The Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs and Learning Innovation provides high-level leadership for ensuring the University attracts and retains a highly qualified and diverse faculty, and innovation around delivery modes of instruction. This position will have the responsibility to advance the following key areas: Tenure and promotion, post-tenure, faculty development and instructional design, faculty contracts, academic curriculum and policy, and resource management for high-quality teaching and learning, in alignment with strategic directions and divisional goals. This position will serve on the Provost’s Academic Leadership team. Characteristic duties and responsibilities are interrelated with all other divisions on campus and require strong collaboration with Deans, Associate Deans, Associate Vice Presidents, Human Resources, and other stakeholders and constituencies with strong faculty consultation.
DUTIESANDRESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide strategic and visionary leadership in the areas of faculty affairs and related policy.
• Lead Chair selection, professional development, and evaluation, in collaboration with faculty, other Associate Provosts, and the Provost.
• Organize and provide continuity to faculty reviews, by:

• Work with department chairs, other Associate Provosts, and the Provost to help recruit and retain a diverse faculty in our full time and part-time faculty ranks.
• Work with department chairs and other Associate Provosts as needed on faculty workload assignments across all faculty teaching undergraduate courses and in collaboration with the dean of Graduate Studies on workload in graduate courses, to advise the Provost on faculty workload assignments.
• Work with chairs, Associate Provosts, Faculty Senate Executive Committee and the Provost as needed to ensure consistency in application of the policies in the Faculty Handbook across all faculty.
• Work with chairs and BSU’s Office of Human Resources as needed to help resolve personnel matters involving faculty.
• Work as a member of the Provost’s Academic Deans Council, and with other Associate Provosts on issues related to the operations and strategic priorities of the Division of Academic Affairs and the University.
• Supervise the quality of instruction provided by promoting instructional design strategies in all modalities of instruction
• Provide high-level leadership for existing online instructional offerings, and coordinate the development and implementation of a comprehensive online strategy to promote the growth of BSU’s online education.
• Undertake the management of key performance indicators of online programs and courses and the continuous improvement of online student academic experiences and success.
• Ensure that Bowie State University maintains a career life balance for faculty.
• Other duties and projects as assigned by the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs.

BSU offers a generous benefits package, which includes tuition remission including eligible dependents; choice of medical/vision plans, CareFirst BC/BS, United Health Care and Kaiser plans, dental, prescription, and life insurance, training and development, EAP; and as eligible a generous leave package including sick/bereavement, annual, personal; and winter and spring breaks.

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