Assistant Clinical Professor

Job Summary

Works with the Program Director, Director of Clinical Education, Administrative Assistant, Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) faculty and staff, and CNHP and Drexel University faculty and administrators to ensure that the SLP program, College and University environment develops and implements programs and activities to assure superior didactic and clinical educational experience for enrolled SLP graduate students. Assures that the educational process is conducted in accordance with the standards, principles and scope of practice set forth by the Council on Academic Accreditation for Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology (CAA) of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) for training graduate students to become competent speech-language pathologists Engages in teaching, research, clinical and community service activities to advance the education and training of students enrolled in the SLP Master’s and the anticipated and undergraduate and doctoral programs Contributes to the general body of knowledge of the SLP profession through personal research agenda and the scholarship of teaching and learning and clinical research  

Essential Functions

As a full-time, core faculty member, and in accordance with CAA standards, the SLP faculty member:

• Provides course instruction across the lifespan.
• Instruction will primarily be face-to-face but may include eon-line/hybrid teaching activities.
• Assists with designing, implementing, coordinating, and evaluating graduate-level (master and eventually doctorate) SLP curriculum that infuses the five (5) themes associated with the SLP program across the curriculum, including:
  • Interprofessional education and collaborative practice;
  • Cultural competency; c) leadership and management across professional settings.
  • Critical thinking and problem-based learning; and e) prevention of communication and swallowing disorders.
• Adheres to the creation, development and implementation of course syllabi using standardized university policies, procedures and formats (i.e., university-approved syllabus template, curriculum evaluation and approvals, assigning weighted numeric values to standardized academic credits, etc.)
• Interviews and selects student applicants for admission to the SLP graduate program.
• Assists with the communication with and coordination of part-time and consultant faculty services to assure that these supplemental faculty members are performing their duties and responsibilities within the construct of the SLP Department’s didactic and clinical curriculum.
• Evaluates student performance by developing competency-based standards, student learning outcomes and formative and summative evaluation tools to address these competencies.
•  Serves as advisor for SLP graduate students.
• Assures the availability of remedial and advanced instruction based on student educational needs and/or educational and career aspirations.
• Assists with curriculum design, change and updates based on didactic and clinical course evaluation measures from students and other constituents (i.e., external clinical site coordinators, the SLP department advisory board, changes to accreditation and student credentialing standards dictated by the CAA) and the ASHA Council for Clinical Certification (CFCC), and current research and other information that alters or drives the discipline’s perceptions of best practices in the profession.
•  Develops a clinical or basic science line of research with goal of research pursing funding opportunities (NIH, NSF, Department of Education, corporate, foundation, individual or small group philanthropy), opportunities for students to be involved in investigatory studies, and professional presentations and publications at regional, state and national conferences (i.e., PSHA, ASHA, etc.).
• Participates in community-based service projects, programs, organizations and research related to enhancing marketing and public relations of the SLP program within the community.
• Utilizes and instructs students via state-of-the-art technology (i.e., avatars and patient/client care simulations; diagnostic and treatment equipment such as Computerized Speech Lab/CSL) and software, administrative student competency development and clinical record-keeping software (i.e., CALIPSO) and clinic observation/monitoring audio-visual equipment, to provide state-of-the-art student education and training.
• Assists in writing the annual accreditation reports, summarizing faculty and student accomplishments and program outcomes.
• Helps effectively market the SLP program to various constituents throughout the university and across local, national and international communities.
• Serve as a faculty clinic supervisor in the on-ca