Job Title: ASSESSMENT SPECIALIST - Xavier University of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA

Deadline Date: December 15, 2009

Starting Date: Jan. 1, 2010

Institution: Located in New Orleans, Xavier founded by Saint Katharine Drexel and the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament, is Catholic and historically Black. Recent years have seen a growing influx of out-of-state students, yet one-half of the university’s 3,388 students are from Louisiana. According to the U.S. Department of Education, Xavier continues to rank first nationally in the number of African American students earning undergraduate degrees in both the biological/life sciences and the physical sciences.Xavier ranks first in the nation in placing African American students into medical schools, where it has been ranked for the past 16 years. The acceptance rate of Xavier graduates by medical schools is almost twice the national average, and 92% of those who enter medical schools complete their degree programs. For more information, please visit our Web site.

Job Duties: Assessment Specialist - conducts comprehensive assessment of all STEM-related programs offering coherent STEM evaluation services across programs, analyzing best practices and gaps.

The assessment specialist will work with each summer program director to define goals and learning/operational outcomes specific to the respective programs; assist program directors in developing knowledge/skill-based assessments and program-based evaluations that emanate from program goals/ objectives; assist program directors in aggregating and analyzing assessment and evaluation data; assist program directors in producing assessment/evaluation reports inclusive of recommendations for improvement; centralize the data on summer programs/ program participants via an electronic system; and assist program directors in utilizing data in electronic system to monitor progress and maintain communication with program participants in an effort to recruit them into Xavier.

Qualifications:
Education: M.A., required; Ph.D. preferred.

Areas of specialty: Outcomes assessment, program review assessment, learning theory or related field, teaching, preferably in a STEM discipline

Additional experience: Three to five years of program management experience and/or any combination of knowledge, skills and experience that is substantially equivalent; Evidence of scholarly activity, preferably with a focus on assessment; Excellent interpersonal and consultative skills; Excellent oral and written communication skills; Experience working with faculty from a variety of academic disciplines; Team player

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To Apply: Interested candidates should submit a resume and three letters of reference via e-mail. For inquires, please call 504-520-7563.

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