Search Profile: Dean of Students and Title IX Coordinator

SEARCH PROFILE: DEAN OF STUDENTS & TITLE IX COORDINATOR

TABLE OF CONTENTS

THE OPPORTUNITY

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• Role Responsibilities • Qualification Requirements KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES

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ABOUT BEACON COLLEGE

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LEADERSHIP

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MISSION, IDENTITY, VISION AND STRATEGY

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CAMPUS AND SURROUNDINGS

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APPLICATION PROCESS

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“The ‘ Beacon difference ’ is in the energy of the place, emanating from devotion to a common purpose, an unwavering commitment to robust (nation-leading) student outcomes, and the clear-eyed conviction of those in the community that our work is important and pioneering.” – dr . george hagerty

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SEARCH PROFILE: Dean of Students & Title IX Coordinator

Beacon College, in Leesburg, Florida, invites nominations and applications for the position of Dean of Students and Title IX Coordinator. The College seeks a visionary, strategic, and experienced leader to join a unique liberal arts and sciences institution committed to the belief that given the right environment, support, and tools, all students can succeed. The Dean of Students and Title IX Coordinator at Beacon College is dedicated to enriching the residential life experience and fostering a dynamic community among students . This role is pivotal in leading initiatives designed to create positive, supportive living environments that promote holistic development and active engagement tailored to the needs of students with learning differences. The position reports directly to the Vice President of Student Affairs.

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THE OPPORTUNITY

The Dean of Students and Title IX Coordinator will be responsible for program development, overseeing the strategic design and management of residential life programs that align with the educational and developmental objectives tailored for students with learning and attention issues. This role will act as chief advocate for residential students, developing policies as well as, overseeing the conduct process for residential life ensuring it is fair, transparent, and accommodating to the needs of neurodivergent students. This role will promote community engagement initiatives that bolster student interaction and enhance social connectivity across the residential community. As a leader, the role will manage the budget for residential education programs and coordinate the response to residential emergencies. In addition, this role will serve as the College’s Title IX Coordinator. Specific Responsibilities Program Development and Leadership • Supervise and oversee the strategic design and management of residential life programs that align with the educational and developmental objectives tailored for students with learning and attention issues.

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• Recruit, hire and oversee the professional development of residential staff, including Resident Directors, Resident Assistants, and Engagement Leaders, equipping them with specialized strategies to effectively support a diverse student body. Student Support and Advocacy • Act as a chief advocate for residential students, ensuring their specific needs are addressed and their perspectives are considered in college policies and decision-making processes. • Oversee the conduct process for residential life, ensuring it is fair, transparent, and accommodating to the needs of neurodivergent students. Policy Development and Implementation • Develop and enforce residential life policies that are explicitly designed to be inclusive and accommodate students with learning and attention issues. Community Building and Engagement • Develop and promote community engagement initiatives that bolster student interaction and enhance social connectivity across the residential community. • Implement a tailored roommate mediation process to nurture understanding and develop interpersonal skills among a neurodiverse student population. Crisis Management and Response • Lead and coordinate the response to residential emergencies, providing expert crisis management support in collaboration with other campus services to ensure comprehensive safety and well-being of all students. • Serve as on-call back-up support for elevated issues, providing guidance and decision-making assistance during after-hours and critical situations to ensure student safety and well-being. Assessment and Evaluation • Conduct regular evaluations of the effectiveness of residential programs and services, utilizing feedback from students and staff to inform data-driven enhancements to the residential experience. • Stay informed about the latest trends and best practices in residential education for students with learning and attention issues, and implement innovative ideas to enhance the residential experience.

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Budget Management • Manage the budget for residential education programs, ensuring resources are used efficiently and align with strategic objectives focused on inclusivity and support. Title IX • Update and implement the College’s Title IX policies and procedures. • Provide training for students, faculty, staff and administrators on Title IX policies, procedures and rights • Oversee the investigation and resolution of Title IX complaints, ensuring a prompt, thorough and impartial process All other duties as assigned. Required Minimum Qualifications • Master’s degree in Higher Education Administration, Student Affairs, Counseling, or a related field. • Minimum of 5 years of experience in residential life or a related field, with a proven

ENROLLMENT 500 UNDERGRADUATES 450 TRANSITION PROGRAM STUDENTS 44 U.S. STATES & TERRITORIES, 9 FOREIGN COUNTRIES 32% FLORIDA RESIDENT STUDENTS

FACULTY 13:1 STUDENT-FACULTY RATIO 12-15 AVERAGE CLASS SIZE 61% WITH TERMINAL DEGREES 42 FULL-TIME FACULTY, 10 PART-TIME

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track record in leadership and program development

• Strong understanding of the dynamics of residential communities and student development theories, particularly as they relate to students with learning and attention issues. • Excellent interpersonal, communication, and conflict resolution skills, with the ability to adapt communications for inclusivity. Preferred Qualifications • Specialized training in education for learning differences. • Previous experience in an environment focused on personalized education and engagement for students with learning and attention issues.

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KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, & ABILITIES

• Strong leadership and team management abilities, with a focus on adaptive strategies and inclusive practices. • Strategic planning and program assessment tailored to diverse educational needs. • Strong interpersonal, communication, and conflict resolution skills, with a proven ability to adapt communication for diverse learning needs. • Strong organizational and record keeping skills • Creativity, self-motivation, and ability to work independently • Ability to manage projects, delegate tasks and provide excellent customer service • Positive attitude

COMPENSATION

Salary is competitive and dependent upon several factors including, but not limited to, a candidate’s previous experience, knowledge, skills, and background.

OUR STUDENTS 9 ACADEMIC MAJORS AND TRACKS 17 ACADEMIC MINORS 25+ CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS 4 COMPETITIVE & 9 INTRAMURAL ATHLETIC TEAMS 5 STUDENT RESIDENCE FACILITIES

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ABOUT BEACON COLLEGE

Beacon College is a uniquely positioned national institution of higher education with a global reach. The Institution is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) to award Bachelor and Associate degrees. Over the past decade, Beacon has gained recognition for its distinct mission: affording a competitive liberal arts-based undergraduate education exclusively to collegians with neurodiverse learning profiles. In recent years, the Institution has broadened its span of influence, innovating with leading-edge pre-college transitional programming, and carefully engaging in targeted domestic and international partnerships.

Collegians with learning disabilities, ADHD, and other learning differences are attracted to our Leesburg, Florida campus from 32 states and nine countries. These students and their families are drawn to Beacon because of the community’s fidelity to delivering holistically a serious undergraduate curriculum in the arts and sciences, business, and technology. As a consequence, student outcomes for our distinct profile of learners – in the arenas of persistence, four-year graduation, and post degree employment – are unparalleled in American higher education. By design, our traditional undergraduate FTE on campus is kept small with Beacon achieving its ideal enrollment of 500 (mostly (Continued on next page)

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residential) students in the fall of 2023. Class sizes customarily do not exceed 15 students; the student/faculty ratio is 13:1. In a “high tech” world, our collegians benefit from instruction and services that are individualized and of the “high touch” variety. Mastery of collegiate content and success in negotiating emerging adulthood are facilitated by the delivery of multi-modal instruction in the classroom coordinated with the “wrap-around” services and support delivered by learning specialists, transition counselors, residential staff, and licensed wellness professionals. The principles of Universal Design in Learning (UDL) pervade the delivery of the Beacon curriculum and surrounding service environment. Beacon was chartered in 1989, founded by a group of visionary educators and parents who recognized that, although talented and ambitious, college-ready students with learning and attention issues were being poorly served by the “traditional” institutions that admitted them. For these collegians, persistence and graduation rates were dismal, repeating the challenges and lost opportunities that were so familiar to them in their K-12 experience.

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George J. Hagerty has served as the President of Beacon College over the past decade. With his appointment, Dr. Hagerty welcomed the opportunity to align the lessons learned and perspectives gained from successful 30-year tenure in U.S. and international higher education within the arena of learning differences, the focus of his early career with the U.S. Department of Education. Dr. Hagerty is the President-Emeritus of Franklin Pierce University, where he served from 1995 to 2009, a period of significant transformation and growth. A champion of promoting the U.S. higher education model to an international audience, Hagerty followed his presidency by serving as the Provost and University Professor at the newly founded Hellenic American University in Athens, Greece. Immediately prior to Beacon, he continued his international work, serving as counsel to institutions of higher education, non-profit organizations, and corporations on four continents. As an academic, Hagerty served in faculty and administrative roles at his alma maters — Stonehill College and Harvard University. His teaching, research, and writing have been focused on government, special education policy and finance, educational innovation, and non-profit management. He is the author of numerous scholarly articles, book chapters, and policy papers in these arenas. LEADERSHIP Dr. George J. Hagerty

Prominent among Dr. Hagerty’s governing board appointments are his service as Chair of the Board of Directors of the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU), as well as Chair of the Presidents’ Council of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA-Division II). He also served on the Board of the American Council on Education (ACE) and was appointed to the Council’s Commission on Leadership and Institutional Effectiveness. He considers his tenure at Beacon College to be the most exciting and dynamic time of his professional career, working with exceptional colleagues to create an undergraduate environment that sees students and their development holistically.

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MISSION , IDENTITY , VISION AND STRATEGY

The College’s Mission Beacon College has remained true to the mission established in 1989 by its founders to improve higher education opportunities for students with Learning Disabilities, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHA), and other learning differences. Beacon’s Statements of Identity, Vision, and Strategy stand always as an ideal that the Beacon community strives to attain while recognizing that these are ideals that may never be perfectly realized. Our challenge is to narrow the distance between our ideal vision and the reality of Beacon as it exists today. This is a stimulating and worthy challenge – one that asks the best of all who comprise the College community. Our Identity Beacon College is an accredited national institution of higher education with an international reach. The College specializes in the competitive baccalaureate preparation and empowerment of undergraduate students who learn differently. In this arena, Beacon College is the best at “what we do.” Beacon’s Vision Beacon College will be recognized as the premier institution of higher education in the arts and sciences, business, and technology exclusively devoted to the undergraduate preparation of students with specific learning disabilities (LD), Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), and other learning differences. The College is further committed to reaching beyond the traditional campus and undergraduate curriculum to benefit new and expanding audiences for whom Beacon’s mission and expertise may prove valuable.

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Our Strategy Beacon College, a four-year, regionally accredited college, is uniquely motivated to serve students with learning disabilities, ADHD, and other learning differences. The College fosters creative thought and responsible world citizenship. We accomplish our mission by: • Attracting faculty and staff who bring exceptional innovation, experience, and expertise to their work with students; • Employing multi-modal teaching strategies and a Triadic Model that includes Learning Specialists, Transition Counselors, and Residence Life Specialists that provides students with a high degree of individual attention; • Creating a supportive campus community that encourages and enriches personal development, self-advocacy, and independence; • Guiding students to transform their most significant challenges into unanticipated strengths; • Exploring new and meaningful ways to express and extend the College’s singular mission and values; and • Preparing students for a life abundant characterized by self-confidence, personal and professional success, and a dedication to life-long learning.

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ABOUT BEACON’S LEESBURG CAMPUS & SURROUNDINGS

Beacon College is located in the quintessential and comfortable southern city of Leesburg, Florida (population 31,000), 45 miles northwest of Orlando and an hour’s drive to both Florida’s Atlantic and Gulf Coasts. Situated in Lake County, the College offers undergraduates and those dedicated to serving them the convenience of a “downtown” setting with the campus footprint and adjacent property extending to less traveled venues that are home to newly constructed student residences and quiet pathways leading to natural settings and waterfronts as well as facilities and grounds devoted to fitness, recreation, and athletics. The College’s location in Central Florida offers residents and visitors’ easy access to Florida’s most popular attractions and theme parks, yet provides an abundance of venues for the enjoyment of an active, but leisurely, lifestyle. Main Street in Leesburg is lined with classic historical buildings, an extensive public library, quaint restaurants, gift shops, antique stores, and a variety of local businesses. The Villages, the nation’s fastest growing metropolitan area with populations under 250,000 residents, is a 20-minute drive north from the City, offering the citizens of the region the convenience of a rich diversity of high end restaurants, shopping, and entertainment options.

OUR CAMPUS MAIN STREET LEESBURG, FL 1 HOUR FROM ORLANDO 21 BUILDINGS 6 SCENIC POCKET PARKS 3 ATHLETIC VENUES

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THE APPLICATION PROCESS

Beacon College is committed to equality and diversity of experiences for our students, applicants, and employees. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply. Beacon College is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and does not discriminate against applicants and employees on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, genetic information, and any other legally protected status with respect to all terms, conditions, and privileges of college sponsored activities, employment, and the use of institutional facilities.

The search process is one of strictest confidentiality. Nominations, applications, and inquiries may be sent in complete confidence to hrsearch@beaconcollege.edu . Although the position is open until filled, applications received by Friday, January 17, 2025 , will be assured full consideration.

To apply, please submit the following materials: • A cover letter which specifically

addresses the job requirements and outlines qualifications • A current CV/resume • List of three references (we will notify you prior to contacting both on and off list references)

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