Faculty Director for Assessment

Call for Applications

The Provost Office is seeking applications for a Faculty Director for Assessment who will work collaboratively with the Administrative Assessment Group (AAG), Core Curriculum Assessment Committee (CCAC), and Associate Provost for Academic Excellence to lead program assessment efforts for Xavier.

The Faculty Director for Assessment (FDA) will serve as chair of the AAG and co-chair (non-voting) of the CCAC, working with committee members to ensure that assessment reporting is completed each year and to drive continuous improvement in student learning.

The FDA will receive a stipend and teaching load reduction of one course per semester. The Provost Office will fund adjunct faculty or overload pay (for another faculty member) up to the cost of adjunct faculty to cover the release time. It is expected the FDA will not be on overload and release time simultaneously. The Faculty Director will serve a three-year term, subject to annual review, and potentially renewable for a fourth year, beginning in spring 2026.

Applications for the FDA are being accepted through Wednesday, April 23, 2025. Full-time, tenured faculty and senior teaching professors from all disciplines are eligible to apply.

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Faculty Director of Assessment Responsibilities

• Serve as the University Officer for assessment working with the Provost and Associate Provost for Academic Excellence
• Chair the Administrative Assessment Group (AAG), working with AAG to establish annual assessment goals for curricular and co-curricular areas
  • Collaborate with Deans and Area Assessment Committee representatives to ensure timely completion of assessment reports, reflected each year in the University Annual Report Dashboard
  • Support Area Assessment Committee chairs and support partnerships with Institutional Research to make informed decisions about program improvements and ensure data collection, analysis, and application of assessment data are completed in a closed-loop process
  • Oversee the Annual Assessment Report to the Provost and Associate Provost for Academic Excellence
• Serve as the non-voting Co-Chair of the Core Curriculum Assessment Committee, working with elected faculty committee members to ensure the Core is assessed and providing primary oversight of Core assessment processes, including setting up and monitoring processes associated with CORE 499 (subject to change with revisions to Core assessment)
• Coordinate and implement training and/or professional development opportunities, including staff development
• Communicate key assessment updates and improvements to the campus community
• Manage the Assessment Hub website in Nexus SharePoint
• Make recommendations to the provost for resources to support assessment processes and improvements based upon assessment results
• Lead annual assessment initiatives and goal setting

Qualifications expected for the Faculty Director for Assessment include:

• Experience with program assessment at Xavier
• Demonstrated understanding of program assessment
• Experience leading faculty/staff groups and/or initiatives

Additional desired qualifications:

• Experience with online courses
• Openness to learning new technologies

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Application Process – Faculty Director for Assessment

Full-time, tenured faculty and senior teaching professors from all disciplines are eligible to apply. Applicants must submit proposals following the format outlined below. The Associate Provost for Academic Excellence will have the final voice in selecting the Faculty Director for Assessment.

The following must be sent electronically to academicexcellence@xavier.edu by Wednesday, April 23, 2025:

1. The application in the form outlined below
2. Curriculum vitae (abbreviated)
3. A supporting letter from the Department Chair (can be an e-mail)
4. A supporting letter from the College Dean (can be an e-mail)

Support letters should attest to the candidate’s qualifications and the department’s ability to accommodate the needed release time.

Applicants should carbon copy their Department Chair and Dean on this application.

The appointment will be announced by the end of the spring 2025 semester.

For questions about the position or application process, contact Mary Kochlefl (kochlefl@xavier.edu) or Shannon Byrne (byrn@xavier.edu).

Application Format

• Cover Page, listing name, rank and department

• Statement of Qualification and Interest (no more than 1 page)

Please describe briefly how you are qualified for and why you are interested in the Faculty Director for Assessment position.  Include assessment efforts you have participated in at Xavier and elsewhere.  Cite any examples of your professional development around assessment, as well as any professional development of others that you have led.

• Statement of Goals (no more than 1 page)

Please describe your goals for program assessment at Xavier.  What do you see as potential opportunities, including opportunities to enhance current programming as well as potential new direction.