Assistant Professor - Methodist College
About The Position
The Assistant Professor provides educational leadership and ensures a quality learning environment for all students. The role plans, organizes, implements, and assesses didactic, laboratory, and clinical experiences as assigned, in alignment with the College’s vision, mission, values, and learning domains. The position contributes to teaching, scholarship, and service. Teaching activities include demonstrating expertise, participating in course development and evaluation, advising or mentoring, articulating a teaching philosophy, using current literature in classroom work, and applying creative strategies to strengthen students’ critical thinking and analytical skills. Scholarship includes maintaining teaching or clinical expertise, sharing expertise with colleagues, and engaging in collaborative research or creative activity. Service includes committee leadership and participation, student recruitment, quality improvement, and local workshops or programs.
Requirements
- PhD in a related field.
Responsibilities
- Provide educational leadership and support a quality learning environment for students.
- Plan, organize, implement, and assess assigned didactic, laboratory, and clinical experiences.
- Demonstrate current knowledge and skills and mastery in areas of expertise.
- Participate in course development and evaluation.
- Serve as a faculty advisor to students and/or mentor to other faculty.
- Articulate a teaching philosophy.
- Incorporate current and relevant literature into classroom work.
- Use creative teaching strategies to develop students’ critical thinking and analytical skills.
- Maintain teaching and/or clinical expertise through active engagement in the discipline.
- Share expertise with colleagues.
- Engage in collaborative research or creative activity.
- Contribute to two academic committees at the College and serve as a leader on one committee.
- Volunteer on a local committee in a professional capacity.
- Participate in student recruitment and quality improvement.
- Present at local-level workshops or programs.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits package for team members and providers.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
