Associate Dean of Graduate School, Online

Excelon Associates; Orlando (FL); Remote; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Excelon Associates in Orlando, FL seeks an Associate Dean of Graduate School, Online, to oversee all online graduate programs, coordinating recruitment, retention, and ongoing student support across campuses.

The role partners with the Executive Director to plan, supervise faculty, ensure accreditation compliance, and continuously improve curriculum and student services.

Qualifications

• Doctorate in Business Administration, Education, or a related field (required).
• Minimum of 3 years of successful teaching experience at the college level, preferably in a proprietary school setting.

Responsibilities

• Oversee online graduate programs and coordinate student recruitment, education, and retention across campuses.
• Coordinate and track student re-entry/readmission processes and ensure monthly goals are met.
• Manage daily student engagement goals for online graduate courses and ensure timely academic advising.
• Assist in developing the student schedule for all graduate programs under supervision.
• Support faculty scheduling, development, and onboarding, including new faculty orientation.
• Ensure compliance with accreditation standards and regulatory bodies in program operations.

Skills

Leadership

Educational administration

Curriculum oversight

Student engagement

Education

Doctorate in Business Administration, Education, or related field

Job description

Associate Dean of Graduate School, Online

Associate Dean of Graduate School, Online - Orlando, FL

Excelon Associates is conducting a search on behalf of its client, a multi-campus post-secondary institution, for an Associate Dean of Graduate School.

The Associate Dean of Graduate School is responsible for the oversight and coordination of all graduate programs and activities that support student recruitment, education, and retention, including re-entries, across the institution and its assigned campuses. The role provides the leadership necessary to fulfill the mission, objectives, plans, and goals of the campus and ensures that support services and academic courses in diploma and degree programs meet the needs of faculty, students, and the community the institution serves.

The Associate Dean assists the Executive Director in all education and training areas of planning, organizing, directing, staffing, coordinating, motivating, supervising, improving, and evaluating every facet of the campus graduate programs academic department.

Qualifications and Education

• Doctorate in Business Administration, Education, or a related field (required)
• Minimum of 3 years of successful teaching experience at the college level, preferably in a proprietary school setting

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Meet or exceed monthly, quarterly, and annual retention, laddering/career pathway, student satisfaction, and certification goals by structuring appropriate student services, dedicated time for students, academic advising inclusive of office hours, and regular communication with students
• Coordinate and track student re-entry and readmission processes, ensuring monthly student re-entry goals are met
• Meet or exceed daily student engagement goals for graduate online courses across all online programs
• Assist in developing and maintaining the student schedule for all graduate programs and courses under supervision
• Coordinate timely academic advising for students failing satisfactory academic progress (SAP) in compliance with policy and regulations
• Provide retention support and advising to students and support the student services team during evening and weekend at-risk outreach
• Assist the Executive Director in verifying that online graduate-level classes have qualified and appropriate faculty coverage and that instructors complete contractual agreements through module end dates
• Support the Dean and Executive Director with recruitment, interviews, hiring, and onboarding of all faculty, including New Faculty Orientation and programmatic training sessions
• Conduct biweekly one-on-one meetings with faculty and quarterly formal online classroom observations of instructors and program coordinators/managers
• Assist with scheduling and fulfilling requirements for annual faculty development, in-services, and professional growth activities to meet accreditation criteria
• Ensure program operations, personnel, facilities, and curriculum comply with state, accreditation, and programmatic regulatory bodies
• Manage program certifications and/or licenses for students by ordering, tracking, and assessing sit and pass rates and coordinating external or internal proctoring of exams
• Monitor, facilitate, and implement timely course development and curriculum revision recommendations in coordination with, and subject to approval of, the VP for Academic Affairs
• Safeguard the student experience and satisfaction by analyzing and addressing student needs based on quantitative and qualitative data, including online classroom observations and student surveys
• Ensure instructors follow the standardized curriculum and that course objectives are met

Excelon does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, marital or veteran status, disability, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.