kalamazoo, MI30+ days ago
As a community of scholars and learners who value ethics, diversity, innovation, service, and action we seek a department chair that can lead us to achieve the following goals: 1) Provide program offerings that better serve the demands of a changing population and market by engaging in an ongoing process of assessment, evaluation, alignment, and re-alignment; 2) Increase student satisfaction, retention, and contributions BY developing a greater "sense of community" within programs, the ELRT department and WMU; 3) Reach and maintain optimal enrollment numbers and graduation rates through effective and efficient recruitment and program support, emphasizing the importance of a diverse and inclusive community; 4) Enhance innovative and discovery-driven teaching, scholarship, and service through faculty selection, development and increased levels of support; 5) Better support the work of the department by leveraging existing and new resources. The Department of Educational Leadership, Research, and Technology (ELRT) at Western Michigan University is comprised of six program areas: Educational and Instructional Technology, Evaluation, Measurement, and Research; K-12 Educational Leadership, Higher Education, Organizational Learning and Global Leadership, and Organizational Change.