Position Number: S-3952
Position Summary
The primary responsibilities of the Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) Master Clinical Educator are on-site clinical education in clinical and didactic classrooms and evaluation of students performing preventative, diagnostic, consultative, and individual and/or group treatment services in the speech-language pathology program. The SLP Master Clinical Educator schedules their assigned caseload each semester. In addition, the SLP Master Clinical Educator works to coordinate clinical experiences…
that involve inter-professional education and practice and simulated/standardized events. This position may also be involved in planning and implementing collaborative programs on and off-campus that involve clinical experiences, service learning, and/or programs of community engagement. The SLP Master Clinical Educator may also provide direct clinical services to the community on a twelve-month basis. This position functions under the direct supervision of the Director of Clinical Instruction and Speech-Language Pathology Services or a designated representative. This position also exercises supervision over student employees as assigned.
Required Qualifications
- Master's degree.
- Possession of an ASHA Certification of Clinical Competence: Speech-Language Pathology (CCC-SLP).
- Possession of a valid Michigan SLP license.
- Three years of professional experience as a Speech-Language Pathologist with pediatric and adult populations.
- Three years experience in the diagnosis and treatment of cognitive-communicative disorders across the lifespan.
- Experience providing clinical instruction to undergraduate and/or graduate students.
- Ability to perform the essential functions of the position, with or without reasonable accommodation.
Preferred Qualifications
- Clinical supervisory experience and demonstrated evidence-based competence in clinical education of speech-language pathology students.
- Expertise in a range of communication and swallowing disorders, with interest in infants through geriatrics.
- Experience providing inter-professional education and practice.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.
- Demonstrated ability to maintain positive interpersonal relations.
- Demonstrated flexibility and ability to function in a dynamic environment.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Provides clinical education in face-to-face and telepractice clinical settings, along with simulated settings, and didactic classroom settings of undergraduate and graduate speech-language pathology students.
- Evaluates and treats clients and monitors subsequent follow-up.
- Coordinates students at off-campus sites or as GAs, as assigned.
- Teaches or co-teaches either CSD 494, CSD 495 or SLP 749 or other academic courses as assigned.
- Attends university/college/department/division/clinic meetings as appropriate.
- Coordinates scheduling of assigned clinical caseload.
- Integrates inter-professional education and practice in clinical education and service delivery.
- Plans and coordinates simulated experiences to supplement and/or remediate clinical education.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Supervision Exercised
None.
Employee Group: Professional & Administrative -Salary
Pay Range: $72,000 - $84,000 per year
Division: Academic Affairs
Department: Communication Sciences & Disorders
Position Status: Regular
Employment Status: Full-Time
FTE: 1.0
Position Type: 12 month
Weekly Work Schedule: Mon-Fri, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. / weekends and evenings as needed
Location: Mount Pleasant, MI
Open Until Filled: Yes
About the College
The Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow College of Health Professions consists of five academic units (Department of Physical Therapy, Department of Physical Education and Sport, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, the School of Health Sciences, and the School of Rehabilitation and Medical Science). It offers undergraduate and/or graduate degree programs in athletic training, audiology, communication sciences and disorders, exercise science, environmental health and safety, health administration, physical activity specialist, physical education, physical therapy, physician assistant, public health, school and public health education, speech-language pathology, and sport management, delivered by 100+ faculty/staff. CMU's website is http://www.cmich.edu. The Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow College of Health Professions website is http://www.chp.cmich.edu.
About the Department
The Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders consists of three divisions: Speech-Language Pathology, Audiology, and American Sign Language. It offers a undergraduate major in Communication Sciences and Disorders, undergraduate minors in Communication Sciences and Disorders and American Sign Language, an undergraduate certificate in Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Studies, graduate programs in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, and a graduate certificate in Structured Language and Literacy Intervention. To learn more about the department, visit the department website.
About the Speech-Language Pathology Program
The Speech-Language Pathology Program is a seven-semester program which provides the academic and clinical training to prepare its graduates to be certified and licensed to practice as speech-language pathologists across settings and populations. For more information about the Speech-Language Pathology Program, please visit our website.
About CMU
Central Michigan University has a more than 125-year legacy of preparing students to become leaders and changemakers in their communities and in their personal and professional lives.
We serve nearly 15,500 students on our Mount Pleasant campus, in satellite locations around the state and throughout the country, and through flexible online programs. Many of our approximately 300 undergraduate, master's, specialist and doctoral programs in the arts, media, business, education, human services, health professions, liberal arts, social sciences, medicine, science and engineering are nationally ranked for excellence.
CMU leads the nation in leadership development programming through our Sarah R. Opperman Leadership Institute, and we are proud to be among only 5% of U.S. universities in the top two Carnegie research classifications. Our faculty work with graduate and undergraduate students in areas such as Great Lakes research, medical innovation, engineering technology and more.
Central is home to 17 men's and women's Division 1 sports including football, basketball, gymnastics, baseball, wrestling and more. Our student-athletes achieve great success in competition and in the classroom, capturing Mid-American Conference championships and maintaining an average cumulative GPA of 3.17.
CMU is located in Mount Pleasant, a community that blends the best of small-town living with big-city amenities. It's part of the culturally varied and vibrant Great Lakes Bay Region that also includes Saginaw, Bay City, Midland and the state's largest Native American community, centered on the Saginaw Chippewa Isabella Reservation in Mount Pleasant.
Area residents enjoy the mix of outdoor activities, cultural events, shopping and dining options, and family attractions. Other major Michigan destinations and attractions - Lansing, Grand Rapids, Detroit, Traverse City, wineries, beaches, golf and ski resorts, and many more - are within easy reach of the city's central location in Michigan's Lower Peninsula.
CMU employees enjoy access to a nationally recognized wellness program along with health care and benefits that exceed regional, state and national norms.
CMU Leadership Standards
Central Michigan University is a place where we value students and work for their success, where we act as family, and where employees are engaged, appreciated and have extraordinary opportunities to make a difference.
We intentionally maintain and strengthen the hallmark CMU culture that sets us apart from our peers by expecting CMU leaders and employees to model the following Leadership Standards and develop them within their teams.
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