Instructor or Assistant Professor of Clinical Mental Health Counseling

About the position

As a core faculty member in the Clinical Mental Health Counseling program, the assistant professor or associate professor in this position is responsible for teaching courses within the Clinical Mental Health Counseling program, engaging in scholarly activity, and conducting committee work as assigned.

Responsibilities

• Teaches courses within the Clinical Mental Health Counseling program with a total load of up to twenty-seven hours per academic year (approximately 7 graduate courses per year).
• Participates in student recruitment and promotion.
• Assists the Director of the Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program and other core faculty in the ongoing evaluation of applicants, students, and candidates in the program.
• Assists the Department Chair, Director of the Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program, and other core-faculty in the ongoing evaluation of and improvement of the program.
• Evaluates student achievement of curricular objectives/outcomes related to Clinical Mental Health Counseling knowledge and practice.
• Maintains a minimum of 10 office hours per week for student availability.
• Schedules administrative time for classroom preparation.
• Engages in scholarly research or other creative achievement activity.
• Serves on university committees as assigned.
• Conducts servant leadership in the community.
• Abides by all University policies governing behavior and in fulfillment of job requirements.
• Performs temporary duties as assigned to maintain operations and services.

Requirements

• Earned doctoral degree in counselor education, preferably from a CACREP-accredited program.
• Demonstrated history, competence in, and commitment to quality teaching courses at the graduate level.
• At least two years of experience as a professional clinical counselor.
• State licensure in counseling is preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively and effectively with other faculty members and students.
• Excellent verbal, written, and electronic communication skills.
• Evidence of prior scholarship of discovery, integration, application, and/or teaching and learning.
• Ability to effectively lecture in a classroom environment.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from students, faculty, administrators, and parents.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Demonstrate computer proficiency in spreadsheet software, word processing software, presentation software, and statistical software.

Nice-to-haves

• Holding the National Certified Counselor credential.