Dean - College of Education

Montana State University Billings is a preferred employer in the region-WE WANT YOU!The following are reasons why you should join our team:

• Work-life balance
• Holidays-10 paid holidays per year and 1 Floating Holiday
• Vacation- 15 days per year (New Employees to 10 years; after 10 years the accrual rate increases)
• Sick Leave - Earned at an accrual rate of .0416125 for each hour in pay status.
• Employee and Dependent Tuition Waiver
• Opportunities to engage in professional development opportunities
• Committed to employee wellness and access to a robust Employee Assistance Program
• Medical Benefits that are robust and affordable
• Visit MUS Benefits to learn more about our benefit package includingoMedical, Vision, and DentaloLife Insurance and Long Term Disability are incorporated into our benefits.oLearn more about our retirement benefits at MUS Retirement.
• Opportunities for career growth and a variety of career paths
• Campus vibrancy- coffee shops, FREE attendance to MSUB concerts, athletic events, and lectures, access to recreation center, library, etc.
• Beautiful campus environment that features our MSUB Mile walking pathMontana State University Billings (MSUB) invites applications for the position of Dean of the College of Education (COE), one of Montana’s largest and longest-serving teacher preparation programs. The Dean serves as the College’s chief academic officer, reporting directly to the Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs.
  
  

The Dean provides academic and administrative leadership for faculty, staff, and students while stewarding resources strategically and responsibly. The Dean will foster faculty and staff professional growth, strengthen accreditation processes, and ensure the College’s continued role as a state and regional leader in educator preparation. The Dean provides academic and administrative leadership for faculty, staff, and students, offering vision and direction while stewarding resources responsibly. The Dean will expand student success strategies that enhance retention, graduation, and career placement, while fostering faculty and staff professional development.The successful candidate will be a collaborative visionary who is prepared to lead teacher preparation into an exciting and rapidly-changing future, understands & supports impactful teaching practices, advocates for educational values, builds strong networks with P-12 schools and communities, and cultivates trust, collaboration, and shared governance. The Dean must embody the transformative role of education at all levels, preparing the next generation of educators, leaders, citizens, and lifelong learners. As the public face of the College, the Dean will communicate its strengths and accomplishments to internal and external audiences, facilitate partnerships across local, state, and national communities.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide visionary, collaborative leadership that honors the College’s history and builds upon ongoing successes and internal strengths.
• Champion shared governance and inclusive decision-making.
• Lead strategic planning, budgeting, and personnel/resource management.
• Expand student success initiatives focused on recruitment, retention, and graduation.
• Forge strong partnerships with urban, rural, and tribal schools, as well as community colleges and state agencies.
• Support faculty scholarship, creative activity, and grant-seeking efforts.
• Ensure successful accreditation and program review processes, including CAEP and State of Montana requirements.
• Recruit, evaluate, and retain faculty and staff
• Provide strategic oversight of all academic programs, ensuring that they incorporate best practices while also keeping an eye on healthy enrollment numbers
• Advocate for the College and the education profession at state and national levels.
• Build donor, alumni, and community support through effective fundraising.Required Qualifications
• A terminal degree (Ph.D. or Ed.D.) in a discipline represented within the College of Education.
• Impactful leadership experience at or above the level of department chair or director, including strategic planning and resource management.
• Record of teaching, scholarship, and service worthy of achieving appointment of associateprofessor.
• Successful experience with educator preparation program accreditation (CAEP-preferred).
• Evidence of shared governance and fruitful collaboration with faculty, staff, and students.
• Experience with academic program development, assessment, and improvement.
• Successful teaching experience at the P-12 and college level
• Excellent communication, listening, and interpersonal skills.Preferred Qualifications
• Demonstrated ability to be a good steward of people—cultivating a culture of trust and collaboration.
• Experience with faculty recruitment, promotion, and tenure processes.
• Demonstrated success and experience teaching in multiple modalities including face-to-face, hybrid, and online.
• State or national-level leadership in education organizations.
• Experience in fundraising, donor cultivation, and alumni engagement
• Experience engaging with P-12 education systems.
• Demonstrated commitment to serving diverse learners