Assistant Professor of Psychology
Edward Waters University
in
Jacksonville, FL
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Type:
Full-Time
Posted:
Today
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Category:
Psychology
EDWARD WATERS UNIVERSITY
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF PSYCHOLOGY
GENERAL SUMMARY:
Assistant Professor of Psychology is a full time, tenure track, 9 months per year position that reports to the Department Chair for Natural, Social, and Behavioral Sciences. Teaching assignments may include day, evening, and/or weekend classes. This assignment is an on-site position at the University. Full-time faculty are expected to participate fully in departmental activities and hold regular office hours. The faculty member must show evidence of a strong commitment to remain current in Psychology and its instructional program and willingness to incorporate appropriate technology into Psychology instruction. All faculty members must follow the policies and procedures set by the university.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Primary responsibilities and duties are to perform tasks in the area of Psychology that include but are not limited to the following:
- Teach (9 credit hours per semester) some or all lower and higher-level Psychology courses.
- Provide leadership roles in all departmental activities such as participating in new curriculum development, providing mentoring, and advising students. Design and implement relevant and progressive curriculum strategies.
- The successful candidate must have a strong commitment and demonstrate effective teaching strategies.
- Need to plan and develop new classes, prepare course materials, quizzes, exams, assignments, and assist in team-teaching courses.
- Create performance-based assessments aligned with competencies through formative and summative measures.
- Required to advise undergraduate students, establish student research projects, and graduate internships.
- Promote student success through timely communication, growth-based feedback, and implementation of strategies that meet the needs of diverse learners.
- Meet professional expectations by maintaining professional currency and contributing to a collaborative culture across the University.
- Use computers and other modern technologies in the daily classroom setting.
DESIRED CHARACTERISTICS:
- Ability to model integrity through self-awareness, personal accountability, ethical behavior, quality standards, and sustainable practices.
- Ability to think critically by applying problem solving practices, acquiring relevant information, using technology and other resources appropriately, and evaluating alternatives.
- Ability to communicate effectively by speaking and writing clearly, concisely, and professionally; practicing active listening; reading critically and adapting communication for audience.
- Ability to value diversity by recognizing personal biases, adapting to culturally diverse situations, and demonstrating a commitment to equity, inclusion, and respectful interactions with persons of diverse ethnic, cultural, social-economic, or educational backgrounds.
Qualifications:
- Doctorate or other appropriate terminal degree from a regionally accredited college or university in Psychology or a closely related discipline.
- Commitment to high-quality instruction in a student-centered environment.
- Proficiency in active and collaborative learning and use of instructional technology.
- Prior college-level teaching is expected, and online teaching experience is preferred.
- Evidence of success or potential for success in scholarship, grant procurement and publication is expected.
- Experience with Quality Matters standards for online teaching is preferred.
- Employees should have a minimum of three (3) years of experience in teaching.
BEHAVIORAL EXPECTATIONS:
Customer Service Orientation. Proactively develops customer relationships by making efforts to listen to and understand the customer (both internally and externally); anticipates and provides solutions to customer needs; giving high priority to customer satisfaction.
Key Actions:
- Acknowledges the customer.
- Clarifies the customer's needs.
- Meets or exceeds the need.
- Confirms satisfaction.
- Listen and empathize.
- Take responsibility for action.
Impact. Creates a good first impression, commands attention and respect, shows an air of confidence.
Key Actions:
- Speaks with a confident tone of voice.
- Maintains an attentive posture.
- Responds warmly and openly.
- Dresses appropriately.
Initiative. Makes active attempts to influence events to achieve goals; self-starting rather than accepting passively; takes action to achieve goals beyond what is required; being proactive.
Key Actions:
- Be proactive.
- Generate ideas for continuous improvement.
- Seeks opportunities for personal growth and professional development.
- Does more than is required.
Integrity. Maintains and promotes social, ethical, and institutional norms in conducting internal and external business activities.
Key Actions:
- Shares complete and accurate information.
- Fairly represents department and institution's capabilities.
- Maintains confidentiality.
- Adheres to policies and procedures.
- Meets personal commitments and promises.
Teamwork and Collaboration. Works effectively with teams, work groups or those outside formal line of authority (e.g. senior managers) to accomplish institutional goals; takes actions that respect the needs and contribution of others; contributes to and accepts the consensus; subordinates\ own objectives to the objective of the institution or team.
Key Actions:
- Use relationship skills effectively.
o Maintains or enhances self-esteem.
o Listens and responds with empathy.
o Share thoughts, feelings, and rationale.
o Contributes to team or institutional success.
o Exchanges information freely.
- Volunteer ideas and help.
- Builds on the ideas of others.
- Support decisions publicly and privately.
- Put team or institutional goals ahead of individual goals.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES (KSAs):
- The applicant must have excellent oral and written communication skills.
- The applicant must possess skills necessary to work in a multi-cultural environment; must have strong interpersonal, teaching, and leadership skills.
- The applicant must be pedagogically skillful with respect to the planning, teaching, and evaluation of courses, as well as supervision and examination.
- Teaching skills must be well-documented, so that they can be accurately assessed.
- Must be able to integrate computer and media technology into lesson plans.
Edward Waters University values Diversity and is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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