Assistant Professor of Teaching

Job Summary/Basic Function

The Assistant Professor of Teaching will serve in a one-year, in-person as a core faculty member contributing to specialized bilingual teaching, clinical supervision, student advising, and the day-to-day administration and growth of the bilingual program.

Teaching

• Instruct core and specialized Master's and Doctoral-level courses in Counseling Psychology with a primary focus on Bilingual Counseling/Therapy, Foundations of Counseling Skills, Multicultural Psychopathology, and Professional Ethics.
• Develop and update course syllabi to reflect current, research-backed, and culturally/linguistically responsive counseling practices for Latine and Spanish-speaking populations.
• Utilize experiential teaching methodologies to foster strong clinical skill development in both English and Spanish.

Advisement And Supervision

• Provide clinical and administrative supervision to graduate students enrolled in the Bilingual Spanish specialization in the EdM program in Mental Health Counseling.
• Mentor and academically advise master’s students, tracking their progress through their clinical field placements, internships, and graduation requirements.
• Oversee and evaluate the bilingual clinical competencies of students working with Spanish-speaking clients in fieldwork settings.

Program Administration And Record-Keeping

• Assist with the overall administration, coordination, and community outreach of the Bilingual Spanish program.
• Collaborate with field placement coordinator to cultivate and approve clinical internship sites that serve Spanish-speaking populations.

College, Department, And/or Program Service

• Participate in departmental meetings, committee work, and institutional service initiatives at Teachers College.
• Serve as a liaison to professional counseling organizations, championing bilingual mental health training standards.

Minimum Qualifications

• Earned doctorate in Counselor Education, Counseling Psychology, Clinical Psychology, or a closely related mental health field.
• Native or professional-level bilingual fluency in written and spoken Spanish and English, with the demonstrated ability to teach and provide clinical supervision in both languages.
• Preparation to teach specialized and core master’s-level counseling courses, specifically Bilingual Counseling Theories/Interventions, Multicultural Psychopathology, Foundations of Counseling Skills, and Professional Ethics.
• Demonstration of a strong professional identity as a counselor educator, supervisor, and/or psychologist.

Preferred Qualifications

• In addition to an earned doctorate, a completed Master’s degree in Mental Health Counseling.
• Active state licensure or eligibility for licensure in New York (e.g., LMHC or Licensed Psychologist).
• Demonstrated experience navigating programmatic administration, curriculum mapping, or community-based mental health program development.
• Demonstrated knowledge and direct clinical experience working with research-based best practices for training bilingual mental health counselors and serving diverse Latine communities.

Pay

$75,000-$82,000

Schedule

Onsite