Instructor Pool​/2026 and Fall Term Physical Therapy

Instructor Pool - 2025/2026 and Fall Term 2026:
Physical Therapy

Applications will be considered throughout the 2025–2026 Academic Year and Fall Term 2026, as opportunities become available.

When applying you will be required to attach the following electronic documents:
1) Curriculum Vitae; and
2) A Cover letter indicating how your qualifications and experience have prepared you for this position
3) A statement of teaching
4) Oregon Physical Therapist License or statement of eligibility for licensure in Oregon. (upload as License or Certification
1) The online application system will allow you to attach your license/certification if the PDF file is 9MB or less. If over 9MB in size, submit to contact person listed below. You will also be required to submit the names of at least three professional references, their e-mail addresses and telephone numbers as part of the application process. For additional information please contact:
Jordon Zardinejad jordon.zardinejad We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability, protected veteran, and other protected status. OSU will conduct a review of the National Sex Offender Public website prior to hire.

Position Information

Department
- Acad Prog / Student Aff (LCB)

Position Title
- Instructor

Job Title
- Instructor Pool - 2025/2026 and Fall Term 2026:
Physical Therapy

Appointment Type
- Academic Faculty

Job Location
- Bend

Benefits Eligible
- Dependent:
Hours Worked/Duration

Remote or Hybrid option?

Job Summary - OSU-Cascades in Bend, Oregon invites applications for one or more fixed-term, non-tenure-track full/part-time Instructor positions to teach on a term by term basis for the  academic year and Fall Term 2026. Some of these appointments may be reviewed for renewal or transition to an instructional position on an annual basis at the discretion of the Senior Associate Dean.

Applications will be considered throughout the  academic year and Fall Term 2026, as opportunities become available. This position is located in Bend, Oregon Instructors may be needed to create syllabi and to teach graduate courses for the Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) curriculum. In addition, instructors may be needed to review graduate applications for the DPT program. Finally, these instructors might be needed to participate in the DPT program accreditation process including the site visit.

If hired into a term appointment, the anticipated start date(s) are September 16, 2025, December 16, 2025 or March 16, 2026. OSU-Cascades Physical Therapy program is housed Ray Hall, a contemporary, net zero energy building on the expanding OSU-Cascades campus in Bend, Oregon. Facilities include didactic and clinical-skills classrooms, a large state-of-the-art human cadaver laboratory, a student lounge and faculty offices.

The program currently has 10 full-time core faculty and several fixed term faculty.

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