AVANTIS

Program Manager

• Promote and support a quality academic experience for learners by ensuring an engaging courseroom environment that facilitates achievement of program outcomes
• Oversee curricula quality and rigor, ensuring they are professionally relevant, current, efficient, effective, and cohesive
• Contribute to excellence in curriculum design/delivery and assessment effectiveness, learner success, satisfaction, and engagement
• Work closely with deans, assistant/associate deans, and faculty directors to manage systems and processes related to curriculum creation and delivery
• Coordinate with relevant faculty directors to remain aware of issues related to discipline content
• Act as a liaison to other departments including Portfolio Strategy, Doctoral Affairs, Course Development, Center for Faculty Excellence, Faculty Hiring, HR, Accreditation and Institutional Effectiveness, Learner Affairs, etc.
• Spearhead and oversee the development and revision of academic offerings
• Utilize analytics and evidence-based practices to develop and execute actions that drive continuous quality improvement in learner success, teaching, engagement, academic quality, and curricula development
• Preside over efforts to ensure appropriate academic programmatic accreditation and/or licensure is obtained and maintained
• Ensure assigned academic offerings align with professional trends and standards, while seeking professional validation wherever possible
• Oversee curriculum development according to external standards and in alignment with university design principles; supervise SME course development and leadership
• Lead specialized accreditation process, self-study, etc.; ensure alignment to HLC best practices in university faculty oversight of curriculum
• Build and nurture internal and external partnerships and relationships that drive success of the school and academic offerings
• Orchestrate and optimize course offering/scheduling
• Supervise Core faculty; conduct Core faculty performance reviews
• Host faculty meetings focused on program and curricula
• Collaborate with Faculty Director on the hiring of new faculty
• Address learner programmatic issues (academic, professional disposition, behaviors)
• Teach or mentor once a quarter
• All other duties as assigned.

Academic Program Director, Bachelor of Science in Nursing – Pre-Licensure

• Promote and support a quality academic experience for learners.
• Ensure an engaging courseroom environment that facilitates achievement of program outcomes.
• Oversee curricula quality and rigor.
• Maintain efficient, effective, and cohesive curricula.
• Manage systems and processes related to curriculum creation and delivery.
• Coordinate with faculty directors related to discipline content.
• Act as a liaison to other departments.
• Spearhead and oversee academic offerings development and revision.
• Utilize analytics and evidence-based practices for quality improvement.
• Ensure appropriate academic programmatic accreditation and/or licensure is obtained and maintained.
• Collaborate on the hiring of new faculty.
• Address learner programmatic issues.

Academic Program Director, Bachelor of Science in Nursing – Pre-Licensure

Academic Program Director, Bachelor of Social Work