Associate/Clinical Director, MA in Marriage and Family Therapy

Overview and Responsibilities

Job Summary

 

Saint Mary's University of Minnesota is seeking candidates who are eager to contribute to its Lasallian Catholic mission of awakening, nurturing, and empowering learners to ethical lives of service and leadership. We invite individuals to help transform lives through education, inspired by the Catholic Intellectual Tradition's quest to understand teh human experience through faith and reason and its embrace of all who are dedicated to learning from one another through authentic conversations in search of the truth. We are especially interested in and give preference to candidates who demonstrate a vision to create and nurture initiatives that will advance our mission within the scope of their duties and who will foster a culter of dialogue that, with respect for all people, supports the search for meaning and purpose in pursuit of excellence.

 

The Associate & Clinical Director is a 12-month position that assists the Program Director with providing leadership and direction for the Graduate Programs in Marriage and Family Therapy. The individual develops, implements, and evaluates the clinical components of the Graduate Programs in Marriage and Family Therapy. Congruent with the educational outcomes of the Marriage and Family Therapy program, the associate program director’s roles and duties are outlined below.

 

Salary Range: $62,000 - $70,000

Main Duties & Responsibilities

The Associate & Clinical Director is accountable for clinical program administration, faculty and curricular leadership, and professional development and university service activities.

Program AdministrationThe Associate Program Director is responsible for assisting the Program Director in the development, implementation, and evaluation of the marriage and family therapy programs activities, specifically:

• Develop, implement and evaluate curriculum.
• Maintain standards of clinical performance in accordance with institutional objectives; professional standards of practice; and regulatory and accreditation agency standards.
• Develop program-specific policies as necessary and in accordance with University policy and procedure
• Prepare and submit reports on program activities, as necessary.
• Assist in the program review and accreditation process.
• Assist in the design and participate in the program’s marketing plan for recruiting new students.
• Evaluate applications for admissions, conduct interviews, and make recommendations to the admissions department.
• Participate in student affairs such as orientation, advising and summative paper presentations.
• Assist in annual program assessments.
• Assist in faculty recruitment and evaluation.

The Clinical Director is responsible for developing and overseeing the comprehensive integration of clinical training into the marriage and family therapy programs.

• Formulate and oversee the implementation of an integrated clinical training model
• Work with faculty in incorporating experiential training into all relevant marriage and family courses.
• Develop and implement pre-practicum clinical training experiences both on and off campus.
• Coordinate practicum program development; maintain records, develop a handbook of practicum policies and procedures, recommend policy and procedure changes.
• Develop and maintains cooperative working relationships with practicum site supervisors, practicum instructors, other clinical faculty and students.
• Assist students in obtaining appropriate practicum placements via training workshops, individual advising and site development.
• Coordinate practicum seminars.
• Develop and supervise the practicum seminar instructors.
• Network with educators and practitioners to assure the relevance of practicum to practice.

Clinical Faculty LeadershipWorks with the Program Director, Academic Dean, and Director of Faculty Development to:

• Recruit and hire qualified faculty using a variety of sources
• Maintain a roster of exceptional faculty
• Orient faculty to the program and university processes and mission
• Ensure that faculty are teaching from approved syllabi and using updated technology
• Conduct regular faculty meetings to promote coherence in curriculum implementation and sharing of best practices
• Provide ongoing support to faculty
• Evaluate faculty performance by reviewing student evaluations, observing classes, and monitoring professional and scholarly productivity

Clinical Curriculum LeadershipWorks with the Program Director, Director of Curriculum and Assessment, and Academic Dean to:

• Monitor the development and approval