Assistant Professor, Master of Occupational Therapy Program

Assistant Professor, Master of Occupational Therapy Program

Job Description

An Assistant Professor is a faculty member who has completed a terminal degree (e.g., doctorate) in the area in which the faculty member will be teaching. Assistant Professors have demonstrated competence in facilitating learning, in scholarship, and in service, or any combination of those activities.

When circumstances warrant, faculty who hold academic appointments with other universities may be hired temporarily at the rank of Visiting Assistant Professor. Faculty hired into these ranks meet the qualifications of faculty at their rank, but they are not on a track that may lead to a rolling contract.

Preferred areas of expertise are functional anatomy, clinical reasoning and research courses (research design, mentorship & dissemination), pediatric interventions, psychosocial interventions and the group process, and adult process, and technology and adaptations.

Salary Range: $84,000 -$90,000 a year, Salaried, Exempt.

Benefits Plans Include: Medical/Prescription, Dental, Vision, Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, Voluntary Life and AD&D, Voluntary Benefit Plans: Accident, Critical Illness, or Hospital Indemnity Insurance, Legal Plan, Transportation Spending Account, Employee Tuition Waiver.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• Education: Doctoral Degree preferred or equivalent terminal degree from an accredited college or university; Candidates who are studying for a doctoral degree may be considered.

Experience

• Documented current expertise in assigned areas of teaching responsibility. Adequate years of experience in the areas involved in assignments; documented potential in the areas of facilitating learning, scholarship, and service, as applicable to assignments; and if appropriate, a record of meritorious performance of the duties and obligations of an Instructor.

• Certifications, Licenses, etc.: Licensed Occupational Therapist in the State of California; or eligible to be licensed in the State of California; NBCOT Certified

Additional Information

Skills

• Proficient computer skills.
• The ability to work independently and be self-motivated.
• High level of accuracy and attention to detail and the ability to problem solve.
• The ability to explain complex requirements in clear and concise terms
• The ability to be flexible with workflow to meet the needs of the department and students and to manage multiple tasks per required deadlines
• The drive to encourage, direct, hold accountable and guide students toward task completion.
• Must demonstrate the ability to work as an effective team member and develop trusting relationships with students and University employees.
• Culturally competent and ability to communicate and interact effectively with people of diverse backgrounds and/or experiences
• Highly motivated, focused and results oriented.
• Ability to exercise discretion and tact in all interpersonal interactions, and to maintain confidentiality.
• Collaboration and partnering with other university stakeholders to support candidate success.
• Ability to make administrative/procedural decisions and judgments.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

• Faculty Activities/Responsibilities

• Facilitating Learning

• Facilitating Classroom and Distance/Distributed Learning

• Course and syllabus preparation

• Class curriculum coordination and planning

• Assessment and evaluation of learners

• Student selection, orientation, and assessment

• Mentoring and advising of students

• Field placement supervision and coordination

• Research/scholarship mentoring and supervision, particularly of MA theses, PsyD projects, and PhD, EdD, DBA dissertations

• Scholarship - Scholarship/ research reflecting the generation, integration, dissemination and application of knowledge, as well as creative and original contributions to one’s field commensurate with academic rank.

• Service - All faculty engage in service to the University, Community and Profession commensurate with academic rank. Examples in each category include:

Service to the University:

• Hiring and evaluating faculty Participating in developing, revising, and coordinating curriculum as well as
• maintaining program vitality
• Participating in processes to improve academic program quality
• Participating in processes to improve quality of School, campus, and University faculty experience Participating in faculty governance

Service to the Community:

• Contributions at the local, state, and national levels involving one’s professional expertise to the public, to organizations, and to governmental entities

Service to the Profession:

• Participation in and leadership of professional organizations
• Reviewing for journals, conferences, and research grant panels
• Duties Required of All Faculty - Certain duties are additionally required of all faculty and are not given formal workload credit but will be included in yearly evaluations. These include but are not limited to:
• active participation in campus life to sustain a high level of facilitated learning;
• participation in program governance, including program-based committees, with the exception of SERC which may receive up to three units of service workload credit at the discretion of the Program Director and the approval of the Dean and the Provost/VPAA;
• active participation in program and campus activities (including scheduled and impromptu meetings of faculty, staff, and students);
• picking up and promptly responding to paper, voice and electronic mail and messages;
• visibility and accessibility supporting a sense of community;
• regular accessibility either by person, by telephone and/or virtually to students, colleagues and the greater University community;
• posting of teaching schedules, office hours, and procedures for making appointments on the faculty member’s door, online and on syllabi;
• attendance and participation in program, department, faculty and Faculty Assembly meetings;
• responding in a timely fashion to students’ requests for meetings, to telephone calls, and to e-mail communications;
• participating in Faculty Assembly and program faculty meetings;
• carrying an advising load of up to fourteen students (depending on size of the program and the judgment of the Program Director);
• participation in hiring faculty;
• participation in developing, revising and coordinating curriculum and maintaining program vitality;
• participation in processes to improve quality of school/college, campus and University