Instructor/Assistant Professor - Physical Therapy

Suffolk County Community Col•Selden, NY

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About The Position

Suffolk County Community College is the largest community college in the State University of New York (SUNY) system, enrolling more than 26,000 students at its three campuses in Selden, Brentwood, and Riverhead, as well as its Culinary Arts Center in Riverhead. Established in 1959, the college offers a wide array of transfer-oriented associate degrees in the liberal arts and sciences; business; communications and the arts; computing and cybersecurity; health sciences; and many other areas. Career-facing degrees and certificates are offered in allied health professions, automotive technology, culinary and baking, manufacturing, and many other areas. The college provides high school concurrent enrollment opportunities to thousands of students each year through both Suffolk's Beacon program and through on-campus early college classes. Designated by the U.S. Department of Education as a Hispanic Serving Institution, Suffolk enrolls thousands of students in English Language Learning courses, and also serves more veterans and military-connected students than any other college in the SUNY system. SUNY Suffolk is a comprehensive community college committed to open access, equity, and student success, and applicants for faculty positions should be prepared to demonstrate their commitment to these values. Faculty are scheduled to teach based on the needs of students and their department and may have the option to teach in different course preps in more than one modality. SUNY Suffolk is searching for a full-time (10-month), tenure-track faculty Instructor/Assistant Professor for Physical Therapy beginning in the Spring 2026 semester, at the Ammerman Campus in Selden, NY. The Department of Health Careers and Physical Education seeks a full-time faculty member for the Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA) Program to teach a variety of physical therapy subject matter and to assume the role of Academic Coordinator of Clinical Education (ACCE). The ACCE ensures the Program's Clinical Education component meets the needs of the PTA Curriculum and maintains compliance with the standards and elements set forth by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE.) This is a Unit III position covered under the Faculty Association of Suffolk County Community College collective bargaining agreement with the college. The College seeks faculty who value the opportunity to form mentoring relationships with our students. The successful candidate will demonstrate an ongoing commitment to excellence in teaching and to professional development and also demonstrate openness to pedagogical innovation, including, but not limited to, the integration of technology and distance education into the curriculum.

Requirements

Master's degree in physical therapy or related field?
Current license in good standing to practice physical therapy in New York State
Three years full-time, post-licensure clinical practice
Two years of clinical practice experience as a Site Coordinator of Clinical Education (SCCE) and/ or clinical instructor (CI) or two years of experience in teaching, curriculum development and administration experience in a PTA education program and/or teaching in a college setting.
Didactic and/or clinical teaching experience
APTA membership
Familiarity with a learning management system and/or willingness to use the college's LMS (i.e. Brightspace).

Nice To Haves

Strong neurologic background in clinical practice
American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties Board certification
Experience with Brightspace and distance learning education
Community college teaching experience.
Experience teaching face-to-face, online, hybrid, and/or blended learning.

Responsibilities

Planning and delivering high-quality student-centered instruction appropriate to an open-access community college.
Participating in curricular development, assessment, and revision at the course, discipline, and program levels, including assessment of student learning outcomes.
Engaging in assessment of college-wide learning outcomes and demonstrating the use of the results of these assessments in courses.
Ensuring that principles of equity and inclusion are integrated in curriculum and instructional practice.
Ensuring that student knowledge, skills and abilities are aligned with current academic and workforce best practices.
Incorporating engaging and appropriate academic technology into all modes of instructional delivery.
Maintaining a commitment to ongoing and research-based professional development in pedagogy and subject matter.
Teaching assigned courses in accordance with description published in the college catalog and the approved course outline.
Providing academic advising and actively participating in collegewide recruitment, student engagement and retention strategies (e.g. early alerts).
Scheduling required time to meet with students outside of class.
Active participation in departmental, campus and college committees/meetings.
Participating actively in the life of their department, home campus, and the college.
Fulfilling all contractual requirements related to faculty.
Maintaining and recruiting sufficient numbers of clinical education sites
Overseeing all student affiliations including the management of mid-term site visits and communication between Site Coordinators of Clinical Education (SCCE) and clinical instructors (CI)
Overseeing updates to the Clinical Education Manual and promotion of clinical faculty development.
Other duties as assigned.