Arizona Positions

ARIZONA - Academic Coordinator of Clinical Education (faculty position)

Franklin Pierce University is seeking faculty to join an experienced Doctor of Physical Therapy faculty within the University. New faculty will be a part of our exciting, on the move University, helping to establish our planned Goodyear, AZ Expansion Program*. The Program in New Hampshire is fully accredited through CAPTE.

The responsibility of the ACCE will be to provide coordinate the clinical education program of the Physical Therapy Curriculum, which includes developing, monitoring and refining the clinical education component of the curriculum, facilitating quality learning experiences for students during clinical education, evaluating students' performance in cooperation with other faculty, in relation to progression through the didactic and clinical components of the curriculum. Conduct site visits for students on affiliation. Communicates and serves as a liaison between the University and affiliated clinical education sites. Promotes clinical faculty development, conduct annual assessment of the effectiveness of the clinical education program and make recommendations to the PT faculty curriculum committee for improvements. Teach clinical education courses (face to face and online) in accordance with the schedule of classes and follow the approved course descriptions and syllabi established by the Physical Therapy Faculty Curriculum Committee and administered by the Dean. Also involves teaching modules in other courses, and/or being a lab assistant for other instructor(s). Conducting and disseminating research that contributes to the profession. Non-teaching assignments include instructional development, academic advising and assisting students, registration assignments, participating in university wide activities and task forces, participation in Graduate Faculty Committees, and other appropriate responsibilities.

Faculty will be primary instructors for the first cohort of students in the Goodyear, AZ expansion program and will have primary responsibility for teaching in the first year of the curriculum. The program plan is to admit the first cohort of students in December 2008.

The successful applicant will teach courses in accordance with the schedule of classes and follow the approved course descriptions and syllabi established by the Physical Therapy Faculty Curriculum Committee and administered by the Dean. Also involves teaching modules in other courses, and/or being a lab assistant for other instructor(s). Conducting and disseminating research that contributes to the profession. Non-teaching assignments include instructional development, academic advising and assisting students, registration assignments, participating in university-wide activities and task forces, and other appropriate responsibilities.

Applicants for physical therapy practice courses must posses at least an entry-level PT degree, and at least a Masters Degree, or preferably an earned doctoral degree, or be currently enrolled in doctoral degree program. Applicants should be licensed or eligible for licensure in the state of Arizona. Expertise in teaching in one or more of the following areas required: Anatomy; Kinesiology; Foundations of Physical Therapy Practice; Life Span Development; Neuroscience I; Pathophysiology of Muscles and Cardiopulmonary System; Physical Therapy Examination, Evaluation and Intervention; and Pediatrics.

Applicants with expertise in the foundational sciences of Anatomy, Kinesiology, Life Span Development, and Pathophysiology of Muscles and Cardiopulmonary System do not need to be physical therapists.

Interested candidates should send cover letter and resume to the Human Resources Department via U.S. Mail: Franklin Pierce University, 40 University Drive, Rindge, NH 03461-0060; via fax 603-899-4326; or via e-mail hrdept@franklinpierce.edu  or online at www.franklinpierce.edu  EOE.

* Franklin Pierce University, College of Graduate and Professional Studies, Doctor of Physical Therapy Program is seeking accreditation for the expansion program at Goodyear, Arizona by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education of the American Physical Therapy Association (1111 North Fairfax Street, Alexandria, VA 22314; phone 703-706-3245; accreditation@apta.org ). The program will submit an Application for Approval of Substantive Change, which is the formal application required to expand the program to an additional site. Submission of this document does not assure that the program will be granted Accreditation status to the expansion site.