Robert Jared Smith, PhD

Dean of Student Affairs and Enrollment Management at Carolinas College of Health Sciences
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Charlotte, North Carolina, United States, US

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Experience

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Dean of Student Affairs and Enrollment Management
      • Nov 2022 - Present

      Serve as Dean (Chief Student Affairs Officer) of Student Affairs and Enrollment Management reporting directly to the President. Collaborate with president and provost to provide leadership across the college to facilitate advancement towards the colleges mission and vision.Provide direct leadership to the student affairs division which consists of the registrar, admissions, and financial aid departments and focuses on student recruitment, enrollment, engagement, registration, financial aid, and support.Ensure SACSCOC compliance, write policies, oversee and evaluate student experience.Administer the college CRM system and the student information system.Manage budget for division and assist with collegewide budget planning.Assist with academic operational planning and implementation. Show less

    • Interim Dean of Student Affairs and Enrollment Management
      • Aug 2022 - Nov 2022

    • Director of Teaching, Learning and Technology
      • Oct 2018 - Nov 2022

      Lead the Academic Support department which was created to take a unique approach to student success and retention by blending resources which have typically been classified as either academic affairs or student services into a more centralized area to better meet the needs of all students, faculty and staff. Report directly to the Provost and provide vision, leadership and advocacy for the effective use of teaching and learning resources, and instructional strategies to advance teaching practices, improve student outcomes and enhance workplace quality and efficiency. Work closely with other college administrators including the President, Dean of Student Affairs and Dean of Finance. Assist with accreditation site visits, ADA compliance, and policy development and revisions. Collaborate with other college leadership, faculty, and staff to develop strategies to improve efficiencies and operations with content delivery (teaching) and content assimilation (learning). Administer and manages the learning management system, student information system, and other hardware and software that is utilized by the college. Manage budget for college technology and software contracts including developing and maintaining a replacement plan. Manage faculty, staff, and student access and on-boarding processes, compliance training (Title IX, FERPA), and teammate professional development opportunities. Lead collegewide projects and implementations. Direct reports include student success coordinator, learning technology specialist, and instructional developer. Show less

    • Chair for General Studies Program
      • Oct 2015 - Jan 2019

      Chair/Director of the General Studies (including pre-nursing and pre-radiologic technology) program at Carolinas College of Health Sciences. Provided faculty supervision, recruitment, evaluation and leadership for all general education courses including natural sciences, humanities, social sciences, communications and math courses. Responsible for budget management, student and program assessment, learning outcome assessment and compliance with SACSCOC. Taught courses, curriculum design and implementation. Collaborated with other college chairs to ensure general studies courses cover the material for the nursing, radiologic technology and surgical technology programs as required by ACEN, JRCERT and AHEC. Worked with the Dean of Student Affairs to create pathways and options for preprogram students that miss guaranteed admission into clinical programsImplemented the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) Exercise is Medicine on Campus program in 2016 and was awarded bronze status by the ACSM.Served as part of the college leadership collaborating with the president, provost and dean of student affairs. Show less

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 300 - 400 Employee
    • Curriculum Developer
      • Jan 2017 - May 2017

      Worked with AVP to identify the need for a personal trainer certificate curriculum and start a needs analysis while I was full-time at YTC. Created the manual and complete curriculum. Also created a list of equipment needed and identified vendors to order the equipment for the program. Contract/Perkins Grant Funded Position Worked with AVP to identify the need for a personal trainer certificate curriculum and start a needs analysis while I was full-time at YTC. Created the manual and complete curriculum. Also created a list of equipment needed and identified vendors to order the equipment for the program. Contract/Perkins Grant Funded Position

    • Science Faculty/Lead Chemistry Faculty
      • May 2011 - Oct 2015

      Science faculty member teaching chemistry and biology courses. A lead faculty member for chemistry courses. Curriculum design and implementation, faculty development and organizational development. Management of physical science budget and chemical inventory. Served on organizational development committee and SACSCOC QEP planning. Two-time presenter on student engagement and retention at Strategic Enrollment Management conferences and presented at the SCTEA on student success and engagement. Served as lead chemistry faculty working with the science department chair to identify and hire adjunct faculty to ensure all courses were staffed. Managed the physical science budget for the chemistry and physics courses. o Managed the chemical inventory and lab providing guidance to lab assistant. Taught a variety of courses including traditional and online courses. o Served as a university transfer advisor and liaison for a pre-PTA program in conjunction with Greenville Technical College. Worked with adjunct faculty to achieve an increase in enrollment in chemistry 2 courses by 152% from 2010-2013 along with an increase in student success in chemistry 1 and 2 of 7% by increasing engagement and support efforts throughout the courses. Worked in collaboration with the department chair and associate dean to identify and revise 2+2 agreements with Winthrop university and ensure course transfer credit. Served as an interim department chair in fall 2014. Collaborated with the Associate Vice President of Health and Human Services to perform a needs analysis for a new Personal Training program. Show less

    • United States
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Chemistry Teacher
      • Oct 2008 - May 2011

      Chemistry teacher, managed chemical laboratory inventory and certified strength coach for athletics. Also helped lead PowerSchool attendance and grade software implementation training and served as an eChalk administrator. Chemistry teacher, managed chemical laboratory inventory and certified strength coach for athletics. Also helped lead PowerSchool attendance and grade software implementation training and served as an eChalk administrator.

    • Sales Associate/Manager/Manager Trainer
      • Jun 2000 - Oct 2008

      Started as a sales associate and store manager and then promoted to Manager Trainer starting in 2006 responsible for recruiting, hiring and developing store managers and sales associates. Worked with the district manager to lead the 16 stores in the district with an average of about 10 employees per store towards their sales and shrink goals. Started as a sales associate and store manager and then promoted to Manager Trainer starting in 2006 responsible for recruiting, hiring and developing store managers and sales associates. Worked with the district manager to lead the 16 stores in the district with an average of about 10 employees per store towards their sales and shrink goals.

Education

  • University of the Cumberlands Graduate and Online
    Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Leadership
  • The University of Texas Permian Basin
    Master of Science - MS, Kinesiology
    2015 -
  • University of Saint Joseph
    Master of Science - MS, Biology
  • University of Saint Joseph
    Master of Science - MS, Biochemistry
  • College of Charleston
    Bachelor of Science - BS, Biochemistry
  • College of Charleston
    Bachelor of Science - BS, Molecular Biology
  • College of Charleston
    Bachelor of Arts - BA, Chemistry

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