Anne Louise Houle-Gregory

-Supports the professional development of direct reports by facilitating training on and implementation of new policies, technologies, and expectations.

- Meets one-to-one with direct reports at least biweekly to provide performance and development support.

-When necessary, collaborates with individual faculty and college leadership to develop and support faculty performance improvement plans.

-Models WGU Cultural Beliefs, best practices, and expectations by consistently demonstrating all WGU Leadership Principles and Cultural Beliefs, demonstrating a growth mindset in relationship to myself, my team, and all students, facilitates weekly team meetings to discuss best practices, improve student support, team build, and cultivate WGU Cultural Beliefs and Leadership Principles.

-Support student success and progress by servings as an escalation and support path for at-risk students, responding compassionately, effectively, and supportively to escalated student situations, accurately representing WGU policy and procedure and sets appropriate expectations with all students, collaborating with faculty to identify resources and support options for students, and collaborating with faculty to identify resources and support options for students.

-Implements and contributes to data driven decision making at the team, college, and university levels by tracking and analyzing student and faculty performance data, including regular audits of documentation, faculty practices, and faculty interactions with students, providing regular reporting on the team's student outcomes, including root cause analysis for changes in metrics, incorporating both qualitative and quantitative information, and consistently uses quantitative and qualitative data metrics as tools for learning and identification of faculty strengths and areas of opportunity.

-Manages team administrative and support processes by serving as a key contact for other faculty and cross-functional teams in and across program clusters, interviewing faculty candidates and contributes to hiring decisions, following and completing onboarding process for training new faculty members, creating and documenting clear transition plans for team changes, reviewing and, as appropriate, approving change requests, AS request approvals and others.

-Contributes to continuous improvement of faculty and student experiences by positively influencing my team's capacity to manage change, providing proactive coaching, pipeline reviews, and performance management to support faculty performance and continually improve student outcomes, and providing feedback and suggestions to senior leaders on improvement to process, policy, and student experience in the course/program.

• Drew up Medical Surgical teaching experience and advanced education to function as resource to faculty and students.
• Demonstrated continued commitment to undergraduate teaching through participation in college community and professional development.
• Demonstrated strong interpersonal and communication skills, resulting in clear subject matter discussion with faculty.
• Developed diversified course curriculum to meet regulatory standards and support learning objectives.
• Conducted on-going program assessment, enrollment and retention tracking.
• Worked with director to assess and evaluate courses and programs in appropriate discipline.
• Worked with faculty to design comprehensive and individualized plans to optimize student education.
• Participated in department meetings to provide input to colleagues about student achievement and improvement.

• Developed and delivered various training courses for staff's on-going education needs.
• Presented presentations to management and clients for implementation to improve operations and processes in various departments.
• Designed job aids and manuals to meet requirements of system upgrades and revisions.
• Consulted and negotiated with various levels of management and stakeholders to determine training priorities and needs.
• Designed Nurse Residency program with
• Supervised unit based educators to assist with implementation of professional development of staff with alignment to the strategic plan.
• Served as a leader for management and planned, organized, and communicated evaluation of all program components related to the education and development of employees.
• Coordinated and aligned the work of the unit based educators to establish and implement standards for employee development systems with strategic directions, goals, and core values.
• Provided leadership in the implementation of Professional Development goals and systematic evaluation and analysis of the effectiveness of professional learning activities and programs.
• Developed professional development budget planning and record keeping process in collaboration with Professional Development Director.

-Responsible for the administration of all Nursing and Allied Health Programs, in accordance with local, state, and national regulatory agencies and guidelines.

-Supervision of clerical (2) and support staff, full and part time faculty (6), program expenditures, budget management, and campus and clinical facilities for the nursing and allied health department.

-Assist the Dean with the administration of Allied Health programs as needed, and served as the unit administrator in the absence of the Dean of Nursing and Allied Health.

-Assisted faculty with the development of instructional class and clinical site rotation schedules and determining staffing priorities and teaching assignments for the Nursing and Allied Health department program goals and policies. Developing new programs and alternative scheduling based on industry, community, and college input.

-Assisted faculty with facilitating developing, implementing, and evaluating of curriculum. Proposed curriculum revisions based on results of program evaluation, changing community needs, changing national, state and local standards, and accreditation requirements, collected and analysized data for annual reports in the development and management of all nursing and allied health program department budgets, planned and facilitated all nursing program committee meetings, including but not limited to the Annual Nursing Advisory Committee meeting, Education and Practice Committee meetings, and pre-semester faculty workshops, planned and participated in student orientation activities, managed all aspects of Self-Studies and re-accreditation processes to maintain continuous accreditation status for all Nursing and Allied Health programs with the development of program goals and policies; develop new programs and alternative scheduling based on industry, community, and college input.

-Develop instructional class and clinical site rotation schedules and determine staffing priorities and teaching assignments for the nursing and allied health courses.

-Coordinated, directed and participated in all activities involved in planning, developing organizing, implementing, evaluating and managing the Allied Health programs and special department projects.

-Evaluated program needs for equipment, facility, and learning resources.

-Produced documents needed to procure equipment and learning resources as well as changes to the facility.

-Participated in the hiring processes for full & part-time faculty with consideration given to diversity in ethnicity, gender, clinical specialty, experience, and regulatory and accreditation requirements.

-Supervised, evaluated, and participated in any disciplinary action deemed appropriate for full & part-time faculty.

-Directed and facilitated the development, implementation and evaluation of curriculum. Proposed curriculum revisions based on results of program evaluation, changing community needs, changing national, state and local standards, and accreditation requirementsthe orientation of new faculty, and coordinate faculty compliance with Board of Registered Nursing & Allied Health regulations.

-Worked with faculty to ensure that master course outlines and syllabi were current and consistent with state, college and external regulations.

-Managed disputes, complaints and concerns of classroom and clinical faculty/student issues, including communicating and directing student admission and/or dismissal decisions.

-Served as the Department liaison, maintained compliance with accreditation and legal standards of the various regulating agencies.

-Maintained ongoing communication with Faculty, Associate Faculty and Classified Employees/Front Office Staff.

-Ensured that all student files comply with applicable third party regulatory agencies.

-Conducted ongoing systematic program planning, evaluating, organizing and implementing assessment of student success.

-Acted as the liaison between the Nursing and Allied Health department programs and local schools, colleges, healthcare facilities, professional organization, and community leaders.

-Participatde in, and supported the faculty in, the continued development, implementation, coordination, and reporting functions of all Nursing and Allied Health programs.

• Instructed and coached nurses to help overcome proficiency issues.
• Conducted clinical simulations and provided feedback for each individual nurse.
• Worked with department heads to develop engaging curriculum and advance instruction for nursing.
• Incorporated instructional aids and motivational strategies to eradicate learning gaps.
• Conducted staff development, including · the introduction of new policies, procedures, and equipment
• Conducted new hire and new graduate hire orientation including individualized orientation to meet the learner’s needs, supervision of the orientation process, and determination of orientation outcomes.
• Developed action plans to facilitate those new hire, new graduate improvement in patient care.
• Facilitated Sepsis Committee and staff introduction to new policies, procedures, charting, and education.
• Reviewed all sepsis death charts.

• Performed various nursing interventions such as wound dressing, vital sign monitoring, and specimen collection.
• Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
• Assessed physical, psychological, physiologic, and cognitive status of patients.
• Monitored patients' conditions and reported changes in physical presentation, appearance, and behavior to discuss treatment with physicians.

• Supervised, directed, and motivated high-quality performance from nursing staff.
• Led staff meetings to keep team informed of departmental changes and provide opportunities for nurses to share ideas and concerns.
• Investigated and independently resolved complaints from staff, physicians, and patients by leveraging clinical judgment and unit management expertise.
• Managed staff scheduling and time off to adequately staff nursing floors and allow nurses earned time off.