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Job Description
Opportunity at a Glance
Curriculum & Instruction Developer
You will be primarily responsible for maintaining and improving pre-licensure assessment/evaluation to meet and exceed professional, accreditation, and regulatory standards based on the best available evidence. You will collaborate with multiple stakeholders leading in the development and maintenance of best-in-class assessments that exceed faculty expectations, that address changing needs of students, and that assess stated course and program outcomes. You will direct resources to create and maintain assessments and serve as a senior-level assessment expert and guide assessment initiatives. You will work closely with various groups within Adtalem and Chamberlain University, including faculty, administration, clinical education, academic success, assessment committee, faculty development, library services, instructional designers, educational technology experts, and accreditation & regulatory, to ensure the efficiency and effectiveness of assessments.
Responsibilities
Project Management
Creates comprehensive goals and project plan for each assessment strategy being developed.
Manages multiple assessment projects while monitoring, measuring and reporting on progress to ensure assessments are delivered on time and with the highest level of quality and innovation.
Identifies appropriate just-in-time resources that are needed from the academic shared services group and works with shared services leader to identify when these resources will be needed.
Identifies and engages appropriate faculty SMEs in the development of assessments.
Provides regular updates to Assessment and Curriculum leaders regarding status of assessments being developed.
Identifies and resolves potential barriers to project timeline.
Participates in final stage quality assurance procedures for assessments through scheduled review and maintenance.
Uses finance skills in budget development/cost estimation for projects and other team needs.
Assessment
Uses best practices and current research to design appropriate assessments into every course that evaluates student learning, course outcomes, and how the course contributes to program outcomes.
Analyzes multiple data sources related to assessments and interprets and synthesizes data to lead appropriate improvements.
Conducts/engages in research in consultation with external teams on assessment.
Leads and educates faculty in the implementation of assessments guided by assessment policies and best practice standards.
Maintains learning assessment to appropriate professional and regulatory standards and assures consistency.
Leadership
Maintains programmatic accreditation requirements in relation to assessments.
Trains, mentors, coaches and develops team members in support of achieving assessment objectives.
Ability to develop policies and procedures.
Maintains currency in nursing practice (Education, nursing practice, and/or research) and assessment knowledge (via literature, research trends and changes/developments in healthcare).
Completes other duties as assigned.