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         <td width="60%"><big>'''Undergraduate Course Coordinator Role Description'''</big></td>
         <td width="60%"><big>'''Course Coordinator Role Description'''</big></td>
         <td valign="top" width="40%"><big>Subsection: '''4.4.2'''</big></td>
         <td valign="top" width="40%"><big>'''Policy:''' '''1503 (4.4.2)'''</big></td>
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         <td width="60%">Section 4.0 - Faculty Policies</td>
         <td width="60%">Faculty Policies/Role Descriptions</td>
         <td width="40%">Originating Date: [[Special:PermanentLink/7849|May 2013]]</td>
         <td width="40%">Originating Date: [[Special:PermanentLink/7849|May 2013]]</td>
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         <td valign="top" width="60%">Responsible Reviewing Agency:<br /><div style="margin-left:3em; line-height:1.2;">Undergraduate Curriculum Committee<br />Executive Council</div></td>
         <td valign="top" width="60%">Responsible Reviewing Agency:<br /><div style="margin-left:3em; line-height:1.2;">Undergraduate Affairs Committee<br />Executive Council</div></td>
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                 <td>Revised: [[Special:PermanentLink/14352|May 2016]] ([[Special:Diff/7849/14352|changes]])<br />Revised: [[Special:PermanentLink/14938|January 2023]] ([[Special:Diff/14352/14938|changes]])<br />Revised: May 2024 ([[Special:Diff/14938/{{REVISIONID}}|changes]])</td>
                 <td>Revised: [[Special:PermanentLink/14352|May 2016]] ([[Special:Diff/7849/14352|changes]])<br />Revised: [[Special:PermanentLink/14938|January 2023]] ([[Special:Diff/14352/14938|changes]])<br />Revised: [[Special:PermanentLink/15825|May 2024]] ([[Special:Diff/14938/15825|changes]])<br />Revised: [[Special:PermanentLink/16662|November 2024]] ([[Special:Diff/15825/16662|changes]])<br />Revised: February 2026 (administrative) ([[Special:Diff/16662/{{REVISIONID}}|changes]]) </td>
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===General Position Description===
==General Position Description==
<p style="max-width:70em !important; margin-bottom:15px;">The undergraduate course coordinator is primarily responsible for planning and facilitating implementation of the curriculum relative to the course assigned. The course coordinator communicates with the undergraduate faculty team members, students, administration, and agency personnel as appropriate to facilitate the effective implementation of the course. The course coordinator must communicate with the assistant dean in the case of any conflict. The assistant dean assigns the role of course coordinator on each respective division.</p>
<p style="max-width:70em !important; margin-bottom:15px;">The undergraduate course coordinator is primarily responsible for planning and facilitating implementation of the curriculum relative to the course assigned. The course coordinator communicates with the undergraduate faculty team members, students, administration, and agency personnel as appropriate to facilitate the effective implementation of the course. The course coordinator must communicate with the division assistant dean in the case of any conflict. The division assistant dean assigns the role of course coordinator on each respective division.</p>


<p><big>'''Responsibilities of the Course Coordinator include:'''</big></p>
==Responsibilities of the Course Coordinator==
===Scheduling Tasks===
===Scheduling Tasks===
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     <li>Coordinate the development of exam blueprints for faculty and students </li>
     <li>Coordinate the development of exam blueprints for faculty and students </li>
     <li>Creation of the course exam</li>
     <li>Creation of the course exam</li>
    <li>Ensure each exam question is tagged appropriately in the testing management system.
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              <li>Undergraduate includes: Concepts & Exemplars, NCLEX category, Blooms</li>
              <li>Professional Graduate includes: AACN Essentials, Blooms</li>
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     <li>Coordinate student accommodations</li>
     <li>Coordinate student accommodations</li>
     <li>Provide exam information to each proctor</li>
     <li>Provide exam information to each proctor</li>
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====Course Faculty Coordination Tasks====
===Course Faculty Coordination Tasks===
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     <li>Coordinate meetings with course faculty to ensure consistency and course expectations </li>
     <li>Coordinate meetings with course faculty to ensure consistency and course expectations </li>
     <li>Mentoring and onboarding any new faculty</li>
     <li>Mentoring and onboarding any new faculty</li>
     <li>Ensure all faculty have access to resources</li>
     <li>Ensure all faculty have access to resources</li>
     <li>Communicate instructor needs for the course to assistant dean</li>
     <li>Communicate instructor needs for the course to the division assistant dean</li>
     <li>Communicate regularly with clinical/course faculty to facilitate consistency in grading/ evaluation </li>
     <li>Communicate regularly with clinical/course faculty to facilitate consistency in grading/ evaluation </li>
     <li>Meet with semester faculty to discuss student or class concerns </li>
     <li>Meet with semester faculty to discuss student or class concerns </li>
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====Additional Clinical Tasks====
 
===Additional Clinical Tasks===
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     <li>Ensure contracts with clinical facilities are current</li>
     <li>Ensure contracts with clinical facilities are current</li>

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UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER
COLLEGE OF NURSING
Course Coordinator Role Description Policy: 1503 (4.4.2)
Faculty Policies/Role Descriptions Originating Date: May 2013
Responsible Reviewing Agency:
Undergraduate Affairs Committee
Executive Council
Revised: May 2016 (changes)
Revised: January 2023 (changes)
Revised: May 2024 (changes)
Revised: November 2024 (changes)
Revised: February 2026 (administrative) (changes)


General Position Description

The undergraduate course coordinator is primarily responsible for planning and facilitating implementation of the curriculum relative to the course assigned. The course coordinator communicates with the undergraduate faculty team members, students, administration, and agency personnel as appropriate to facilitate the effective implementation of the course. The course coordinator must communicate with the division assistant dean in the case of any conflict. The division assistant dean assigns the role of course coordinator on each respective division.

Responsibilities of the Course Coordinator

Scheduling Tasks

  • Scheduling rooms (class, skills labs, simulations, seminars, exams, meetings)
  • IT needs (Zoom and Echo 360)
  • Scheduling faculty (skills lab coverage, lectures, clinical groups)
  • Scheduling guest speakers (invites, logistics, parking)
  • Coordinating and scheduling large-scale clinical activities (IPE, poverty sim, HEROES, QPR, Mental Health First Aid)
  • Scheduling all onboarding and access to all clinical sites
  • Creating and maintaining schedules for clinical sites/units
  • Track student’s absences/rescheduling experiences for absences
  • Make a plan for campus closures

Exam Tasks

  • Coordinating exam dates across the semester
  • Coordinate the development of exam blueprints for faculty and students
  • Creation of the course exam
  • Ensure each exam question is tagged appropriately in the testing management system.
    • Undergraduate includes: Concepts & Exemplars, NCLEX category, Blooms
    • Professional Graduate includes: AACN Essentials, Blooms
  • Coordinate student accommodations
  • Provide exam information to each proctor
  • Rescheduling of exams
  • Coordination of exam review sessions
  • Post-exam review with pertinent instructors

Grading Tasks

  • Collaborate with course faculty to ensure course assignments are graded timely
  • Ensure final grades are submitted in the grade reporting platform
  • Manage midterm down slip notifications and student meetings
  • Meet with students at risk.
  • Tracking students' success and referring them to resource

Course Management Tasks

  • Complete course syllabus and syllabus addendum updates
  • Managing the Canvas course
  • Planning, implementing, and monitoring changes that result from the course evaluation
  • Complete the end-of-semester review and submit to the staff support of the undergraduate director
  • Manage student concerns
  • Manage Teams site for student evaluations
  • Scheduling course recordings, editing, downloading, posting, and/or emailing to students

Course Faculty Coordination Tasks

  • Coordinate meetings with course faculty to ensure consistency and course expectations
  • Mentoring and onboarding any new faculty
  • Ensure all faculty have access to resources
  • Communicate instructor needs for the course to the division assistant dean
  • Communicate regularly with clinical/course faculty to facilitate consistency in grading/ evaluation
  • Meet with semester faculty to discuss student or class concerns

Additional Clinical Tasks

  • Ensure contracts with clinical facilities are current
  • Identify clinical resources for students and faculty
  • Communicating with each clinical site
  • Revise clinical paperwork
  • Provide oversight of clinical GA’s, ensure clinical evaluations and course assignments are graded/signed by clinical faculty
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