Full Professor - Physiology (In person)

Ponce Health Sciences University/Tiber Health Innovations•St. Louis, MO

9d•$63,000 - $90,000•Onsite

About The Position

Ponce Health Sciences University seeks an Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor of Physiology to provide instructional support for courses in the School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri. The role includes developing syllabi and course materials, assessing student learning outcomes, and teaching. University service is also expected. The professor is expected to incorporate the university’s mission into program and course learning objectives and use flipped-classroom methods focused on student learning. The role includes preparing and administering courses in a timely, professional manner; maintaining office hours; designing clear assessments aligned with course content and learning objectives; supporting a learning-conducive course atmosphere; and being proficient in online instruction. The professor also participates in faculty meetings, workshops, and university ceremonies, follows Faculty Handbook policies, and performs other instructional duties assigned by the program coordinator or Dean.

Requirements

Doctorate degree in the appropriate field.
Five years of experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Dependability and strong interpersonal, communication, and organizational skills, with the ability to interact effectively with students, faculty, and staff.
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
General computer knowledge, including word processing, PowerPoint, and spreadsheets.
Certificates, licenses, and registrations as appropriate to the degree possessed.

Responsibilities

Incorporate Ponce Health Sciences University’s mission into program and course learning objectives and focus course experiences on student learning using flipped-classroom teaching methods.
Maintain accountability to students and administration for quality in education.
Incorporate current professional information into course learning experiences.
Administer courses in a prepared and timely manner, meet deadlines for courses and student interactions, and maintain professional conduct.
Prepare an updated syllabus before course posting using the standard PHSU format, clearly stating course learning objectives, reading assignments, testing, grading, and other information; meet administrative and course deadlines.
Practice collegiality and refrain from making pejorative statements about the university, faculty, or staff in student interactions or course discussions.
Maintain regular office hours.
Contribute to exams with sound instructional value, accurately measured and well-defined objectives using appropriate levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy; ensure evaluations are unambiguous and appropriately represent course content.
Establish and maintain a course atmosphere conducive to learning.
Provide online course instruction proficiently.
Treat colleagues, staff, and students professionally.
Ensure each course has a required course text or is based on published scientific literature unless administration grants an exemption.
Participate in faculty meetings, workshops, and university ceremonies.
Report to the MSMS Program coordinator when absent or unable to fulfill responsibilities.
Notify appropriate personnel of damage to PHSU property and report problems affecting the university to the program coordinator or appropriate department.
Read, understand, and follow Faculty Handbook information and policies.
Perform other instructional duties as assigned by the program coordinator or Dean.