Educational leader with proven track record in academic administration, student support and faculty development. Known for fostering a collaborative environment and driving institutional success. Reliable and adaptable, consistently focused on achieving high standards and results. Expert in strategic planning and student engagement.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Interim Dean, School of STEM
Bucks County Community College
06.2024 - Current
Manage STEM operations, support faculty, and oversee academic programming to align with strategic goals.
Schedule all courses, assigning faculty and staff.
Collaborate with STEM area coordinators to revise scheduling assignments to support faculty preferences and to support enrollment and student scheduling needs.
Develop, maintain, assess, and revise STEM transfer, occupational and certificate programs.
Advise students and faculty, resolve problems and mediate conflicts.
Review potential, guest and current student records.
Advise potential, guest and current students on course selection to make sure all program requirements are being met.
Direct Department planning, allocate resources, and propose and manage budgets.
Evaluate full and part-time faculty in accordance with the faculty contract.
Evaluate department staff in accordance with College policies.
Manage condition and safety of Chemistry, Biology and Computer Laboratories.
Initiate and update transfer opportunities, articulation and certification agreements.
Coordinate grant opportunities.
Associate Professor, Learning Technologies Liaison
Bucks County Community College
08.2009 - 06.2024
Provided instructional technology support for faculty and staff.
Identified, evaluate and recommend technologies for purchasing and campus or area-wide adoption.
Collaborated with academic schools and IT department on the needs analysis of hardware and software.
Provide guidance to academic schools in the selection of high-tech classrooms and labs.
Informed capital and operational budget planning.
Collaborated with academic departments to identify and implement training for supporting college policies and federal compliance.
Provided orientation, mentoring and training for faculty.
Organized professional development programming.
Conducted information literacy instruction across academic disciplines.
Supported faculty in the selection, modification and adoption of OER course materials.
Supported undergraduate research initiatives.
Reviewed student records and advise high-risk students on course selection and academic/career path planning.
Edited faculty handbook.
Reviewed and suggest revisions to the college's Academic Integrity Policy.
Co-led the development team and co-authored the 2025-2028 Strategic Plan for the college.
Co-Chair, Middle States Commission Accreditation Reaffirmation Self-Study
Bucks County Community College
01.2019 - 07.2022
Co-led a data team to conduct preliminary analysis of adherence and compliance to MSCHE standards of accreditation and compliance.
Managed an institutional repository of evidence supporting MSCHE standards of accreditation and compliance.
Collaborated with college administration, faculty and staff to identify examples and data.
Co-authored the self-study for reaffirmation of accreditation.
Authored the institution's federal compliance report.
Led the planning and execution of the visiting team's agenda for the Self-Study Evaluation Visit.
Presented at the MSCHE conference on best practices for engaging a broad campus community on the development of a self-study report.
Recruited by Watermark to serve as a customer representative to consult other institutions' self-study teams on the use the Planning and Self-Study tool.
Co-Chair, Faculty of the Future Conference
Bucks County Community College
01.2015 - Current
Co-led a multi-year conference promoting faculty development through the exploration of innovative teaching strategies and technologies.
Secure a keynote speaker.
Manage conference budget.
Oversee proposal submission, selection and agenda development.
Build registration form.
Support attendees.
Part-time Professor
Bucks County Community College
10.2014 - Current
Teach in an online format using Canvas, Introduction to Information Systems and Digital Literacy computer science courses to first-year and guest students.
Teach in an online format using Canvas, and face-to-face College Orientation seminar to first year students.
Education
Graduate Certificate - Instructional Design
University of Wisconsin-Stout
01.2022
Master of Science (MS) - Library and Information Science
Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education (ISKME) Certification in OER and Accessibility, 2020
Credly Advisory Board Member, 2020
Faculty Innovator
EDUCAUSE Proposal Reviewer, 2020 - 2022
EDUCAUSE Designing & Developing Digital Credentials, 2017
Data Scientist’s Toolbox, 2017
Podcasts
Credly Bucks County Community College and Credentials, https://learn.credly.com/blog/bucks-county-community-college-digital-credentials
Publications
MInDSpace: New Media, Mashups, and Learning, Fritz, J.M., 2012, In Snavely, L. Editor, Student Engagement and the Academic Library (105-118). Santa Barbra, CA: ABC-CLIO, LLC.
Presentations
Creative Collaborations: Information Literacy and Digital Media Literacy Programs for Faculty, Angelo, L., Fritz, J.M., Hemmig, W., McCreadie, M., 02/01/15, ELI Annual Conference, Anaheim, CA
Transcending Traditional Teaching Tactics, Carter, K., Fritz, J.M., McCann, L., 04/01/15, TCLC 2015 Annual Spring Program, Philadelphia, PA
Creative Collaborations: Information Literacy and Digital Media Literacy Programs for Faculty, Fritz, J.M., Hemmig, W., 02/01/15, ELI Annual Conference, Anaheim, CA
Just Ask Me: Using Mobile Devices to Facilitate Positive Student Experience, Fritz, J.M., 05/01/14, EDUCAUSE Connect, Baltimore, MD
Digital Media Literacy Professional Development Institute, Fritz, J.M., 10/01/13, PaLA Annual Conference, Seven Springs, PA
Revitalize, Remix, and Reuse: Preparing Students for the Future Workplace, Carter, K., Fritz, J.M., McCann, L., 03/01/13, NERCOMP Annual Conference, Providence, RI
Creative Collaborations: Information Literacy and Digital Media Literacy Programs for Faculty, Fritz, J.M., McPherson, P.M., 03/01/13, NERCOMP Annual Conference, Providence, RI
IPads to Facilitate Active Learning, Fritz, J.M., 10/01/12, Montgomery County Community College Technology Days, Blue Bell, PA
Growing Literacy Skills, Fritz, J.M., 06/01/12, K-12 Teacher’s Conference at Bucks County Community College, Newtown, PA
Collaborating to Revitalize Student Learning, Fritz, J.M., 05/01/12, PaLA College and Research Division Spring Workshop, Newtown, PA
The Turducken Model: Avoid Indulging at the new media buffet, Fritz, J.M., Gross-Dorff, S., 03/01/12, League for Innovations Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA
Walking the New Media Literacy Tightrope, Fritz, J.M., Proces, P., 10/01/11, PaLA Annual Conference, State College, PA
Making the Pieces Fit, Bornak, M.E., Fritz, J.M., Gross-Dorff, S., 10/01/11, Montgomery County Community College Technology Days, Blue Bell, PA
Panning for Gold in the Videostream, Fritz, J.M., McCann, L.M., Ostrowski, M., 07/01/11, TCLC Summer Camp, Gwynedd-Mercy College, Gwynedd Valley, PA
MInDSpace: New Media Literacies and Student Success, Carter, K., Fritz, J.M., 02/01/11, Community Colleges Futures Assembly/Bellwether Award Finalist Presentation, Orlando, FL
MInDSpace, Carter, K., Fritz, J.M., Seibert, M., 07/01/10, New Media Consortium Annual Conference, Anaheim, CA
Timeline
Interim Dean, School of STEM
Bucks County Community College
06.2024 - Current
Co-Chair, Middle States Commission Accreditation Reaffirmation Self-Study
Bucks County Community College
01.2019 - 07.2022
Co-Chair, Faculty of the Future Conference
Bucks County Community College
01.2015 - Current
Part-time Professor
Bucks County Community College
10.2014 - Current
Associate Professor, Learning Technologies Liaison
Bucks County Community College
08.2009 - 06.2024
Master of Science (MS) - Library and Information Science
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