Associate Dean: Transforming Corrections Education

Greater Spokane Incorporated; Spokane (WA); On-site; USD 107,000 - 121,000; Full time

Job summary

Spokane Community College, part of Spokane Colleges, seeks an Associate Dean for Corrections Education to lead a dynamic team delivering basic and workforce education to incarcerated students at Airway Heights Corrections Center.

Based in Airway Heights, WA, the role oversees program operation, budgets, and collaborations with the Department of Corrections and SCC to advance correctional education and student success.

Qualifications

• Master's degree required.
• Demonstrated leadership, administrative, and budget management experience.
• Experience in a supervisory role across employee groups.
• Teaching experience.
• Excellent interpersonal, oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to complete a 4-week DOC Correctional Worker Core (CWC) training program within 6 months of employment.

Responsibilities

• Lead the department in providing high-quality education programs that meet student needs; evaluate educational needs and services for incarcerated individuals.
• Implement and schedule programs to ensure optimal delivery to populations served.
• Provide assistance and leadership to faculty in planning, developing, and evaluating curriculum.
• Maintain ongoing professional development on trends in corrections education to keep programming current.
• Support faculty and staff in professional development, student achievement initiatives, assessment, and program innovation.
• Supervise faculty, exempt, and classified staff (train, schedule, evaluate, discipline, respond to grievances).
• Adhere to the faculty Master Contract, classified contracts, and district rules/regulations.
• Inform and educate staff on behavior/performance expectations; provide timely feedback and correct issues promptly.
• Model professional decorum and mutual respect in all interactions.
• Ensure that faculty and staff adhere to applicable DOC regulations and policies.
• Administer DOC's adopted education services budgets, negotiated agreements, and programs at Airway Heights Corrections Center.
• Prepare budgets and approve/monitor expenditures for compliance.
• Oversee collection and dissemination of data for reports, proposals, grants, and budgets.
• Pursue alternative funding sources as available and appropriate.
• Liaise with Student Services on enrollment, registration, and data accuracy per DOC, SCC procedures.
• Maintain communication with Corrections Education staff, SCC/DOC colleagues, other correctional facilities, and community colleges on curriculum, budgets, and BEdA/workforce issues.
• Work collaboratively with other administrators.
• Comply with district policies, state/federal regulations, and collective bargaining agreements.
• Support and advance the Spokane Colleges strategic plan; perform other duties as assigned.
• Support a safe and secure learning environment for students, faculty, and staff.

Skills

Leadership

Budget management

Supervisory experience

Teaching experience

Communication skills

De-escalation

DOC CWC training

Education

Master's degree

Administrative leadership experience

Job description

Spokane Community College, part of Spokane Colleges, seeks an Associate Dean for Corrections Education to lead a dynamic team delivering basic and workforce education to incarcerated students at Airway Heights Corrections Center.

Based in Airway Heights, WA, the role oversees program operation, budgets, and collaborations with the Department of Corrections and SCC to advance correctional education and student success.