Assistant Professor and Occupational Therapy Assistant Academic Fieldwork Coordinator; Cochran

Job Title:

Assistant Professor and Occupational Therapy Assistant Academic Fieldwork Coordinator (Cochran Campus)

Location:

MGA Cochran

Regular/Temporary:
Regular

Full/Part Time:
Part-Time

Job

Middle Georgia State University (MGA), a multi-campus, baccalaureate and graduate degree granting public institution, is the most affordable public state university in Georgia. MGA has five campuses-Macon, Cochran, Dublin, Eastman, and Warner Robins, all located in central Georgia-and global outreach through its fully-online campus. Its enrollment of 8,400 students is largely comprised of students from most of Georgia's 159 counties. The University has six academic schools, including Georgia's flagship aviation program, that support its mission to educate and graduate inspired, lifelong learners whose scholarship and careers enhance the state.

The Assistant Professor and OTA Program Academic Fieldwork Coordinator (AFWC) is a full time 10-month position. This position is responsible for providing high-quality instruction within the Occupational Therapy Assistant Program while coordinating all aspects of the fieldwork education component. Responsibilities include classroom and laboratory teaching, student advising, curriculum development, and assessment of student learning outcomes. The Academic Fieldwork Coordinator develops and maintains community clinical partnerships, secures and monitors fieldwork placements, ensures compliance with accreditation standards, and supports students and clinical educators throughout the fieldwork experience.

The position also includes service to the department, institution, and profession, along with ongoing professional development and scholarly engagement.

• Develop and ensure full execution of fieldwork affiliation agreements in a wide variety of settings in compliance with ACOTE standards.
• Facilitate partnerships between program faculty and fieldwork educators.
• Support communication, collaboration, and connections between students and fieldwork educators to support the selection, matching, and scheduling of appropriate fieldwork experiences.
• Design culturally sensitive fieldwork programs and fieldwork objectives in alignment with ACOTE standards.
• Advocate for interdisciplinary fieldwork learning opportunities.
• Collaborate with Program Director, other faculty, and fieldwork educators to facilitate congruence of curriculum design and best practice.
• Develop a working relationship between the institution and fieldwork sites to facilitate ongoing collaborative partnerships to support education and practice.
• Assist and monitor students in the development of their successful transition from the academic to the fieldwork portion of the educational program.
• Complete fieldwork site visits during Level II fieldwork or as needed and keep record of site visits.
• Maintain fieldwork site information databases for program and student use in conjunction with OTA Program administrative assistant.
• Develop and revise fieldwork learning objectives in conjunction with the OTA Program Director and in compliance with current ACOTE standards.
• Develop and revise student progression timeline for Level II fieldwork, communicate progression expectations to fieldwork educators, and document the progression timeline used by each fieldwork site.
• Ensure fieldwork educators understand the use of learning objectives during fieldwork and document the student learning objectives used by each site.
• Develop and implement a system for ensuring fieldwork educators are skilled in student supervision and prepared to assist the student in progressing through fieldwork learning objectives in preparation for entry level practice.
• In conjunction with the Program Director, evaluate the ongoing effectiveness of the fieldwork program, including student performance and fieldwork site integration of academic curricular design.
• Develop or explore innovative strategies of supervision for students in emerging practice areas.
• Proposes strategies to support client centered, meaningful, occupation-based, and evidence-based outcomes of the occupational therapy process during fieldwork experiences.
• Develop systems to manage data for record keeping, fieldwork contract agreements, confidential student health records, etc. to ensure compliance with ACOTE standards and legal requirements of local, state, and federal jurisdictions.
• Assists the program director with the evaluation and revision of program components related to Level I and Level II fieldwork, including long-range goals, plans, budget, and procedures.
• Assists the program director in preparing for program/institutional evaluations and accreditation functions, as applicable.
• Participate in planning and conducting program advisory board meetings and activities.
• Assist with program correspondence, surveys, and forms.
• Assist with analysis of feedback from graduate surveys, employer surveys, focus groups, advisory board meetings, etc.
• Assist with ensuring that…