Director, Curriculum and Academic Administration
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The Director, Curriculum and Academic Administration coordinates academic policy, curriculum, and program administration at the University of Texas at Austin. The role leads the Curriculum and Academic Administration Unit, oversees General Education course administration, and works with faculty, staff, committees, UT System, and THECB. It also manages special projects and supervises professional staff.
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Coordinate efforts to address crucial major, curriculum, and program administrative issues. Maintain a thorough knowledge of academic policies and procedures, serve as a resource for academic areas about academic policies and procedures, and interpret, explain, and enforce academic policies related to curriculum implementation and academic program planning. Manage, develop, and support operational procedures and practices related to the internal curricula approval process in collaboration with faculty advisory bodies and other related committees.Develop processes to track curriculum, program, and academic unit changes and report significant changes to appropriate external organizations. Facilitate the review and approval process for proposals to create or change academic units.Direct the Curriculum and Academic Administration Unit and oversee the administration of UTs General Education courses in collaboration with the Vice Provost for Academics and Curriculum and the Core Curriculum Program Manager.Establish programmatic partnerships with faculty and staff to attract support for and participation in academic initiatives. Represent Academic Affairs more broadly and the responsibilities of the Curriculum and Academic Administration unit on campus-wide committees (both formal and informal) as needed.Serve as a liaison between the university and UT System and the THECB for major announcements and policy changes, as well as for alerting THECB of major changes to curriculum. This includes triaging a wide range of communications from the THECB and disseminating to the broader campus community, when appropriate.Manage and support special projects as assigned by the Vice Provost for Academics and Curriculum or Senior Vice Provost for Academic Affairs. Ensure that miscellaneous assignments and projects related to academic affairs are completed in the best interest of the university, Provost's office, and campus community.Supervise professional staff. Identify and solve operational and/or personnel challenges and clarify expectations by holding regularly scheduled meetings and completing staff appraisals and development plans.
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