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Strayer University is hiring an Academic Program Director for its School of Nursing and Health Sciences MSN Programs to guide curriculum quality, accreditation, and learner success across the graduate nursing offerings. The director oversees how courses are developed, scheduled, and delivered while supervising core faculty and working alongside deans and faculty directors. The role also serves as the liaison to departments such as Course Development, Accreditation, Learner Affairs, and Faculty Hiring.

Highlights

Oversee development and revision of the MSN academic offerings, including SME course development and leadership.
Use analytics and evidence-based practices to drive continuous improvement in learner success, teaching, and academic quality.
Lead programmatic accreditation and licensure efforts, including specialized accreditation self-studies aligned to HLC best practices.
Supervise core faculty, conduct their performance reviews, and host faculty meetings on program and curricula.
Collaborate with the Faculty Director on hiring new faculty and optimize course offerings and scheduling.
Address learner programmatic issues covering academics, professional disposition, and behavior.
Teach or mentor once a quarter and travel about 10% of the time.
Hold a doctoral degree (PhD, EdD, DNP, or related) and an MSN from regionally accredited institutions.
Bring 3+ years teaching in an accredited program, online higher education teaching experience, and leadership of faculty.
Offer a $103,000 - $105,000 expected starting pay within a $95,100 - $142,600 range, with medical, 401(k), stock purchase plan, and tuition assistance.

Academic Program Director, School of Nursing and Health Sciences MSN Programs Full Description

The Academic Program Director (PD) is a key leadership position within the university; he/she/they promote and support a quality academic experience for learners by ensuring an engaging courseroom environment that facilitates achievement of program outcomes. The Program Director has oversight of curricula quality and rigor, and works to ensure curricula are professionally relevant, current, efficient, effective, and cohesive. This management position contributes to a range of activities related to excellence in curriculum design/delivery and assessment effectiveness, learner success, satisfaction and engagement. work closely with deans, assistant/associate deans, and faculty directors, as well as relevant university departments, to manage systems and processes related to curriculum creation and delivery. He/she/they coordinate with the relevant faculty directors to remain aware of issues related to discipline content. The Program Director acts 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, and others as required.

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 application 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 (in the way of credentials, licensure, alignment with existing or emerging standards/programmatic requirements, etc.)

Oversight of curriculum development according to external standards and in alignment with university design principles; supervision of 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.

— Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum development, andragogy, and assessment.

Knowledge of online teaching, competency-based education, and direct assessment.

Discipline knowledge.

Ability to objectively analyze program/course quality data and implement recommendations relevant to improving learner outcomes.

Ability to maintain program compliance with all regulatory rules, and national program accreditation standards.

Familiarity with program development and evaluation.

Ability to advise and assess learning effectiveness and quality of the education experience.

Ability to provide significant impact on learner retention plus direct impact on cost, revenue and quality assurance within a program area.

Navigation - Integration of program, academic and regulatory considerations with business strategies and plans.

Manage multiple academic and administrative projects.

Resolve multi-faceted types of problems encountered involving courses, faculty, regulatory or administrative issues.

Adaptability/Flexibility — Open to change.

Drive results despite ambiguity.

Innovation — Creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems.

Stress Tolerance —Ability to accept constructive criticism and deal with high stress situations.

Leadership - Ability to operate independently (leading, collaborating and executing) in a highly ambiguous, matrixed environment with high interdependencies.

Be a doer, focused not just on thought partnership but on getting things done and executing both independently and with others.

Lead by listening, be highly collaborative, and productively contribute opinions to critical decision-making processes.

Act independently to achieve results in support of business goals and strategies with a program area.

Work Experience:

Demonstrated contribution to the discipline including publishing, committee involvement, or professional association involvement preferred.

A minimum of 3 years teaching in an accredited program or related field; online higher education teaching experience required.

Demonstrated leadership in academia or in a practitioner setting required.

Significant experience in supervisory/leadership responsibilities for faculty including recruitment, retention, performance results and development required.

Significant experience managing and working with remote teams and a matrix environment preferred.

Be proficient in Microsoft Office Suite programs preferred.

Ability to travel as needed required.

Education:

Doctoral degree (PhD, EdD, DNP, or related terminal degree) from an accredited institution required.

Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) from an accredited institution required.

All degrees must be conferred by an institution accredited by an accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

Other:

Must be able to travel 10% of time.

Must be able to lift 25 lbs.

Typical office setting.

Mobility within the office including movement from floor to floor.

Travel via plane, car, and metro may be required to perform this job.

Must be able to work more than 40 hours per week when business needs warrant

Access information using a computer.

Effectively communicate, both up and down the management chain.

Effectively cope with stressful situations

Strong mental acuity

Regular, dependable attendance and punctuality are essential functions of this job. Other essential functions and marginal job functions are subject to modification.

Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

$103 - $105K is the expected starting pay for this position. This offer is based on current budgetary guidelines and the additional factors outlined below.

SEI offers a comprehensive package of benefits to employees scheduled 30 hours or more per week. In addition to medical, dental, vision, life and disability plans, SEI employees may take advantage of well-being incentives, parental leave, paid time off, certain paid holidays, tax saving accounts (FSA, HSA), 401(k) retirement benefit, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, tuition assistance as well as entertainment and retail discounts. Non-exempt employees are eligible for overtime pay, if applicable.

Careers - Our Benefits, Strategic Education, Inc

SEI is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive and collaborative culture where individuals can grow their careers and contribute fully. We strive to attract talent with broad experiences, skills and perspectives. We welcome applications from all. While it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top end of the pay range at SEI, we offer a competitive salary. The actual base pay offered to the successful candidate may vary depending on multiple factors including, but not limited to, job-related knowledge/skills, experience, business needs, geographical location, and internal pay equity. Our Talent Acquisition Team is ready to discuss your interest in joining SEI. The expected salary range for this position is below.$95,100.00 - $142,600.00 - Salary

If you require reasonable accommodations to complete our application process, please contact our Human Resources Department at [email protected].

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