Program Coordinator Responsibilities

(Proposed Title: Assistant Chair for Assessment)

Program Coordinators are faculty members with administrative duties that help ensure the academic quality of degree programs.  The PC, together with the appropriate Department/Program Chair, holds a primary responsibility for coordinating the successful implementation of assessment activities for their respective discipline(s).

The PC is an appointed, 12-month position.  Recommendations for individuals to serve as PC flow from Department/Program Chair to Associate Dean/Dean and then Provost.  If an appointment is needed mid-year, the same recommendation/approval process will be followed.  

Each PC reports to the Department/Program Chair for their appointed discipline(s), and they serve at the pleasure of their Department/Program Chair and Associate Dean.  As such, they will keep the Department/Program Chairs informed about matters related to their duties as PC, who will in turn inform the Associate Dean/Dean.  They will also work under the direction of the Director of Institutional Research and Assessment and the Faculty Director for Academic Assessment.

Other duties of the PC include the following.

Faculty Communication/Review

• Communicate with adjunct faculty regarding adherence to the department’s/program’s standards, including assessment activities. Input from adjunct faculty members is to be encouraged and considered, but the full-time faculty members of a discipline, under the leadership of their Chair, are collectively responsible for the quality and growth of their academic programs.  The PC will be knowledgeable about the department’s/program’s standards, and follow those standards in communicating with adjunct faculty teaching in that discipline.
• Serve as the liaison between the department/program and the University Assessment Committee (UAC) for the planning and implementation of all departmental/program -level assessment activities of student learning.
• Review the credentials of individuals who apply to teach in the department’s programs as adjunct faculty for any Campus Center or Online and approve adjunct faculty to teach for Park
• Evaluate the performance of adjunct faculty annually based on information provided by the School for Extended Learning, the School for Online Learning and/or information the department collects.  The source for evaluative information depends upon the location and mode of instruction involved.  The Chair will determine whether each adjunct faulty member is approved for continuation as a Park instructor, discontinued or continued with stipulation
• The PC will travel to Campus Centers as necessary to provide guidance/training for faculty regarding assessment activity.  Travel is to be approved by the Department/Program Chair, Associate Dean or the Director of Institutional Research and Assessment.

Assessment Activity

• Work with Department/Program Chairs to implement departmental assessment activities of student learning at all locations and for Online as well as face-to-face instruction.  This includes the implementation of the Departmental Assessment Checklist.
  • Review and approve course syllabi as per departmental standards for program delivery and assessment of student learning
  • Coordinate with Academic Directors to gather assessment documents for courses at Campus Centers
  • Coordinate with Online Instructor Evaluators to gather assessment documents for Online courses
  • Collect documentation to validate mastery of program competencies for program and institution assessment of student learning
  • Assist Department/Program Chairs with the generation of assessment reports

 Validated Learning Equivalency Review

• Review and approve petitions for credit through Validated Learning Equivalency (VLEW) and submitting recommendations through the Registrar’s Office to the Dean of the College involved.

July 2005

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