Curriculum & Assessment Manager

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Here is what
we offer:

• Health & Wellness: Comprehensive medical, dental, and
  vision insurance, plus mental health support
• Work-Life Balance:
  PTO, paid holidays, flexible work arrangements
• Financial Wellness:
  Competitive salary, 403(b) with company match
• Professional
  Development: Ongoing training, tuition reimbursement, and career advancement
  paths
• Additional Perks: Wellness programs, commuter benefits, and a
  vibrant company culture

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JOB PURPOSE:

The Curriculum and Assessment manager will oversee and assist with data management,
organization, and analysis for continuous quality improvement initiatives, student performance for annual assessment reporting, and external
accreditation. The manager must be well-versed in assessment measures, methodologies, and data analysis. The position will provide data
management, data reporting and support to the Office of Academic Affairs staff in fulfilling the accreditation and evaluation functions of
the dental school curriculum.

SUPERVISORY AUTHORITY:

N/A

NATURE AND SCOPE:

Internal contacts
include administrators, faculty, students, and staff within The College of Dentistry and University. External contacts include government
agencies, corporations, foundations, vendors, other colleges and universities, visitors and the public.

PRINCIPAL
ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Support monitoring student progress, curriculum review, program self-study, accreditation preparation, and
  continuous quality improvement functions.
• Collect and analyze data/artifacts for direct and indirect assessment measures, including
  surveys, course, faculty and student data.
• Assist with annual university assessment reporting including updating the Colleges
  assessment plan complete with what was done and the supporting documentation.
• Ensure that there is an ongoing schedule for assessing
  areas in the College as identified by the Academic Dean.
• Assist with self-study coordination and reporting and accreditation site
  visit preparation, including coordinating, organizing, and formatting programmatic reports for reporting to identified
  entities.
• Lead course evaluation process and data analysis.
• Ensure the reliability and validity of assessment and survey
  instruments and recommend changes and enhancement as necessary.
• Assist with the execution of a plan to cultivate a culture of
  assessment within the College of Dentistry based on data.
• Harness assessment data to identify opportunities to improve program
  performance and achieve goals.
• Coordinate curricular optimization with faculty and instructional design staff, completing the
  assessment “feedback loop.”
• Produce ad hoc analyses, reports, graphs, and data as needed for both internal and external
  stakeholders.
• Design, distribute and maintain the electronic teaching evaluations.
• Troubleshoot Examsoft issues and assist
  faculty and students with ExamSoft challenges.
• Assist in developing statistical models to measure impact of learning support
  services on student achievement of intended learning outcomes.
• Develop item analysis reports as necessary to help faculty evaluate
  the effectiveness of tests and test items.
• Help conduct focus groups with students and or faculty and staff to get insight into
  practices that work and those that do not.
• Stay abreast of current academic trends and policies regarding curricular and
  programmatic assessment and implementing effective assessment techniques at the college.
• Participate as an ex-officio member of
  identified committees.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

CORE COMPETENCIES:

• Project management tools such as SharePoint.
• Intermediate-advanced data visualization.
• Familiarity with
  importing/exporting from various databases and/or systems.
• Familiarity with online survey management tools.
• Experience
  developing and delivering technical training to an audience with varying levels of technical understanding.
• Experience
  supporting faculty in a teaching/learning environment.
• Previous data analytics and database management
  experience.
• Ability to manipulate data within and across MS Office products (e.g., conduct Microsoft Word email merges
  using mail lists in Excel, import data from Excel into Access).
• Experience with LMS (ex. CANVAS) and assessment tools
  (ex. Examsoft) would be preferred.
• Ability to establish and maintain productive and harmonious work relations with faculty,
  staff, students, and the public.
• Must have exceptional oral and written communication skills.
• Strong team-oriented,
  analytical, problem solving and decision-making skills.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

Bachelor’s degree preferably
in education administration, data science, education, health care administration or public health preferred and 3 years of related
experience.

Compliance Salary Range Disclosure

Expected Pay Range: $63,363 – $70,000