DEAN OF SPACE EDUCATION

Summary The primary duty is to lead and direct the faculty of Detachment 3, Space Delta 13, in the development and execution of the USSF Officer Professional Military Education (PME) curriculum at both the Intermediate and Senior levels. Under the supervision of the Detachment 3 Commandant, it operates under guidance, policies and expectations established in Joint Staff, Space Force, STARCOM, and Space Delta 13 Instructions and policies. Accomplishes additional taskings as directed by the Commandant. Air University is the intellectual and leadership-development center of the Air and Space Forces. Our mission is to educate and develop Air, Space, and Cyberspace warrior leaders in support of the National Defense Strategy. Air University, with headquarters at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, is a major component of Air Education and Training Command and is the lead agent for Air Force education. Air University provides the full spectrum of Air Force education, encompassing pre-commissioning programs for new officers; graduate programs in specialized military disciplines; progressive, career-long professional military development for officer, enlisted, and civilian Airmen; and specialized programs for US cabinet appointees, senior executive service civilians, and general officers. Air University draws on a long legacy of airpower education. The Wright brothers established the first US civilian flying school here in 1910. In the early 1930s, the Army Air Corps Tactical School moved to Montgomery, establishing Maxwell Field. Air University was established in 1946, and today is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to award associate, masters, and doctor of philosophy degrees.Major Duties: The Dean of Space Education exercises primary and secondary levels of supervisory and personnel-management responsibilities. The Dean supervises, advises, and provides counsel to department chairs, subordinate deans and other employees regarding policies, procedures, and directives of management. The Dean selects or recommends selection of candidates for vacancies, promotions, details, and reassignments in consideration of skills and qualifications, mission requirements, and EEO and diversity objectives. The Dean develops, modifies, and/or interprets performance standards while also explaining performance expectations to employees and providing regular feedback on strengths and weaknesses. The Dean recommends awards when appropriate and approves within-grade increases and or step increases. The Dean is expected to resolve employee complaints and refer serious unresolved complaints to higher-level management as well as initiating actions to correct performance or conduct problems and preparing documentation to support actions taken. The Dean approves master leave schedule assuring adequate coverage for peak workloads and traditional holiday vacation time. The Dean discharges security responsibilities by ensuring education and compliance with security directives for employees with access to classified or sensitive material. The Dean should recognize and take action to correct situations posing a threat to the health or safety of subordinates while applying EEO principles and requirements to all personnel management actions and decisions, and ensuring all personnel are treated in a manner free of discrimination. The Dean of Space Education also directs the development, execution, and sustainment of the USSF Officer Professional Military Education academic program. As such, the Dean interprets and executes guidance from higher headquarters, Joint Staff and the USSF Commandant in shaping the curriculum with the responsibility of approving all core and elective courses as well as special program elements of the curriculum. The Dean ensures appropriate level of curriculum integration, development of evaluation instruments, and the development of appropriate learning methodologies. The Dean represents the USSF at the Military Education Coordination Committee Working Group and other Joint, AF and AU-level forums. The Dean of Space Education is expected to teach, lecture, and facilitate research related to Delta 13 curriculum: leadership, warfighting, strategy, national security, areas of regional expertise, and/or global security affairs. Additionally, the Dean supervises and advises student research in course work, research projects and Professional Studies Papers. As a teacher, the Dean provides detailed feedback and other guidance to students and documentation of student progress in core and elective courses. The Dean also engages in professional outreach in areas of expertise related to the Delta 13 curriculum and actively supports faculty publication of scholarly works such as articles, monographs, and book reviews in peer-reviewed scholarly journals, professional journals, and other outlets. The Dean should participate with other PME schools, professional organizations, AF/DoD institutions, universities, and colleges for professional development. The Dean maintains academic currency by delivering lectures, conducting seminars, participating in panel discussions related to Delta 13 curriculum and in area of expertise at various institutions such as other professional military education schools, civilian institutions, and other learned societies.