"Assistant Professor of the Doctor of Occupational Therapy Program"

The position of full-time faculty requires an individual who can provide excellence in teaching, interested in both their students and their subjects. The candidate must be committed to the centrality of a Trine University education. The full-time faculty should have a broad understanding of appropriate academic programs and potential future directions; be flexible, visionary, creative and energetic; and want students to excel and take pleasure in their success. Fair discipline, attention to duty, and desire for self-improvement are expected traits of Trine University faculty members. The full-time faculty will hold faculty rank.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities During Program Development:

• The full-time faculty is responsible for the program's compliance with requirements of ACOTE Standards.
• Creating a formal evaluation mechanism for objective assessment of the student's performance.
• Assist the Program Director and OTD team in creation, review, and submission of the ACOTE self-study application.
• Develop content specific to faculty’s practice area to meet teaching requirements.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Assisting with continuous programmatic review and analysis to assess data to improve instructional and program quality.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities During Program Delivery:

• Promote OT program and OT profession to potential students and community.
• Contribute to the Trine University's greater community with scholarship and service leading to professional growth and development, which may include publications, presentations, participation in conferences and seminars.
• Perform additional duties and assignments as prescribed by the Program Director, Dean and/or the Vice President for the College of Health Professions.
• Ensuring that the OTD program supports students to develop experiences that reflect the sequence and scope of content in the curriculum design and allows for the development of in-depth knowledge.
• Collaborating with other departmental faculty to ensure students are prepared for level II fieldwork experiences, doctoral capstone experience, and to sit for the NBCOT examination.
• Assess and supervise the student's progress in achieving competencies and in fulfilling course goals, learning outcomes, and instructional objectives.
• Assist with research and capstone advising as assigned.

Faculty Duties:

• Teach the standard faculty load of eighteen (18) semester hours per academic year.
• Provide each student with a course syllabus.
• Record class attendance.
• Submit absentee and deficiency information to Academic Support Services via the Intranet site.
• Post and maintain a regular schedule of at least ten (10) office hours per week—one office hour shall be scheduled per week for each credit hour of instruction.
• Assist students with academic deficiencies.
• Assist the program director in departmental functions.
• Participate in developing or implementing the department's strategic plan.
• Advise prospective and current students about curriculum and career opportunities.

Required Education:

• A doctoral occupational therapy degree from an accredited program is required.
• An earned, post-professional doctoral degree from a USDE recognized institutionally accredited university (PhD, EdD, DSc or equivalent) is preferred.
• An occupational therapist licensed in the state of Indiana with an understanding of and record of excellence in contemporary clinical practice.
• Have a minimum of 3 years documented experience as an occupational therapist, preferred experience in behavioral health.
• Teaching experience in occupational therapy education is preferred.
• Documented scholarship (e.g., scholarship of application, scholarship of teaching and learning) is preferred.
• Understanding of the role of the occupational therapy assistant.

Salary: Rank and salary will be based on qualifications.