About the Vice Deanship
The Vice Deanship is administratively linked to the College's Dean . It is responsible for overseeing educational affairs, laboratories, learning resources, the e-learning unit, and the quality of education and learning within the College. This encompasses continuous monitoring at the college level to ensure the highest standards are maintained.
Key Responsibilities
- Supervising the preparation of the annual plan for the College’s Academic Affairs Agency and following up on its implementation after approval.
- Overseeing the implementation of regulations and organizational rules for the undergraduate study and examination system and ensuring their application by the relevant units.
- Supervising the academic programs within the College.
- Overseeing the educational process in the College and creating an optimal educational environment for distinguished learning.
- Proposing new interdisciplinary programs or developing existing programs in coordination with academic departments and following up on their implementation after approval.
- Supervising the activities of quality assurance committees (programs, examinations and evaluations, quality assurance, plans, and curricula).
- Supervising the application of the quality management system in the College and adherence to academic accreditation standards.
Departments and Units
- Department of Educational Affairs
Tasks:
- Monitor registration and schedules and report on them.
- Track the progress of examinations and report on them.
- Oversee the educational process and report on it.
- Prepare the academic advising plan in collaboration with academic departments and follow up on its implementation.
- Supervise the new student orientation program.
- Activate the activities of the educational process committees
Tasks:
- Track the inventory of electronic programs and courses within the college.
- Provide contact information for members and coordinators of electronic courses.
- Support course coordinators in case of technical issues.
- Promote awareness of e-learning among all college affiliates, including faculty members and students.
- Handle initial inquiries from members and students, directing them to contact technical support at the university's e-learning department through available channels to resolve issues.
- Maintain continuous communication with the e-learning department representative and report any problems or difficulties faced by the college.
- Submit periodic reports on course development and activation to the e-learning department.
- Coordinate orientation sessions and preparatory meetings for college students.
- Department of Education and Learning Quality
Tasks:
- Prepare the annual plan for the Education and Learning Quality Management and follow up on its implementation after approval.
- Contribute to the preparation of the college’s executive plan through membership in the College Strategic Plan Development Committee.
- Assist in ensuring compliance with quality standards in developed or newly introduced programs through membership in the Academic Programs Development Committee.
- Promote a culture of excellence in education and learning and build the capacities of college affiliates in coordination with the Excellence in Education and Learning Program.
- Promote a culture of quality and academic accreditation and nominate for internal and external courses in the field of education and learning quality in coordination with the Deanship of Development and Quality.
- Ensure the completion of quality assurance and academic accreditation requirements for all college programs and archive them electronically.
- Monitor the development and continuous improvement processes of all college programs.
- Perform other tasks related to the specialty as assigned.