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Working Title:

Dean of Liberal Arts & K-12 Partnerships

Institution:

Minnesota West Community and Technical College

Classification Title:

MnSCU Administrator 6

Bargaining Unit / Union:

220: Minnesota State Administrator's Plan

City:

MWST - Worthington CampusMWST - Canby Campus, MWST - Granite Falls Campus, MWST - Jackson Campus, MWST - Pipestone Campus

FLSA:

Job Exempt

Full Time / Part Time:

Full time

Employment Condition:

Unclassified - Unlimited Academic

Salary Range:

$93,713.00 - $149,940.00

This position is open to all Minnesota West Campus locations.

Job Description

The Dean of Liberal Arts and K-12 Partnerships will provide vision, strategy, leadership, and execution in these areas. The Dean will also lead the college in planning and implementing initiatives across these areas to provide resources to support educational opportunities for students. The Dean promotes academic excellence as a supervisor of faculty in the respective programs to meet the needs of students.

Overarching Responsibilities:

• Recruits, hires, supports and supervises diverse faculty and staff for the division.

• Develops, maintains and stewards the departmental budgets.

• Develops and moves forward goals, initiatives, and curricula consistent with the College's mission.

• Focuses on student success.

• Provides proactive collaboration with area high schools as well as area employers, organizations and key college partners.

• Articulates with other deans on personnel and academic matters of mutual concern.

• Determines with School personnel and justifies the need for all new positions (full- and part-time) and submits recommendations to the cabinet.

• Prepares evaluations for faculty and staff and proactively recommends re- appointments, non-reappointments, program/professional advancement, and tenure/multiple-year contracts to the Provost.

• Ensures effective functioning of advisory committees for each academic department and degree offering.

• Supports and promotes a diverse and inclusive culture.

• Performs special projects and related responsibilities as initiated and requested.

Dean of Liberal Arts

• Provides strategic leadership for Humanities, Peace Officer, Physical Education, Reading Study Skills, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Economics, Early Childhood Education, Business, Accounting, Computer Sciences, Administrative Assistant, and Education.

• Supervises all full and part-time faculty, as well as for the daily and long-term operation of all the courses, programs, and initiatives within this area.

• Develops long- and short-range plans, and exercises management responsibility for academic program planning, faculty matters, and administration.

• Supports and organizes program review and other key initiatives in institutional planning, institutional accountability, effectiveness and decision-making.

• Fosters a high-quality environment of academic teaching.

• Mediates faculty/student issues, in consultation with the Provost.

• Works with faculty on Minnesota State Transfer Pathways.

• Determines, in consultation with faculty and in review of student needs, course offerings and teaching assignments by semester.

• Manages faculty workloads as per the contract.

Accreditation (NACEP)

• Provides significant contributions to institution accreditation and program accreditation efforts.

• Organizes, coordinates and monitors on-going implementation of accreditation agendas and recommendations; and provides regular progress reports to the College and administration.

Credit for Prior Learning/Experiential Learning

• Ensures policies and procedures are available on website.

• Reviews information for relevancy and updates as needed.

• Works with faculty and respective deans on student requests for evaluation.

Faculty Support

• Oversees Faculty Support, including faculty secretarial work and D2L assistance.

Partnerships (PSEO/Concurrent/ Career Academies)

• Works with K-12 partners to review and evaluate college offerings for high school students in general studies and career and technical pathways.

• Supports PSEO offerings at the college, both online and on campus opportunities.

• Develops and supports concurrent enrollment offerings (college in the high school).

• Develops and supports CTE offerings in the high schools.

• Develops and promotes solutions for rural school districts.

• Focuses on the equity and access for students in the region.

• Supports career academies and consortiums in the region.

Professional Development/CTL/Quality Matters

• Provides strategic leadership in college-wide professional development activities.

• Works with campus CTL leaders to ensure professional development aligns with needs identified by college faculty in yearly assessment activities.

• Coordinates the college-wide faculty professional development days.

• Coordinates Quality Matters/Quality Initiative Plan for online learning.

Minimum Qualifications

• Master's Degree from an accredited institution in a related field.

• Three years of college-level experience in college-level curriculum development and course assessment.

• Three years of teaching experience at an accredited institution of higher education, preferably a community college.

• Demonstrated ability to work successfully with individuals of diverse backgrounds and perspectives.

• Demonstrated understanding of and commitment to the mission of a comprehensive community and/or technical college.

• Excellent written and oral communication skills.

• Excellent interpersonal and managerial skills.

• Ability and willingness to travel when necessary.

Preferred Qualifications

• Doctoral degree from an accredited institution in appropriate field.

• Defined project management skills.

• Experience with HLC and programmatic accreditation.

• Experience working with collective bargaining units.

• Experience in fiscal planning and budgeting.

• Experience in delivery of courses and programs through various teaching modalities (e.g. online, hybrid, etc.).

• Experience in course development and review.

Other Requirements

• Occasional overnight travel is expected.

• Extended work hours.

• Frequent inter-campus travel.

• You must apply online and attach an electronic cover letter, resume, and copy of your transcript(s) to your online application in order to be considered for this position.

• All applicants must be able to lawfully accept employment in the United States at the time of employment.

• ​In accordance with the Minnesota State Vehicle Fleet Safety Program, employees driving on college/university business who use a rental or state vehicle shall be required to conform to Minnesota State's vehicle use criteria and consent to a Motor Vehicle Records check.

Work Shift (Hours / Days of work)

Monday - Friday

About

Minnesota West Community and Technical College is a student-centered, open-access community and technical college within the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system. The college provides transfer, occupational and career programs, workforce training, educational outreach and life-long learning opportunities. The College is committed to accomplishing its mission: Dedicated to serving the varied educational needs of our diverse populations in affordable, accessible and supportive settings.

Minnesota West Community and Technical College is a comprehensive community and technical college with five southwestern Minnesota campuses: Canby, Granite Falls, Jackson, Pipestone, and Worthington and learning centers in Luverne and Marshall Minnesota. Students have the opportunity to earn an Associate Degree, Diploma, or Certificate in more than 60 disciplines.

Benefits Information:

At Minnesota State, we have a GREAT BENEFITS PACKAGE! Our generous benefits include 11 paid Holidays, Vacation Time, Sick Time, six weeks of Paid Parental Leave, low cost medical and dental insurance with low deductibles ($250 - $1500), a Pension Plan, 457(b) and 403(b) retirement plans and other retirement investment options, pre-tax medical and dental expense (with roll-over option) and dependent care accounts, employer paid life insurance, short and long term disability, as well as professional development and a tuition waiver program for employees and their dependents, etc. We promote the health and well-being of our employees and take work/life balance seriously.

Desired Start Date:

06-02-2025

Position End Date:

Open Date:

12-20-2024

Close Date:

01-14-2025

Posting Contact Name:

Logan Schumacher

Posting Contact Email:

bo9165qk@minnstate.edu