How to Apply

A cover letter is required for consideration for this position and should be attached as the first page of your resume. The cover letter should address your specific interest in the position and outline skills and experience that directly relate to this position.

Job Summary

The Associate Director of Didactic Education will provide effective leadership of didactic education within the Masters of Science PA (MSPA) Program. This includes planning, coordinating, facilitating, administering, monitoring, and assessment of PA Program didactic education. Serves as principal PA Program faculty and engage in teaching, scholarship, and service. The position is a 12-month faculty position as an Assistant/Associate Clinical or Tenure-Track Professor.

Please note, this is an internal search limited to current CHS Occupational Therapy Department faculty members who hold the needed experience and education to be considered an Assistant/Associate Clinical or Tenure-Track Professor at the time of application.

Why Work at U-M Flint?

In addition to a career filled with purpose and opportunity, The University of Michigan offers a comprehensive benefits package to help you stay well, protect yourself and your family, and plan for a secure future.

Benefits include:

• Generous time off
• A retirement plan that provides two-for-one matching contributions after 12 months of eligible service, with immediate vesting.
• Many choices for comprehensive health insurance.
• Life insurance
• Long-term disability coverage
• Flexible spending accounts for healthcare and dependent care expenses.

Eligibility for benefits is based on your job group, your appointment percentage and the length of your appointment. Learn more about employee benefits and eligibility and download the Comprehensive Benefits for Faculty and Staff flier.

UM-Flint offers tuition support for eligible UM-Flint staff members. In addition, UM-Flint offers dependent tuition support (DTS) for qualified dependents of faculty and staff from all UM campuses. Information can be found at: https://www.umflint.edu/hr/ benefits/

Information about our vision, mission and values can be found at: https://www.umflint.edu/ chancellor/leadership-mission- vision/

Responsibilities*

Associate Director of Didactic Education:

Provide effective leadership of didactic education within the MSPA Program, which includes:

• Developing and coordinating PA Program didactic education;
• Performing ongoing review and analysis through programmatic assessment of the program;
• Analyzing, interpreting, and reporting performance data of didactic phase of the program;
• Assisting the Program Director in managing databases and the processes of data collection and analysis for the didactic phase of the program;
• Coordinating the scheduling of program and faculty in order to optimize delivery of instructional content to students;
• Monitoring each course's student workload;
• Collaborating with Program Director to assess program faculty and LEO workload hours;
• Identifying and ordering program supplies and educational resources in collaboration with faculty to meet ongoing needs throughout the program;
• Monitoring MSPA student academic and professional performance to assure compliance with departmental policies;
• Collaborating with Assistant Director of Clinical Education to evaluate and fill gaps in program curriculum;
• Charing a PA Program standing committee as directed by the Program Director;
• Assisting Department Director to ensure curriculum meets current practice standards and scope, and complies with ARC-PA requirements; and
• Serving on the PA Program Management Team

Assistant/Associate Clinical or Tenure-Track Professor:

Teaching

As a faculty leader, the Associate Director of Didactic Education is also expected to demonstrate exemplary teaching throughout the MSPA curriculum.

Scholarship

Maintains personal scholarship according to the College of Health Sciences scholarship requirements for clinical or tenure-track faculty. Clinical-track faculty are required to have an active research agenda, establish their ability to conduct independent research, and work collaboratively with other faculty in scholarly endeavors. In both clinical and tenure tracks, scholarly work is expected to make a contribution to, and an impact on, the profession/discipline, to interdisciplinary areas, and/or to pedagogical endeavors.

Service

All CHS faculty members are expected to provide service to the University, college, department, profession, and the community. Consistent with the mission of CHS and the University, professional service contributions to the Flint and regional community are valued as well as national and international contributions.

Required Qualifications*

• Current CHS Physician Assistant Department faculty members who hold the needed experience and education to be considered an Assistant/Associate Clinical or Tenure-Track Professor at the time of application
• For a Clinical-Track position:
  • A Master's or doctoral degree in Physician Assistant, or a Bachelor's in Physician Assistant with a Master's or doctoral degree in a relevant discipline
  • Professional/Clinical experience involving direct patient care:
    • Clinical Assistant Professor - 3 years
    • Clinical Associate Professor - 5 years
• For a Tenure-Track position:
  • A Bachelor's or Master's in Physician Assistant and a PhD or related academic doctoral degree in a relevant discipline
• Current NCCPA certification
• Current/eligible for PA licensure in the state of Michigan
• Prior experience in PA education

Desired Qualifications*

• Senior faculty status
• Demonstrated scholarly productivity
• Experience producing detailed technical reports

Modes of Work

Hybrid

The work requirements allow both onsite and offsite work and an employee has an expected recurring onsite presence. On occasion, the employee may be required and must be abailable to work onsite more frequently if necessitated by unit leadership or their designee and/or the job requirements.

Positions that are eligible for hybrid or mobile/remote work mode are at the discretion of the hiring department. Work agreements are reviewed annually at a minimum and are subject to change at any time, and for any reason, throughout the course of employment. Learn more about the work modes.

Union Affiliation

Union Affiliation for Tenure-Track

This position is covered under the collective bargaining agreement between the University of Michigan-Flint and the UMF AFT-AAUP, AFT Michigan local 5671, AFL-CIO, which contains and settles all matters with respect to wages, benefits, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment.

Background Screening

The University of Michigan conducts background checks on all job candidates upon acceptance of a contingent offer and may use a third party administrator to conduct background checks. Background checks are performed in compliance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act.

Contact Information

For Additional Information

Ashley Fanson, HR Administrator - College of Health Sciences, 3180 William S White Building, 303 E Kearsley St, Flint, MI 48502-1950, afanson@umich.edu

Application Deadline

Job openings are posted for a minimum of seven calendar days. This job may be removed from posting boards and filled any time after the minimum posting period has ended.

U-M EEO Statement

The University of Michigan is an equal employment opportunity employer.