Associate Professor - Director, Genetic Counseling

Faculty are essential to Liberty University's mission of Training Champions for Christ. It is expected that a faculty member model a personal commitment to the goals and values of Liberty University, engage in an active commitment to, and experience of, personal spiritual formation within a biblically informed Christian worldview. Faculty should view their teaching, engagement with students, and scholarship as a means to a significant educational end.

They should strive to employ a variety of techniques for the development of good learning conditions, view each student as a unique individual, and insofar as it is possible, provide for individual differences, abilities, and interests.

The Associate Professor’s primary role is to teach in their areas of expertise, maintain the integrity of course and instructional programs, and to ensure that their delivery is in alignment with the University mission and vision for the student experience. As such, faculty are responsible for creating an academic atmosphere of mutual respect and consideration for individual dignity. Faculty members may be asked to aid in the development of curriculum in the residential and distance education environments, as well as engage in research/scholarship or creative activity that varies depending upon the expectations of their respective college or school and any additional activities involving service to students and their professional discipline.

Faculty attain the rank of Associate Professor based upon scholarly and professional achievements subsequent to attaining the rank of assistant professor. An earned doctoral degree from an accredited institution in an area relevant to the faculty member’s area of teaching or a terminal professional master’s degree or evidence of outstanding contributions in the faculty member’s professional or academic field (e.g., as recognized by one’s peers, nationally) is required.

Associate Professors are contracted for 10, 11, or 12 months (24, 27, or 30 load hours, respectively). Release from contracted teaching load is determined each semester by the Dean, per the Liberty University Faculty Handbook.

The program director for the Master in Genetic Counseling Program will be responsible for the management and leadership of operational, programmatic, and accreditation activities for the Genetic Counseling Program, maintaining discipline currency, which includes establishing, meeting, and continuously monitoring the program learning outcomes, while maintaining alignment with ACGC. The program director will work with the Faculty to promote continuous improvement of the quality of curriculum and instruction within the Genetic Counseling Program, ensure adequate clinical sites, and establish and maintain contacts within the Virginia Medical establishment to ensure the long-term success of the program, work with support staff in the area, and coordinate the responsibilities of the assigned program, under the direction of the Department Chair for Allied Health Professions.

Program directors are expected to:

• Evaluate and monitor student progress within program.
• Serve as program representative on committees regarding student progress.
• Participate in the admissions process.
• Assist in program development and evaluation.
• Maintain a strong working knowledge of the field of student affairs and student services.
• Coordinates student activities at the local, state and national levels.
• Oversee student professional organizations.
• Demonstrate high ethical and professional standards.
• Lead faculty efforts in maintaining discipline currency.
• Lead faculty efforts in assuring quality and effectiveness in content and pedagogy.
• Assist with instructional program planning for essential curricular components.
• Create, modify, and teach material from the approved curriculum.
• Coordinate accreditation compliance in accordance with regulatory body policy.
• Monitor, ensure compliance, and advise on matters regarding all required certifications and licenses.
• Lead faculty efforts in assuring quality and effectiveness in content and pedagogy.
• Assist faculty in developing curriculum proposals.
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