.

Physical Requirements

Normal physical job functions performed within a standard office environment. Reasonable accommodations may be made to individuals with physical challenges to perform the essential duties and responsibilities.

Additional Information

Will be subject to a criminal background check. Some positions may be subject to a fingerprint check.

The intent of this job description is to provide a representative summary of the major duties and responsibilities performed by incumbents of this job and shall not be construed as a declaration of the total of the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position.

Incumbents may be directed to perform job-related tasks other than those specifically presented in this description. Position requires regular and predictable attendance.