Associate Professor

An Associate Professor is expected to demonstrate a significant commitment to academic excellence in teaching and learning, research, and any other forms of knowledge transfer, at the highest levels of national and regional excellence, with some international achievement or the potential thereof.

The key role and responsibilities of an Associate Professor should include, but are not exclusive to, teaching and learning support, research and administration and faculty support activities in the following areas:

Teaching and Learning Support

• Design, develop, and deliver various courses at various academic levels.
• Collaborate with other faculty members to implement SU teaching and learning strategy.
• Ensure content, delivery methods, and materials align with defined learning outcomes.
• Create and enhance teaching materials, methods, and approaches to improve subject area delivery.
• Contribute to the development of good academic practices within the faculty.
• Utilize appropriate teaching, learning support, and assessment methods for effective knowledge transfer.
• Play an active role in academic advising of assigned students.
• Develop student skills by identifying learning needs and defining appropriate objectives.
• Supervise laboratory teams in related courses as needed).
• Moderate assigned courses and instructional materials, focusing on the following areas:
  • Ensuring that instructional materials are relevant, up to date, and adequate to achieve the course learning outcomes (CLOs) and provide feedback to the course coordinator.
  • Reviewing the alignment of CLOs with Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs) to ensure proper mapping.
  • Reviewing the alignment of assessment types with the CLOs to ensure valid assessment.
  • Moderating the course assessments and ensure that the course coordinator adheres to the assessment policy.
  • Reviewing the teaching and learning strategies to ensure they promote active learning, critical thinking, inquiry, and problem-based learning.
  • Reviewing the course page content at SULMS and providing feedback to the course coordinator