COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY ASSISTANT OR ASSOCIATE CLINICAL PROFESSOR
or drop it." Sponsorship info maybe minor metadata; could be dropped. But we need to preserve all substantive information; sponsorship info is substantive? It says employment visa sponsorship is not available. That's relevant. Could be included in a short paragraph maybe under "Other Information". But we can keep as a short p. We need to produce sections only when there is real specific content. Let's decide which sections to include: - About the role: could contain overview of position, mission, etc. We have description: "The College of Optometry ... invites applications ... We seek caring and compassionate optometry educators and clinicians...". That's about the role. So we can put that in About the role. - Responsibilities: we have expected duties: provide instruction and service in professional program, maintain clinical practice for UMSL Eye Care and affiliated clinic partners, may serve as mentor for student research, contribute to development, evaluation, enhancement of optometric education, support mission and strategic priorities. Also maybe teaching, clinical services, collaboration. So we can list responsibilities. - Requirements: maybe the required qualifications: Doctor of Optometry degree, eligible/active license in Missouri, experience with innovative instructional strategies, expertise in area of emphasis, dissemination of evidence-based practice, experience teaching/providing clinical services to diverse backgrounds. Could be under Requirements. - Qualifications: maybe the preferred qualifications: license in Illinois, completed ACOE-accredited residency. Could be under Qualifications (or Preferred Qualifications). The instruction says use headings like Qualifications, Skills, etc. We have both Required and Preferred. Could combine under Qualifications (maybe separate subheadings not allowed). We'll just put under Qualifications. - Skills: maybe not explicitly listed; we could infer but better not to create unless explicit. The posting mentions "experience with, or demonstrated potential to develop, innovative instructional strategies and technology", "expertise in area of emphasis", "effective dissemination of evidence-based practice", "experience teaching, providing clinical services, collaborating". Those could be skills. But we already have them in Requirements/Qualifications. Might be redundant. Better to keep only sections with clear content. - Benefits: we have Benefit Eligibility paragraph describing medical, dental, vision plans, retirement, educational fee discounts. So we can include Benefits. - Pay: not specified (only "Initial rank ... commensurate with prior experience..."). That's not a specific pay figure; we should not create Pay section because it's not specific. The instruction: never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless posting actually states them. Benefits is stated, so we include Benefits. Pay not stated specific, so omit. - Schedule: not stated (twelve-month appointment but not schedule like full-time/part-time). Could infer full-time but not explicit schedule details. Probably omit Schedule. Thus sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements (or Qualifications), Benefits. Possibly also Qualifications for preferred. But we can combine required and preferred under Qualifications. Let's decide: Use Requirements for required qualifications, Qualifications for preferred? The instruction list includes both Requirements and Qualifications as possible headings. We'll use Requirements for required, Qualifications for preferred (or additional). That seems reasonable. Now we need to format:
About the role
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. For lists use- . Ensure we preserve all substantive information.
Let's extract text for About the role: The invitation paragraph: "The College of Optometry at the University of Missouri-Saint Louis invites applications for you to join our dynamic academic community. We seek caring and compassionate optometry educators and clinicians with expertise in a variety of areas including: Contact Lenses, Pediatric Optometry, Binocular Vision, Ocular and Systemic Disease including diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, Primary Eye Care, Acquired Brain Injury, Ocular Surface Disease and Dry Eye. If successful, you will receive a twelve-month, non-tenure track appointment. Initial rank for the full-time clinical appointment will be commensurate with prior experience, qualifications and individual interests. Successful candidates will have the experience and skills to be able to contribute to the development, evaluation, and enhancement of optometric education, as well as to support the mission and strategic priorities of the College of Optometry."
We could also include the part about faculty expected to provide instruction and service... but that's more responsibilities. So keep that in Responsibilities.
Responsibilities list: "Faculty for clinical ranks are expected to provide instruction and service in the professional program and maintain a clinical practice for UMSL Eye Care and affiliated clinic partners. You may also serve as a mentor for student research." Also "contribute to the development, evaluation, and enhancement of optometric education, as well as to support the mission and strategic priorities of the College of Optometry." Actually that part is in About the role; but we could move to responsibilities. Let's keep responsibilities as: provide instruction and service in professional program; maintain clinical practice for UMSL Eye Care and affiliated clinic partners; serve as mentor for student research; contribute to development, evaluation, enhancement of optometric education; support mission and strategic priorities.
We'll make a
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Requirements (required qualifications): list:
- Doctor of Optometry (OD) degree
- Eligible for or active license to practice optometry in Missouri
- Experience with, or demonstrated potential to develop, innovative instructional strategies and technology
- Expertise in an area of emphasis and contemporary issues in optometry and healthcare
- Demonstrated experience in the effective dissemination of evidence-based practice and translating research into clinical care and education
- Experience teaching, providing clinical services to, and collaborating with students, patients, and colleagues from a wide variety of diverse backgrounds.
We'll put as
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Qualifications (preferred): list:
- License to practice optometry in Illinois
- Completed an ACOE-accredited residency
We'll put as
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Benefits: paragraph: "This position is eligible for University benefits. As part of your total compensation, the University offers a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental and vision plans, retirement, and educational fee discounts for all four UM System campuses. For additional information on University benefits, please visit the Faculty & Staff Benefits website at https://www.umsystem.edu/departments-staff/human-resources/benefits-retirement"
We should maybe drop the link? It's part of benefits info; we can keep as part of paragraph.
Now ensure we removed boilerplate: EEO, application instructions, sponsorship info, other information about UMSL (maybe we could keep some? The "Other Information" includes description of UMSL and links; that's maybe not essential but could be considered boilerplate? It's descriptive but not required. The instruction: remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. The "Other Information" about UMSL is not exactly boilerplate but could be considered general info; but we might keep it as part of About the role? However we already have a decent About the role. The description of UMSL as public metropolitan land-grant institution etc. Could be considered extra but not required. Might be safe to omit to keep focused. The instruction says preserve ALL substantive information; that description is substantive about the institution. But it's not about the role directly. However it's still part of posting. I'd lean to keep it maybe as a short p under About the role or a separate section "About the institution"? Not allowed headings besides the list. Could fold into About the role as extra sentence. But we must not invent sections. We could add a sentence about UMSL being a public metropolitan land-grant institution committed to basic and applied research, teaching and service. That's from Other Information. Also mention College includes 4-year professional degree (O.D.) program and post-professional residency programs. That's also substantive. We could incorporate into About the role.
Thus About the role could be longer: include invitation, description of UMSL and College.
Let's craft About the role paragraph: "The College of Optometry at the University of Missouri-Saint Louis invites applications for you to join our dynamic academic community. We seek caring and compassionate optometry educators and clinicians with expertise in a variety of areas including: Contact Lenses, Pediatric Optometry, Binocular Vision, Ocular and Systemic Disease including diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, Primary Eye Care, Acquired Brain Injury, Ocular Surface Disease and Dry Eye. If successful, you will receive a twelve-month, non-tenure track appointment. Initial rank for the full-time clinical appointment will be commensurate with prior experience,