Optometric Technician Instructor

Description

Position Summary: Faculty members are responsible for the delivery of quality education services. This entails engaging students, fostering learning, role modeling professionalism, and ultimately producing competently trained students prepared for professional careers. The Optometric Technician Instructor will provide up-to-date and fully prepared instruction to optometric technician students in an energetic and motivating instructional manner, along with engaging in activities in student retention and managing classroom/lab activities.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Prepare course plans and materials:
  • Delivering course lectures.
  • Facilitating student engagement.
  • Working one-on-one with students.
  • Assessing students and providing developmental feedback.
  • Deliver courses:
    • Deliver lectures/facilitate labs via on-ground or online.
    • Grade projects and exams.
    • Provide progress reports/mid-term feedback.
    • Maintain grade book.
    • Enforce HCI policies (attendance, dress code, etc.).
  • Monitor progress and attendance:
    • Direct and assess student progress in achieving theory (content: cognitive) and performance (competencies: psychomotor and affective) requirements of the program.
    • Monitor student progress and follow-up as needed.
    • Take and report daily attendance and enforce tardy and absence policies.
    • Report attendance issues to the Dean of Academic Affairs.
  • Advise students:
    • Answer student questions.
    • Be available for one-on-one assistance/tutoring.
    • Identify at-risk students in a timely fashion:
    • Implement an action plan for success.
    • Provide weekly assessments, follow up, and evaluation of the plan.
    • Provide Weekly Feedback Report.
  • Record grades and submit reports:
    • Maintain grade books.
    • Adhere to departmental grading policies.
    • Submit final grades.
  • Maintain equipment and supply needs.
    • Maintain classroom.
    • Seek out an approved substitute in case of faculty member’s need for absence.
  • Participate in orientation as needed.
    • Attend graduation ceremonies (full-time faculty required and part-time requested).
  • Work on retention plans and program development.
    • Attend staff and faculty meetings (full-time faculty required and part-time requested).
    • Participate in committees and knowledge sharing forums (full-time faculty required and part-time requested).
  • Ensure the proper use of software:
    • Course Key for attendance records.
    • Campus Nexus for communication and contact attempts with students.
    • Moodle for gradebook purposes.
  • Maintain relevant licenses, certifications, and other required paperwork for personnel file.
    • Maintain a minimum of eight (8) hours of Continuing Education Units (CEU’s) annually by participating in professional development and in-services (i.e., continuing education, professional activities, conference presentations, scholarly publications, etc.).
  • Encourage students to submit course evaluations, review course evaluations when available, and use feedback to improve course delivery.
    • Regular and reliable attendance.
    • Comply with all governmental regulations and standards of accreditation.

  Requirements

  • Knowledgeable in the course content.
  • Effective in directing and evaluating student learning and lab performance.
  • Prepared in Educational Theory and Techniques.
  • Computer literacy skills including functional knowledge of Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, Outlook, etc.).
  • A willingness to follow high ethical standards.

  Education/Experience

  • Associate’s degree with a major in any area of health sciences from an accredited college or university or equivalent (Preferred).
  • Minimum of four (4) years of related practical work experience in the subject area(s) taught (per ACCSC) (Required).

  Supervisory Responsibilities

  None.