Faculty Half-Time- UG Healthcare Administration

Abilene Christian University•Dallas, TX

3d•Remote

About The Position

The Online HCAD at ACU Dallas Program is seeking a Half-Time Faculty member. This position involves participating in the planning, development, and implementation of the program and curriculum, providing feedback for improvement, and attending program and faculty meetings. The faculty member will also maintain competency and professional relevance by staying informed about trends in healthcare administration through practice, reading, research, and continuing education. A key responsibility is providing high-quality instruction and support to students in the online classroom, offering timely and constructive feedback on their work, and managing student inquiries. The role also includes entering final grades, alerting the Program Director to student issues (performance or policy violations), and adhering to all relevant university policies and the HCAD program's teaching philosophy and administrative practices.

Requirements

Terminal degree in healthcare administration or a closely related field
Prior teaching experience, preferably online
Completion of all university and campus on-boarding requirements

Responsibilities

Participate with the program faculty and Program Director in planning, development, and implementation of program and curriculum.
Provide feedback to the Program Director for program and/or course improvement.
Participate in program and faculty meetings.
Attend/complete program and CLPS faculty trainings and provide credentialing/records updates as required.
Maintain competency and professional relevance.
Gain and maintain knowledge of trends and information pertaining to program field through current practice, professional reading, active research and/or continuing education.
Participate in scholarly activities as explained in the ACU Dallas Faculty Handbook designed to maintain professional development in healthcare administration.
Provide high quality instruction, direction and support for students in the online classroom environment.
Provide rich and timely feedback on student work, being both encouraging and constructively critical.
Place students in groups for assignments/discussions as required by course.
Provide timely and helpful answers to students’ inquiries regarding course material or academic matters.
Enter final course grades in Banner system.
Alert Program Director to any student issues. This includes performance issues (e.g. failing grades, failing to turn in assignments, etc.) and policy violation issues (e.g. academic integrity violation).
Comply with all pertinent policies and procedures outlined in Abilene Christian University’s Handbook, Faculty Handbook, and those specified by ACU’s College of Graduate and Professional Studies.
Adhere to the HCAD program teaching philosophy and administrative practices.