Psychology - Faculty - Carolinas College of Health Sciences

About the role

The faculty member, responsible to the program chair, participates in curriculum planning, implementation, and evaluation activities as well as instruction in the classroom, clinical, and/or laboratory setting according to program philosophy, organizing structure, objectives and policies.

Responsibilities

• Promotes the College’s core values and standards of excellence through respectful communication, maintenance of a safe and professional environment, synergistic partnership with those we serve, and anticipation of students’, colleagues’ and customers’ needs.
• Contributes to the development and revision of and adheres to policies and procedures.
• Assumes responsibility for own actions.
• Serves as a role model and/or mentor to students, faculty and other teammates.
• Projects a professional image in dress, speech and behavior including demonstrating respect for others.
• Represents the program and college in a positive manner.
• Maintains appropriate confidentiality in all aspects of job performance.
• Provides accessibility to students and teammates by maintaining office hours and communicating in a timely manner.
• Serves as an advisor to support student success.
• Engages in active college committee work to include advising student clubs or organizations (waived for PRN teammates and those with fewer than 30 assigned hours per week).
• Fosters beneficial relationships and supports the greater community through service activities.
• Participates in curriculum and course planning and implementation that is based on effective pedagogy, accreditation standards, standards of practice within the discipline/profession, best practices and recent research.
• Ensures that each course contains essential curricular components, has appropriate content and pedagogy, and maintains currency.
• Participates in the development and revision of courses, learning activities, teaching strategies, syllabi, tests and other course materials under the direction of the program director in accordance with curriculum design.
• Evaluates and makes recommendations related to curriculum updates, needed resources and the learning environment.
• Implements current traditional and innovative teaching methodologies in accordance with objectives in classroom, clinical, and/or laboratory setting.
• Prepares and presents content based on curriculum grid, course outline, and objectives.
• Displays expert knowledge of material and presents it in a logical sequence.
• Selects and uses effective communication techniques and a variety of teaching methodologies.
• Applies appropriate and effective uses of instructional technology.
• Creates a positive and active learning environment that encourages student participation and maximizes learning opportunities for each student.
• Encourages student use of the AHEC Library and other academic and student support resources.
• Participates in the ongoing evaluation of the program and students to ensure that the curriculum provides an education that prepares the students to function as highly proficient, fully accountable, competent and compassionate members of the healthcare team.
• Identifies student learning outcomes, measures the extent to which those outcomes are met, and makes changes/recommendations to ensure ongoing quality improvement.
• Shares and makes recommendations based on evaluative feedback with program directors and other appropriate personnel in a constructive manner to facilitate student progress and enhance program effectiveness.
• Aids in the development, assessment, implementation, and evaluation of program and college effectiveness and/or assessment plans.
• Makes evaluations of student performance and provides timely feedback, written and/or verbal, on an ongoing basis.
• Maintains professional competence, including system- and college-assigned requirements.
• Possesses and continually develops knowledge of the relevant teaching discipline and clinical profession, effective pedagogy, and instructional technologies.
• Ensures currency and documentation of discipline-specific credentials and requirements.
• Works with program chair to identify and schedule needed orientation and/or training related to the classroom, clinical and/or laboratory.
• On an ongoing basis, participates in appropriate continuing education, training offerings or other scholarly activities (e.g., certification training, formal education, mentoring faculty/graduate students, membership in professional organizations, conference attendance, presentation or publications).
• Annually evaluates own job performance and goal attainment.
• Faculty must demonstrate proficiency in learner-centered instruction through completion of a successful peer review process or participation in adequate professional development.
• Completes relevant training, as required (e.g., annual continuing education (ACE) modules, Title IX and Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) training, mental health first aid training).
• Complies with Atrium Health’s clinical requirements (e.g., tuberculosis screening tests, annual influenza vaccination), as required.

  Requirements

  A master’s degree with at least 18 graduate hours in the discipline is required for undergraduate courses. Demonstration of successful prior teaching experience at the college level is preferred.