Assistant Teaching Professor

Assistant Teaching Professor

The Assistant Teaching Professor works collaboratively with the members of the Department of Speech-Language Pathology, including the Program Director, Director of Clinical Education, faculty and staff, as well as College and University faculty and administration to develop and implement programs that ensure a superior didactic and clinical experience for graduate students. This role assures that all educational processes align with the standards and principles set forth by the Council on Academic Accreditation of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (CAA).

Additionally, the Professor engages in teaching, research, and service to advance the training of students across current and anticipated programs, while contributing to the profession's body of knowledge through a personal research agenda and the scholarship of teaching and learning.

As a full-time, core faculty member, and in accordance with CAA standards, the SLP faculty member:

• Provides course instruction across the lifespan.
• Instruction will primarily be face-to-face but may include on-line/hybrid teaching activities.
• Assists with designing, implementing, coordinating, and evaluating graduate-level (master and eventually doctorate) SLP curriculum that infuses the five (5) themes associated with the SLP program across the curriculum, including: interprofessional education and collaborative practice; cultural competency; leadership and management across professional settings; critical thinking and problem-based learning; and prevention of communication and swallowing disorders.
• Adheres to the creation, development and implementation of course syllabi using standardized university policies, procedures and formats (i.e., university-approved syllabus template, curriculum evaluation and approvals, assigning weighted numeric values to standardized academic credits, etc.)
• Interviews and selects student applicants for admission to the SLP graduate program.
• Assists with the communication with and coordination of part-time and consultant faculty services to assure that these supplemental faculty members are performing their duties and responsibilities within the construct of the SLP Department's didactic and clinical curriculum.
• Evaluates student performance by developing competency-based standards, student learning outcomes and formative and summative evaluation tools to address these competencies.
• Serves as advisor for SLP graduate students.
• Assures the availability of remedial and advanced instruction based on student educational needs and/or educational and career aspirations.
• Assists with curriculum design, change and updates based on didactic and clinical course evaluation measures from students and other constituents (i.e., external clinical site coordinators, the SLP department advisory board, changes to accreditation and student credentialing standards dictated by the CAA) and the ASHA Council for Clinical Certification (CFCC), and current research and other information that alters or drives the discipline's perceptions of best practices in the profession.
• Develops a clinical or basic science line of research with goal of research pursuing funding opportunities (NIH, NSF, Department of Education, corporate, foundation, individual or small group philanthropy), opportunities for students to be involved in investigatory studies, and professional presentations and publications at regional, state and national conferences (i.e., PSHA, ASHA, etc.).
• Participates in community-based service projects, programs, organizations and research related to enhancing marketing and public relations of the SLP program within the community.
• Utilizes and instructs students via state-of-the-art technology (i.e., avatars and patient/client care simulations; diagnostic and treatment equipment such as Computerized Speech Lab/CSL) and software, administrative student competency development and clinical record-keeping software (i.e., CALIPSO) and clinic observation/monitoring audio-visual equipment, to provide state-of-the-art student education and training.
• Assists in writing the annual accreditation reports, summarizing faculty and…