Bismarck State College Hiring for Academic Dean of Distance Education & Learning Support Services at Bismarck, ND Full Time

OVERVIEW: Bismarck State College is dedicated to student success. This on-campus position
is student-centered to provide high-quality campus services and hands-on learning experiences. The Assistant Dean is a leader responsible
for academic programming, quality assurance, enrollment management, retention, and fiscal management of an academic department.

MISSION: As North Dakota’s Polytechnic Institution, Bismarck State College focuses on student success through the
delivery of affordable, flexible, high-quality, experiential learning enhanced by public-private partnerships.

VISION:
Bismarck State College will be a leader in polytechnic education improving lives and building sustainable communities.

REPORTING RELATIONSHIP:

Is directly accountable and responsible to the Vice President for Academic Affairs.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Responsible for ensuring student success by leading the creation of online learning
environments, executing high-quality academic programming, and overseeing BSC’s online learning growth efforts.

The Dean achieves
these responsibilities in the following ways:

• Serves as an effective advocate for students and promotes student success.
• Collaborate with Vice President for Academic Affairs and Academic Division Deans in identifying strategic directions in online courses,
  programs, and Competency-based Education (CBE) models.
• Collaborates with Academic Division Deans in optimizing online course
  schedules to meet or exceed unit cost goals, reducing low enrollment sections and increasing course fill rates for the division.
• Collaborates with Academic Division Deans in developing and implementing new online programs and curriculum; and oversees the revision
  of existing online curriculum aligned to student, industry, and workforce needs.
• Provides leadership, promotes, and executes
  academic innovation, continuous quality improvement, academic assessment, and other activities needed to support student success and the
  strategic goals of the college/division.
• Provides leadership of Blackboard usage across campus in connection to University System
  requirements.
• Provides leadership of BSC’s Learning Support Services connected to the Teaching & Learning Center.
• Responsible for meeting the college’s strategic recruitment, enrollment, retention, and completion goals.
• Supports academic
  affairs in meeting and fostering Career and Technical Education (CTE) accreditation, K-12 partnership, Business, and Industry Leadership
  Teams (BILTs), and public-private partnerships (P3’s).

Online Learning:

• Develop and implement the vision
  and growth plan for BSC online learning.
• Develop short and long-term plans to increase quality, scalability, and sustainability of
  online student learning.
• Provide innovative opportunities to grow online enrollments for new students in non-credit and credit
  formats.
• Collaborate with academic affairs to ensure the implementation of flexible learning environments and online faculty and
  adjunct development that supports high-quality instruction.
• Provide supervision of online learning compliance and accreditation
  (NCSARA, etc.).
• Assess existing programs for enrollment maximization.
• Develop recommendations for high-quality, consistent
  online course shells and structures.
• Manage online course and program outcomes.
• Recommend policies and procedures for the
  management of online courses and programs.
• Collaborate with NDIT and BSC Information Technology Solutions & Services to ensure
  smooth and reliable services for online learning courses.

Prior Learning Assessment (PLA):

• Collaborate with the
  VPAA and Academic Division Deans to ensure the equitable implementation of prior learning assessment of student experiences to college
  coursework.
• Effectively use the assessment of prior learning to build online enrollment and completion.
• Manage PLA
  procedures and practices to maintain consistency with standards related to regional accreditation.
• Manage PLA procedures and
  practices to maintain consistency with standards related to regional accreditation.

Non-traditional Populations:

• Collaborate with the VPAA and Academic Division Deans to develop curricular offerings meeting the needs of the working adult and/or
  part-time student learner.
• Collaborate with the VPAA and Academic Division Deans to develop recommendations of CBE frameworks for
  college programs.
• Collaborate with the VPAA and Academic Division Deans to develop programming and content of online late start
  schedule.
• Collaborate with VPAA and Academic Division Deans on developing new online programs.
• Collaborate with VPAA and
  Dean of Continuing Education to develop online pathways from non-credit offerings to credit programs.
• Collaborate with Academic
  Division Deans in developing online education partnerships with K-12 Districts, the Department of Public Instruction, the North Dakota
  Center for Distance Education, and others.

Professional Development: Collaborates with the Academic Division Deans to
support the creation of online instructional professional development plans for Assistant Deans, faculty, adjunct, and staff.

Collaboration: Collaborate with all academic and operational deans.

Grant Oversight: Leads the appropriate BSC
personnel for the implementation of grant-funded projects including providing data for reporting purposes and closeouts.

Partnerships: Engages with public-private partners (P3s) including K-12, BILTs, and
CTE.

External Relations: Attends and represents BSC at local, regional, and national conferences and events.

Innovation: Promotes innovation, creativity, and ideas to improve/enhance processes, functions, and effectiveness of online
programming with the academic divisions.

Serves as an active member of the Campus Council.

Other duties as assigned.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee
to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• Continuously – 66-100% – Use hands dexterously, talk, or
  hear.
• Frequently – 34-65% – Stand, walk, or sit.
• Occasionally – 1-33% – Reach with hands and arms, climb or balance,
  stoop/kneel/crouch, crawl, or lift up to 50 pounds.

• Master’s degree and two years of related administrative experience, or a bachelor’s degree
  and four years of related administrative experience with the agreement to complete a master’s degree in four years.
• Demonstrated
  experience in promoting and achieving student success outcomes.
• Working experience in the delivery of online educational
  environments.
• Effective management, leadership, supervisory, organizational, budgeting, and planning skills.
• Demonstrated
  effectiveness in working with faculty, administration, staff, and other support areas.
• Excellent presentation skills and ability to
  promote the college mission and vision to a variety of audiences.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and proficiency
  in preparing reports and documents.
• Proficiency with computer software (i.e., Microsoft Office Suite-Word, Excel, Teams, Outlook,
  etc.) and strong Internet familiarity.
• Demonstrated organizational, problem-solving, and leadership skills.
• Ability to
  work on multiple concurrent projects and meet assigned deadlines

• Earned doctorate preferred.
• Experience with curriculum and course development,
  distance/online education, academic assessment, and prior learning outcomes.
• Experience teaching at the college level in online and
  face-to-face modalities.
• Experience working with industry.
• Working in a higher education environment with recruitment,
  enrollment, retention, completion, and instructional management experience.

To be considered by the search committee thoroughly complete the
application and upload the following:

• Cover Letter 
• Resume
• Copies of transcripts (undergraduate and
  graduate).
• References 

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Bismarck State College does not provide sponsorships.
BSC is an E-Verify Employer.

For more information or assistance contact: Human Resources at (701)
224-5531. This position requires a criminal history record check.

Equal Opportunity Employer

http://bismarckstate.edu/employment/

Human
Resources*Meadowlark Building*PO Box 5587*1700 Schafer St.*Bismarck, ND 58506-5587

701-224-5531*800-366-6888 (TTY Relay ND)

Veterans claiming preference must submit all proof of eligibility by the closing date. Proof of eligibility includes a DD-214 and if
claiming disabled status, a current letter of disability from the VA dated within the last 12 months.