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Account/Position No.:   20000/121820

Position Title:   Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education and Executive Director

Department:  Office of Planning and Analysis

 

Expectations for All Employees

East Tennessee State University pursues its mission based upon core values. An employee's job performance must support and exhibit the university's core values:

PEOPLE come first, are treated with dignity and respect, and are encouraged to achieve their full potential;
RELATIONSHIPS are built on honesty, integrity and trust;
DIVERSITY of people and thought is respected;
EXCELLENCE is achieved through teamwork, leadership, creativity, and a strong work ethic;
EFFICIENCY is achieved through wise use of human and financial resources; and COMMITMENT to intellectual achievement is embraced.

 

Function of Position

 

As the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education, is responsible for university-wide programs and initiatives to improve the academic success of undergraduate students at ETSU; as the Executive Director of the Office of Planning and Analysis, provides broad guidance for the university’s strategic planning, institutional research and reporting, and institutional effectiveness activities; performs other related duties as assigned.

 

Essential Functions

 

As Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education:

§  Oversees the general education program, including curricula, assessment and improvement initiatives; chairs General Education Advisory Council.

§  Works closely with the provost on curriculum planning and budgeting as they relate to undergraduate students.

§  Oversees the university’s across-the-curriculum requirements, related graduation requirements (e.g., the computer proficiency requirement) and the Writing and Communication Center; supervises the directors of the across-the-curriculum programs and the Director of the Writing and Communication Center.

§  Oversees the development, implementation and assessment of the university’s Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP); supervises the director of the QEP.

§  Oversees the university’s efforts to improve undergraduate retention and degree completion rates.

§  Oversees the university’s efforts to increase undergraduate student engagement.

§  Serves as the university’s liaison to the Tennessee Board of Regents and the Tennessee Higher Education Commission on issues concerning undergraduate education, including general education.

§  Oversees first-year experience programs for new undergraduate students; supervises the Director of the University Seminar Program, and promotes attention to support and special programming for undeclared majors.

§  Oversees university-wide efforts to improve undergraduate learning, including the Academic Quality Initiative.

§  Promotes development of learning communities (coordinated as appropriate with Student Affairs).

 

As Executive Director of the Office of Planning and Analysis:

§  Provides leadership to the university in conducting sound planning and institutional effectiveness processes.

§  Provides oversight and support for strategic planning.

§  Assists in the development and practice of effective communication related to planning and major university initiatives.

§  Oversees university units that conduct institutional research, reporting and Performance Funding activities.

§  Works collaboratively with Vice Provost for Academic Affairs to facilitate reporting by university units on planning and institutional effectiveness.

 

Other assigned duties:

§  Supervises maintenance of the Faculty Handbook by Academic Affairs Office Manager; oversees tenure and promotion and academic personnel policies; serves as liaison to the Tennessee Board of Regents on matters related to these policies.

 

Knowledge and Abilities

 

§  Knowledge of best practices and emerging issues regarding general education and undergraduate education.

§  Knowledge of assessment and improvement methodologies and of best practices and emerging issues in this area.

§  Knowledge of accreditation, TBR and THEC policies.

§  Ability to develop communication goals and programs based on analysis of situational needs and constituent attitudes, knowledge and expectations.

§  Ability to design and manage complex projects.

§  Ability to prepare and present reports effectively, both orally and in writing.

§  Ability to organize and direct a staff of professional and administrative personnel.

§  Ability to promote student success and faculty excellence in teaching, scholarship and service.

§  Ability to communicate effectively with diverse campus and community constituent groups.

§  Ability to make sound decisions.

 

Supervision Given and Received

 

Reports to the Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs.  Initiates broad programs under general direction, working from policies and general objectives.  Supervises directors of across-the-curriculum programs in oral communication, information technology and writing; Director of the Writing and Communication Center; Assistant Vice President for Institutional Research; Director of Assessment and Performance Funding; Assistant Director for Data Management; Director of University Seminar Program; Director of the Quality Enhancement Plan.

 

Minimum Qualifications

 

Earned terminal degree in appropriate discipline with a minimum of five years college teaching experience; five years experience in administration; and evidence of scholarly activity.

 

October 2008