Arizona Positions

ARIZONA - Associate Director of Physical Therapy

Franklin Pierce University is seeking an experienced Associate Director for our Physical Therapy program 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 Associate Director will be to provide on-site leadership and day-to-day operational management of expansion program, conduct regular faculty meetings, oversee scheduling of courses and instructors. This position will serve as the official contact for all constituents at the expansion program. Collect, maintain and analyze program data in accordance with CAPTE criteria. Provide expansion program data to Program Director and Program Coordinator for timely submission of accreditation compliance documents. Additionally, 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. May also include 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.