Director and Open Rank Professor, Health Sciences

Director And Open Rank Professor Of Health Sciences

This is a twelve-month, full-time non-tenure-track faculty position that will be the Director and faculty member of a new Health Sciences academic program within National Louis University. The Director and Open Rank Professor of Health Sciences will be responsible for overall leadership in the implementation and management of the new program. The successful candidate will provide academic and administrative leadership, work extensively with external partners, lead course development and maintenance, hire and supervise faculty, provide oversight to practica experience, and work across NLU departments to build the program, including enrollment, admissions, graduate programs, advising/coaching, career bridge, and student finance.

This position is grant-funded.

You will:
Provide Students with Exceptional Learning Experiences

Your work has demonstrated your respect for education and the power that it holds to empower students to achieve their career and life goals. Each term, you will facilitate blended and online classes that utilize technology and data to drive instruction. You will work with a dedicated team of faculty, success coaches/advisors, career advisors, employer relations managers, and data analysts to determine how to personalize the learning experience for your students.

In addition to teaching content, you will support students with meeting the goals that they have for themselves and celebrate the lived experiences they bring to the classroom.

You are:
Driven to Succeed

You are energetic and passionate about a diverse student body that includes many first-generation students. To be successful teaching in this program, you must be committed to excellence in teaching and learning in Higher Education. The position requires you to be agile, creative, and engaging while offering an unparalleled experience to undergraduate students. Enthusiastic candidates have the belief that all students can be successful students.

As an active team member, you believe in a supportive environment and a student-driven and data-informed culture.

You are ready to:
Make an Impact

Each and every day, our Undergraduate College changes lives. You want to be a part of that meaningful innovation. You are someone that will always look for creative ways for students to earn success. We know this work is challenging, but we are in it together.

To be successful in this program, you must be committed to excellence in teaching and learning in higher education. The position requires you to be agile, creative, and engaging while offering an innovative, practice based curriculum and an unparalleled experience to undergraduate students. You believe in a supportive environment, a strengths-based approach to learning, and a student-driven culture. As an active team member, working closely with both internal and external partners, you are open to continued learning and self-reflection.

Academic Program:

• Vision:
  Set vision and provide oversight of Academic Programming in undergraduate Health Sciences department ure that there is continuity across coursework, curriculum is exceptional in quality and faculty maintain fair, equitable and high expectations of students in the program.
• Curriculum Oversight:
  Serve as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) and/or provide oversight to the development of new courses and revisions in the discipline in accordance with industry standards. Maintain current and active knowledge in SME areas. Provide oversight of a set of courses and maintain consistency across them through development, implementation, and revision.
• Leadership of Day-to-Day Curriculum Implementation, Instructional Planning and Department Team Planning:
  Lead weekly or bi-weekly department team meetings to develop an effective student experience, reviewing curriculum implementation, instructrional planning and student data to inform ongoing planning and continuous improvement. Maintain lab equipment and facilities for all courses as needed.
• Data-Driven Course and Major Planning:
  Review course/major data quarterly and annually, in collaboration with UGC administration…