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Associate Dean, Educational Support Services
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Position Number: 1545841
Location: Visalia, CA
Position Type: Deans - Education

Associate Dean, Educational Support Services

Salary: $106,840.00 - $157,854.00 Annually
Job Type: Management
Job Number: 5816-m-07/19
Closing: 8/9/2019 11:59 PM Pacific
Location: Visalia/Tulare/Hanford, CA
Department: Academic Services
Division:

General Description
Under the direction of the Vice President of Academic Services, the Associate Dean of Educational Support Services will provide leadership, direction, and administrative responsibility to a diverse and comprehensive Academic Services area charged with promoting and delivering programs and services that enhance student success. The Associate Dean has the primary responsibility to build, maintain, and expand instructional support programs and the Learning Resource Center on the three District campuses. The Associate Dean will collaborate with academic departments, student services departments, faculty, and staff to support student success and completion of degrees, certificates and/or transfer to four year institutions. The Associate Dean supervises administrators, staff, faculty and student tutors and manages comprehensive educational support services on all three campuses. The Associate Dean will provide leadership for the District's Master Plan goal to improve the rate at which students complete degrees, certificates, and transfer objectives by integrating and aligning peer academic support programs. The Associate Dean manages programs and grants and ensures compliance with applicable laws, statutes, regulations, policies, and procedures connected to funding sources supervised by this position.

Areas of responsibility include:

Writing Center
Math Lab
Language Center
Tutorial Center
Learning Resource Center
Basic Skills Initiative
Augmented and Supplemental Instruction
Early Alert

College of the Sequoias Community College District serves a diverse community of learners and is a designated Hispanic Serving Institution. COS provides a wide range of opportunities in transfer, general education, career and technical programs for our students. We are dedicated to recruiting employees who are committed to helping a diverse population of students achieve their educational goals. We seek candidates who exhibit an understanding and commitment to the community college mission, and who have a passion for student success.

Job Duties
Job duties of the Associate Dean, Educational Support Services include:

Plan and coordinate the District's educational support programs and learning resources.
Direct, supervise, and evaluate assigned academic and classified staff and faculty; recommend for employment, direct the assignment of, and direct the evaluation of all assigned staff.
Oversee the District's Learning Resource Center.
Supervise the District's tutorial services centers and collaborate with faculty in the Math Lab, Writing Center and Language Center.
Supervise the development, implementation, and coordination of the basic skills program.
Develop and maintain educational support services at the Tulare College Center and Hanford Educational Center, and other off-campus locations as necessary and ensure that educational support centers meet the student and faculty needs.
Collaborate with the Dean of Facilities for the design, assessment and implementation of the new educational support services center.
Facilitate professional development opportunities for faculty and staff.
Provide leadership, supervision, and administrative direction to all functional areas of responsibility.
Prepare, monitor, and recommend an annual budget for assigned Academic Services component of the District and approve and monitor fiscal expenditures for all programs within the areas of responsibility.
Administer the review and evaluation of the Academic Services programs and make appropriate recommendations for change or improvement.
Work cooperatively with District staff, coordinators, managers, and administrators to achieve established goals and objectives for educational support programs.
Stay up-to-date and keep informed of instructional technology.
Develop and generate data and reports related to academic programs.
Make recommendations to the Vice President of Academic Services regarding outreach and recruitment programs.
Interpret District policy and administrative decisions to those employees under areas of supervision.
Prepare and present governing board matters, reports, and actions items related to areas of responsibility.
Coordinate program review and program planning for areas of responsibility.
Participate in and support the accreditation process.
Represent the college in District and State-level activities related to Academic Services operations.
Serve on committees as assigned.
Assume other duties normally associated with management.

Qualifications
QUALIFICATIONS:
Minimum Qualifications (Education & Experience):
Any combination equivalent to:

Master's degree in a related field from an accredited institution, and
One year administrative or management experience, and
Demonstrated sensitivity to, and understanding of, the diverse academic, social, economic, cultural, disability, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students.

Desirable Qualifications:

Two or more years of administrative experience.
Experience managing tutorial or other instructional support services programs.

Licenses and Other Requirements:

Valid California's driver license
An incumbent must be insurable at the "standard rate" by the employer's insurance carrier at all times while employed in this classification by the College of the Sequoias Community College District.

Application Procedure
To be considered for this position, applicants must submit:

An online job application.
A diversity statement (included within the online application).
Letter of interest which addresses how the applicant's experience and/or education enables him/her to be able to perform the job duties.
Resume.
Unofficial copies of transcripts of all college/university work. Official transcripts required upon employment.
Two (2) recent letters of recommendation addressing pertinent experience or equivalent competencies.

If you have questions regarding this recruitment, please contact Linda Reis at lindarei@cos.edu or (559) 730-3867.

Full-time Managers enjoy a number of benefits while working at the College of the Sequoias. These benefits include:

Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance (for more information, please visit "Employee Insurance" on COS' Human Resources webpage at: http://www.cos.edu/About/HumanResources/Pages/Insurance.aspx
Life Insurance
Retirement Plan (STRS or PERS)

01 Please provide a statement about yourself that specifically demonstrates sensitivity to the needs of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students and the community at large.

Required Question

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COLLEGE OF THE SEQUOIAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER: The College of the Sequoias Community College District is committed to the principles of equal employment opportunity. It is the District's policy to ensure that all qualified applicants for employment and employees have full and equal access to employment opportunity and are not subject to discrimination in any program or activity of the District on the basis of ethnic group identification, race, gender, color, language, accent, citizenship status, ancestry national origin, age, sex, religion, sexual orientation, transgender, parental status, marital status, veteran status, physical or mental disability or medical condition, or on the basis of these perceived characteristics.