Director of the Office of Academic Services and Institutional Support (OASIS)

Touro University California Director Of OASIS Office

Touro University California (TUC) is a private, professional, and graduate-degree awarding institution located in the greater San Francisco Bay Area city of Vallejo, California. Established in 1997, TUC offers its 1,500 students an innovative education in one of several disciplines including osteopathic medicine, pharmacy, physician assistant studies, nursing, public health, sonography, and radiologic technology. Nestled on 44 acres of the former Mare Island Naval Military Base and a proud member of the Touro University System (TUS), TUC is passionate in pursuing its mission of educating caring professionals to serve, to lead, and to teach within their community.

Responsibilities

Under the supervision of the Associate Dean for Student Affairs, this individual is responsible for the day to day operations of the OASIS office. This individual will design, deliver, and coordinate learning strategies and solutions for adult learners and oversee the process of providing accommodations to students with disabilities.

This person will work collaboratively with academic faculty and administrators to identify students who are experiencing academic challenges, evaluate their learning needs, and will develop student study strategies and learning plans. The Director will provide programming to all students who wish to enhance their study skills (i.e. study skills, time management, test taking, and other related topics) and will serve as a resource for faculty, staff, administrators and students to determine how best to provide support for a student(s) who is(are) academically struggling. The Director will market available services within the OASIS office as well as document the use and assess the effectiveness of these services.

Finally, this position oversees the process of providing accommodations to students with disabilities. As part of this responsibility, the individual will evaluate students for learning style preferences, study habits, techniques and skills, and potential learning disabilities and design student-specific strategies for improving study effectiveness and test taking skills. When appropriate, recommendations will be made to the Associate Dean of Student Affairs for additional follow-up testing or evaluation needs.

Specific responsibilities include :

• Development, management, and assessment of a comprehensive OASIS program with attention to the academic support and retention of highly motivated graduate and undergraduate students pursuing professional degrees.
• Supervise and direct all professional OASIS staff.
• Provide primary supervision of Tutor Coordinators in each college, act as the Alternate Supervisor for all Peer Tutors and Study Hall Monitors, and work with programmatic faculty to identify appropriate peer tutors, provide / supervise the training and direction of peer tutors.
• Design, implement, and incorporate findings of periodic assessments of OASIS services and conduct an annual evaluation of the Department's contribution to the university's Institutional Student Learning Outcomes (ISLOs) and Strategic Plans.
• Maintain knowledgeable and up to date information on student trends as it relates to academic interventions designed to improve performance.
• Enhance awareness and marketing of OASIS services among students, faculty, and staff.
• Enhance partnerships with, and development of, community resources and referrals.
• Serve as a designated Campus Security Authority and Responsible Employee under the Clery Act and Title IX regulations respectively.
• Assist in coordinating university-wide and student affairs events including new student orientations, commencement ceremonies, and various programs as designated by the Associate Dean of Students.
• Support the management of the TUC food pantry and other grant-related initiatives.

Learning assistance for students includes :

Services for faculty include :

Other duties may be assigned, including but not limited to serving on committees, work groups, etc.

Supervisory responsibilities (if applicable) include :

Qualifications

Qualifications include :

Core competencies include :

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

Standing, walking, sitting, talking, hearing, using hands to finger, handle, feel or write, climbing or balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching or crawling, reaching with hands or arms, tasting or smelling, sight, keying.

Lifting requirements include up to 10 pounds, up to 35 pounds, up to 50 pounds, up to 100 pounds, and more than 100 pounds.

Work environment includes wet, humid conditions, working near moving mechanical parts, working in high, precarious places, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, outdoor weather conditions, extreme cold, extreme heat, risk of electric shock, working with explosives, risk of radiation, vibration, needle sticks / blood borne pathogens.

Vision requirements are sufficient to read text in files, on monitors, etc.

Typical noise level is office environment (mild / moderate).

Salary

Maximum salary : USD $88,077.00 / Yr.

Minimum salary : USD $70,461.60 / Yr.