Instructor Pool​/2026 and Fall Term Physical Therapy

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?

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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