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Roles and Responsibilities

• Chief Academic Officer (CAO)
• Concerned with operations downwards in the chart.
• Oversees curriculum concerns such as
• 1. Academic rigor
• 2. Needs of students, community, industry,
  outside disciplines and courses, and so on
  regarding the curriculum.
• 3. Transfer issues
• 4. Assessment
• 5. Course sequencing
• 6. Degree requirements
• 7. Certificate requirements
• 8. Common features of syllabi applicable to all
  courses
• Supervises Director of Learning Resources,
  Academic Officers of Ft. Riley Campus and Barton
  Campus, Coordinator of Developmental Education
  and Director of Assessment.

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Roles and Responsibilities

• Chief Academic Officer
• Oversees curriculum concerns as listed above and
  with curriculum matters of programs. The primary
  concern is external customers.
• Supervises various Associate Deans, Coordinators,
  and Directors as appropriate to individual
  locations

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Roles and Responsibilities

• Associate Deans
• Supervise curriculum but not at the course level.
  
• Oversee logistics such as scheduling and
  functionality of courses in particular area.
  (ensures that the course taught meets the overall
  requirements for certification but not how to
  teach or what methods to use).
• For example AD Environmental/Military/Vocational-F
  t. Riley oversees such courses as in the HZMT
  program.
• Directly supervise appropriate Directors,
  faculty, and staff.

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Roles and Responsibilities

• Directors (EXCEPT FOR THE DIRECTOR OF
  ASSESSMENT)
• Focus on specific concerns within that particular
  program. Are not involved with curriculum
  matters.
• Directly supervise appropriate staff.

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Roles and Responsibilities

• Director of Assessment
• Involved with curricular issues. Help coordinate
  assessment tools.
• Coordinates with Division Chairs.

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Roles and Responsibilities

• Course Authors
• Course Authors will be the expert in regards to
  that course.
• Course Authors will closely coordinate with the
  Division Chair because of the variety of subjects
  under the Division Chair.
• Development of the course syllabus on file
• Dissemination of such syllabus to ALL instructors
  of that course
• Acting as a contact point for instructors
  regarding course changes
• Standardization of particular sections of the
  course syllabi
• Participate in activities regarding assessment

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Roles and Responsibilities

• Course Authors (continued)
• Full time and Associate faculty may serve as
  Course Authors.
• Course Author should be a voluntary position
• Credentialed and Experienced
• Course Disagreements
• Handled at Lowest Level
• Final Decision with the CAO

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Roles and Responsibilities

• Division Chairs
• Division Chairs oversee various courses within
  larger categories.
• Voluntary
• 9 hours release time suggested
• Work with Course Authors, Associate Deans, and
  Directors to maintain adequate levels of
  communion.

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Roles and Responsibilities

• Division Chairs (continued)
• Division Chairs duties
• Maintaining electronic versions of official
  syllabi
• Disseminating course syllabi to instructors of
  courses
• Flow and sequencing of courses
• Mediate disputes amongst various faculty members
  concerning individual courses.

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Roles and Responsibilities

• Division Chairs (continued)
• Not a supervisor of faculty or Course Authors,
  but a mentor.
• Full time or associate faculty at any of the
  colleges locations may serve as a Division
  Chair.
• Volunteer basis
• Must have the proper academic credentials.

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Roles and Responsibilities

• Recommended Division Chairs
• Military Programs
• Hazardous Material, Environmental Compliance
  Homeland Security
• EMS
• MLT
• Nursing
• Humanities (Art, Dance, Music, Theatre,
  Philosophy, Religion, History, Education)
• Language Arts (English, Communications (Speech),
  Journalism, Literature, Reading, Language)
• Social Behavioral Science (Anthropology,
  Sociology, Psychology, HPER)
• Business/Computer Technology (Accounting,
  Business, Computer Science, Business Computer
  Management, Computer Graphics, Networking, Office
  Technology)
• Mathematics
• Science (Chemistry, Life Sciences, Physical
  Science, Physics)
• Careers (Agriculture, Child Care, Criminal
  Justice, Automotive Technology)

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Compliance with Charter Goals

• Provides for faculty control of the curriculum by
  empowering the faculty to develop and improve
  curricular issues, such as outcomes/competencies,
  textbooks, etc.
• Applies across all teaching media and in all
  teaching venues through the use of Division
  Chairs to oversee the curriculum in all venues
  and media.
• Promotes a single curriculum under a single Chief
  Academic Officer by placing Instruction and
  Curriculum under one CAO.

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Compliance with Charter Goals

• Has clear lines of communication and authority by
  differentiating between lines of communication
  and authority.
• Ensures equity between and amongst the Colleges
  instructional constituencies power sharing
  between Course Authors and Division Chairs.
• Requires the minimal amount of bureaucracy to
  implement and maintain diverting duties from
  administration to Course Authors Division
  Chairs.

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Financial Impact

• Approximately 150,000
• Increased cost associated with the creation of
  the Academic Officers at both campuses - 70K per
  year.
• Increased cost associated with the creation of
  the Associate Deans at Fort Riley - 30K per
  year.
• Increased cost associated with the creation of
  the Division Chairs - 50K per year.

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Advantages

• Allows for a higher degree of faculty control of
  curriculum.
• Clearly defines roles and responsibilities.
• Creates a sense of community between various
  locations.

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Disadvantages

• Some will not see the changes as desirable.
• A high level of faculty involvement is
  essential.
• Additional money will be required.