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Posted: 25-Jan-23
Location: Longview, Texas
Type: Full Time
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LeTourneau University
Program Chair, Nontraditional Business Programs
Date Posted: January 25, 2023
Location: Longview, TX
Reports To: Dean, School of Business
DESCRIPTION:
The Program Chair for Nontraditional Business Programs is a significant leadership position in the School of Business. This 11-month full-time tenure-track administrative/faculty position will oversee all nontraditional (online) business programs and teach in at least one of these programs. The online undergraduate and graduate programs include degrees in accounting, finance, general business, human resource management, healthcare administration, and management.
The Program Chair serves as both an administrator and faculty member. As an administrator, the Program Chair will work closely with the Business Dean to ensure quality of curriculum and other program-related items. This individual will also work closely with Curriculum Design, Enrollment, and Marketing personnel in program development and delivery. The Program Chair will carry an annual load of 36 hours to include teaching and administrative duties.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
The successful Program Chair will work with the necessary individuals and offices to carry out the following responsibilities.
Administrative Responsibility:
- Monitor existing nontraditional business programs and manage curriculum revisions and updates
- Manage curriculum development proposals for new courses and programs
- Ensure that catalog changes are maintained in an efficient and timely manner
- Collect data for institutional effectiveness reports for online business programs to be submitted for accreditation purposes
- Schedule undergraduate and graduate courses each semester (fall, spring, summer)
- Assign instructors to teach courses each semester
- Evaluate instructors who teach in the online business programs
- Manage textbook adoptions for online business programs
- Collaborate with enrollment/admissions teams in recruiting students
- Cooperate with academic advisors to ensure appropriate student support
Teaching Responsibility:
As a faculty member, the Program Chair will teach graduate and undergraduate courses in his/her area of expertise primarily in an online format.
QUALIFICATIONS:
The successful Program Chair is a person with an enthusiastic and contagious Christian faith who is committed to Christian higher education that integrates faith with learning. This individual has:
- An earned doctorate from a regionally-accredited institution in a business-related field
- Experience in industry that relates to the discipline subject matter
- Experience in higher education administration is desirable
- Ability to manage and develop academic programs
- Ability to conduct academic research in his/her discipline
- Ability to successfully teach nontraditional students at the university level, including undergraduate and graduate courses
- Ability to teach effectively online
- Ability to interact effectively and professionally with students, colleagues, and administrators
- Ability to network effectively and work collaboratively with external partners and stakeholders
- Strong oral and written communication skills
DATE POSITION IS AVAILABLE: Summer or Fall 2023
PROCEDURE FOR APPLICATION OR NOMINATION:
Applications will be reviewed in the order received and will continue until the position is filled.
In accordance with applicable provisions of federal law, applicants for employment who are in agreement with the educational mission of LeTourneau University and applicants for admission to educational programs or activities are considered without discrimination on the basis of race, age, sex, handicapping condition, national origin or genetic information. Inquiries about this policy should be directed to the Director of Human Resources, (903) 233-4170.
Applications are required and are available from https://www.letu.edu/jobs or from the Business Office, LeTourneau University, 2100 Mobberly Avenue, Longview, TX. Send an electronic copy of a completed application, letter of interest, unofficial graduate transcripts and curriculum vitae to:
E-mail address: LaraRose@letu.edu
Office of the Provost
LeTourneau University, P.O. Box 7001
Longview, Texas 75607-7001
FAX (903) 233-3201, Phone (903) 233-3210
ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY:
LeTourneau University is the premier Christian polytechnic university in the nation where educators engage students to nurture Christian virtue, develop competency and ingenuity in their professional fields, integrate faith and work, and serve the local and global community.
LETU is a Christ-centered, interdenominational institute of higher learning offering more than 85 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in arts and sciences, aviation, business & technology, communication, computer science, criminal justice, education, engineering, nursing, psychology & counseling and theology & vocation. LETU's 2,700 students represent nearly all 50 states, more than 30 foreign countries, and around 50 different denominational groups. In addition to residential programs at the main campus in Longview, Texas, students are enrolled in a robust suite of online programs, as well as innovative hybrid programs in the Dallas and Houston areas.
LETU is consistently recognized by U.S. News and World Report as one of "America's Best Colleges," and the engineering program is ranked nationally. LeTourneau University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097, telephone 404-679-4500, at http://www.sacscoc.org) to award associate, baccalaureate and master's degrees. The Carnegie Foundation classifies LeTourneau University as a Master's (Comprehensive) University II.
The 162 acre main campus is located in Longview, Texas, a progressive hub city with an MSA of over 190,000, nestled among the beautiful pine-forested hills and lakes of East Texas. It is approximately 120 miles east of Dallas, Texas and 60 miles west of Shreveport, Louisiana.
See https://www.letu.edu for more information.
QUALIFICATIONS:
The successful Program Chair is a person with an enthusiastic and contagious Christian faith who is committed to Christian higher education that integrates faith with learning. This individual has:
- An earned doctorate from a regionally-accredited institution in a business-related field
- Experience in industry that relates to the discipline subject matter
- Experience in higher education administration is desirable
- Ability to manage and develop academic programs
- Ability to conduct academic research in his/her discipline
- Ability to successfully teach nontraditional students at the university level, including undergraduate and graduate courses
- Ability to teach effectively online
- Ability to interact effectively and professionally with students, colleagues, and administrators
- Ability to network effectively and work collaboratively with external partners and stakeholders
- Strong oral and written communication skills
