Physical Therapy Assistant; PTA) Faculty​/Clinical Education Coordinator - Herkimer County Community College

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Herkimer County Community College seeks an experienced, student-centered Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA) educator and clinician with contemporary clinical expertise to join the PTA program as a full-time faculty member. The faculty member will contribute to high-quality classroom, laboratory, and clinical instruction; student advising and mentoring; curriculum development and assessment; program service; accreditation activities; and continuous program improvement. The position requires contemporary expertise in physical therapy practice and education, along with a strong commitment to preparing graduates for safe, ethical, evidence-based, entry-level PTA practice.

The faculty member may also be assigned responsibility as the Clinical Education Coordinator (CEC), also referred to by CAPTE as the Director of Clinical Education/Academic Coordinator of Clinical Education (DCE/ACCE). In this capacity, the faculty member coordinates the clinical education component of the PTA curriculum, including clinical site development and relationships, student placement, clinical instructor/SCCE support, clinical education assessment, and related documentation and accreditation requirements.

This is a non-tenure track position.

Teaching, Learning & Student Success:

Plan, develop, coordinate, and deliver engaging instruction in assigned PTA courses across classroom, laboratory, and clinical settings.

Develop and maintain syllabi, instructional materials, laboratory activities, assignments, examinations, and other learning experiences aligned with course and program outcomes.

Integrate contemporary, evidence-based physical therapy practice, clinical reasoning, active learning, professional behaviors, and interprofessional perspectives.

Evaluate student learning using appropriate, valid, reliable, and equitable methods; provide timely feedback, remediation, and academic support.

Participate in competency testing and determine student readiness for clinical education.

Advise and mentor students; support professional identity, ethical practice, communication, cultural responsiveness, retention, progression, and successful transition to entry-level practice.

Clinical Education Coordination:

When assigned as CEC/DCE/ACCE, coordinate the planning, administration, implementation, monitoring, and assessment of the PTA clinical education program.

Develop, maintain, and evaluate clinical education partnerships and affiliation agreements; monitor the quality, quantity, variety, sequencing, and appropriateness of clinical experiences.

Coordinate student clinical placement and communicate expectations, requirements, learning objectives, evaluation processes, and program policies to students and clinical education partners.

Support, orient, mentor, and communicate with Clinical Instructors (CIs) and Site Coordinators of Clinical Education (SCCEs); address student learning, performance, and supervision concerns.

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