Academic Coordinator of Clinical Education, Physical Therapist Assistant Program

Curriculum instructors will instruct within their area of expertise using college level measures to determine student success. Curriculum instructors will apply the tenants of critical thinking to subject matter and will demonstrate flexibility in teaching across educational mediums (online, information highway, etc.) as needed. Curriculum instructors will participate in academic advising, college service, and professional development activities.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

I. TEACHING

a. Conducting in a professional manner all class hours as assigned by the course schedule and academic calendar.

b. Creating correct, professional syllabi that meet Faculty Syllabus Checklist requirements.

c. Creating, administering, and accurately assessing substantive assignments and activities that require critical thinking.

d. Meeting classes on time and for the full duration of the published class time.

e. Posting office hours each semester, providing copies for the Director - Physical Therapist Assistant and Dean - Health Science, and meeting all posted office hours.

f. Attending all mandatory divisional and college-wide meetings and graduation ceremonies.

g. Notifying the Director as soon as possible in the event of illness.

h. Maintaining alternative educational activities which students may use in the event of faculty illness.

i. Supporting and following college policies and procedures.

j. Assuming reasonable responsibility for security, maintenance, and inventory of assigned equipment and supplies.

k. Preparing and submitting accurate and precise attendance rosters, student grades, book orders, leave reports, and other assigned documents when due.

l. Assisting in the selection of textbooks and maintaining updated text information.

m. Substituting for other faculty members as assigned by the Director or Dean.

n. Participating actively in institutional effectiveness planning by identifying expected student outcomes, assessment means, and improvement strategies based on assessment results.

o. Properly submitting assignments and the resulting student artifacts when selected for college-wide General Education Assessment.

p. Preparing supplemental teaching activities, such as developing supplemental Moodle course sites, referring weak students for tutoring, consulting with students, and facilitating help or review sessions outside of class time.

II. ACADEMIC ADVISING

a. Providing accurate academic advising to students whenever needed.

b. Participating in advisor in-service training.

III.FACULTY WITH SPECIAL RESPONSIBILITIES: ACCE

a. The ACCE is a physical therapist or physical therapist assistant and faculty member with an understanding of contemporary physical therapy practice, quality clinical education, the clinical community, and the health care delivery system.

b. The ACCE develops, conducts, coordinates, and evaluates the clinical education program.

c. The ACCE communicates necessary information about the clinical education program to faculty, clinical education sites, clinical education faculty, and students and facilitates communication about clinical education between these groups, as needed.

d. The ACCE has the responsibility to ensure that there are effective written agreements between the institution and the clinical education sites that describe the rights and responsibilities of both, including those of their respective agents. Agreements address at a minimum: the purpose of the agreement; the objectives of the institution and the clinical education site in establishing the agreement; the rights and responsibilities of the institution and the clinical education site; and the procedures to be followed in reviewing, revising, and terminating the agreement.

e. The ACCE uses a process to determine if the academic regulations, policies, and procedures related to clinical education are upheld by faculty, students, and clinical education faculty (CCCEs and CIs) and takes appropriate corrective actions, when necessary.

f. The ACCE, using information provided by the clinical education faculty and other information as needed, is ultimately responsible for assessment of student learning in the clinical education experiences.

g. The ACCE determines if the clinical education faculty are meeting the needs of the program. This determination is based at a minimum on the assessment, in collaboration with the CCCE, of the clinical education provided by CIs who supervise the same student for at least 160 hours in a given academic year.

IV. COLLEGE SERVICE: Participating in activities that promote the welfare of the college, such as serving on committees, preparing accreditation reports, mentoring new and adjunct faculty, advising SGA-approved student organizations, recruiting for and marketing instructional programs, participating in faculty governance, revising curricula, or otherwise using the faculty member's academic expertise and skills in the service of the college.

V. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

a. Participating in mandatory on-campus professional development activities.

b. Participating in professional development activities in the faculty member's formally recognized area of expertise, such as attending or presenting at professional conferences, participating in summer institutes or short courses, auditing or taking graduate-level courses, and maintaining membership in professional organizations.

VI. MAINTAIN A CLEAN AND SAFE WORK AREA

General Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily and must meet the requirements that represent the knowledge, skill, and/or ability necessary to be successful. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

LANGUAGE SKILLS:

• Ability to read, analyze, interpret, and write as applicable to subject area.
• Ability to respond to common inquiries and/or complaints from students, internal staff, or members of the college community.
• Ability to effectively present information to students, internal staff, or members of the college community.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:

• Ability to apply mathematical operations required to tabulate student scores.

REASONING ABILITY:

• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of information.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS (or equivalent demonstrated experience/ability):

• Established for each curriculum program. Contact Division Chair or Dean for specifics.

OTHER SKILLS and ABILITIES:

• Understanding of and commitment to the unique nature and role of the College and to the philosophy of the community college system.

Required Qualifications

• Hold an active, unrestricted Physical Therapist license or Physical Therapist Assistant license/certification in any United States jurisdiction and the state program where the program is located if required by that state's jurisdiction.
• Minimum of three years of full-time post-licensure clinical practice. Two years of clinical practice experience as a CCCE or CI in physical therapy, or a minimum of two years of experience in teaching, curriculum development and administration in a PT or PTA program.

Preferred Qualifications

• Active, unrestricted PT license or PTA license/certification in any United States jurisdiction and the state program where the program is located if required by that state's jurisdiction.
• Minimum of three years of full-time post-licensure clinical practice. Two years of clinical practice experience as a CCCE or CI in physical therapy, or a minimum of two years of experience in teaching, curriculum development and administration in a PT or PTA program.
• The ability to identify performance deficits and unsafe practices of students.
• The ability to determine student readiness to engage in clinical education.
• The ability to monitor and facilitate ethical and clinically appropriate behaviors in students.

Completed Quality Matter Teaching Online Certificate or equivalent certification

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

Established for each curriculum program. Contact Director or Dean - Health Sciences for specifics.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear.
• The employee frequently is required to sit.
• The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; use hands to handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee occasionally works in outside weather conditions.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.

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