Physical Therapist Assistant Instructor

Role Overview

• Maintain knowledge of diversity-related issues, legislation, and best practices.
• Co-operate in the execution of the college, division, and program policies, procedures and guidelines.
• Implement teaching strategies that engage learners in active learning.
• Utilize cutting edge technology in teaching in the classroom, laboratory, simulation center, and clinical setting.
• Develop a personal and professional improvement plan in areas identified as a result of evaluations.
• Work a minimum of 35 hours each week (including campus and clinical assignments) during each contracted semester.
• Participate in program assessment and evaluation, including College annual planning activities and state and/or national accreditation activities.

Requirements

• Licensed Physical Therapist (PT) or Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA) and education commiserate with licensure type.
• Minimum of three (3) years full-time or equivalent post licensure clinical experience in physical therapy within the last five (5) years.
• Maintain and provide current documentation of all professional requirements.

Benefits

• Maintain current professional credentials and certifications as required in respective field.
• Participate in other professional development activities, professional associations, presentations, publications, applied educational research, consulting, evaluations, and similar activities which enhance the individual, the health-related profession, and the education profession.
• Participate in program adherence to accreditation standards and assisting program chair in providing data for the annual report and in the writing of the program’s self-study prior to a reaccreditation site visit.
• Attending required professional development activities of the college and those required by CAPTE.