Contributing Faculty - Occupational Therapy

About the role

The mission of The University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences is the development of professional health care practitioners through innovation, individualized, and quality classroom, clinical, and distance education.

Responsibilities

• Maintains expertise in content area
• Promotes student success through optimal student engagement
• Completes all course management requirements to meet program deadlines
• Prepares and delivers course content
• Monitors student progress; gives feedback as appropriate
• Facilitates student participation in learning activities
• Serves as student-to-university liaison
• Reports student outcomes and uses this information for teaching and learning improvements
• Affirms student performance on papers/examinations/projects
• Communicates with program director (and course coordinator if teaching a multi-section course) regarding student difficulties or issues that arise
• Ensures consistent content and testing, if a multi-section course
• Completes annual self-evaluation of teaching performance; sets goals for improvement
• Keeps course content current and as necessary, aligned with course consistency policy
• Recommends course improvements for upcoming semester
• Promotes professionalism by modeling such behaviors inside and outside the classroom setting; promotes inter-professional dialog
• Collaborates with necessary departments to support a positive team environment
• Upholds University core values, policies and procedures

Requirements

• Experience with distance learning preferred
• Terminal degree preferred. Post- professional master's degree or clinical doctorate with demonstrated clinical expertise with plans to obtain a terminal degree will be considered
• Prior teaching experience preferred [could include online]
• Experience in scholarly activity preferred
• A minimum of 3 years of clinical experience in the area of course content required
• Working knowledge of educational theory and methodology
• Licensure or license-eligibility in the discipline being taught

Qualifications

• Committed to Mission and Values - Has a clear understanding of institution’s mission and values. Has a passion for facilitating learning and for enabling students to navigate their own learning journey.
• Contribute Knowledge to the Discipline - Compelled by the opportunity to contribute through research, scholarship professional practice or creativity.
• Accountable - Takes personal responsibility for own goals and outcomes to ensure student success. Establishes clear expectations, follows through on commitments to students and holds them accountable for assignments and performance.
• Collaborative - Works cooperatively with others across the institution and beyond, including the community and through partnerships. Represents own interests while being inclusive and fair to others.
• Communicates Effectively - Adapts oral and written communication approach and style to the audience and based on the message. Also listens attentively to others.
• Drives Engagement - Makes students feel welcomed, understood, and valued. Creates a learning environment that is compelling, challenging, and productive.
• Academic Discipline Expertise - Has sufficient credentials, industry expertise, and/or experience in the discipline to each according to the standards and qualifications required.
• Education Design - Designs learning experiences closely linked to learning outcomes including lesson planning, design of project, work integrated, group learning experiences, or interactive learning objects. Has depth of expertise in pedagogy, andragogy and overall learning effectiveness.
• Teaching Delivery/Learning Facilitation Skills - Manages small, large, blended, hybrid, and/or online classrooms, monitoring and ensuring participation, managing one’s own and students’ time and attention effectively.

Skills

• Adapts oral and written communication approach and style to the audience and based on the message
• Manages small, large, blended, hybrid, and/or online classrooms, monitoring and ensuring participation, managing one’s own and students’ time and attention effectively
• Designs learning experiences closely linked to learning outcomes including lesson planning, design of project, work integrated, group learning experiences, or interactive learning objects
• Has depth of expertise in pedagogy, andragogy and overall learning effectiveness
• Manages small, large, blended, hybrid, and/or online classrooms, monitoring and ensuring participation, managing one’s own and students’ time and attention effectively
• Has sufficient credentials, industry expertise, and/or experience in the discipline to each according to the standards and qualifications required

Benefits

• Professional development opportunities
• Flexible work schedule
• Competitive compensation based on course credit hours, student enrollment, and educational degree obtained

Pay

Contributing Faculty Per Course: $259.00 - $10,506.00

Faculty Lab Instructor Per Hour: $41.60 - $57.00

Schedule

Contributing Faculty are hired for specific assignments which may vary by term. Compensation is a reasonable estimate and will be determined based on course credit hours, student enrollment, and educational degree obtained.

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