[Hiring] Behavioral Sciences Faculty Mentor @Perdoceo Education Corporation

Role Description

Faculty Mentors have an academic responsibility to aid Learners in achieving their educational objectives using relevant tools, resources, and materials incorporating learner needs and real-world contexts. Faculty Mentors also support course, program, and institutional educational outcomes using proper instructional and assessment strategies. Faculty Mentors must be able to provide effective and responsive academic instruction, counseling, and mentoring verbally and in written form.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Facilitate courses
• Serve on doctoral committees as chair/member
• Assist Dean in creating and/or revising course content, syllabi, and/or related materials as assigned
• Participate in learner-related activities
• Engage in curriculum reviews
• Assess learners
• Engage in university and programmatic assessment activities
• Support the university in all accreditation activities
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Dean
• Respond to discussion posts and Learner inquiries within 48 hours
• Provide substantive feedback within 3 calendar days of due date/submission date for assignments (7 calendar days for doctoral project assignments)
• Submit final grades within 3 calendar days of the course end date
• Demonstrate expert knowledge in one’s discipline while facilitating learning spaces
• Adhere to the ethical standards and policies of the university
• Attend university and school events, meetings, and trainings as needed
• Demonstrate the ability to work with diverse student populations
• Demonstrate effective problem-solving skills during verbal and/or written communications
• Teach courses and deliver instruction in any or all programs for the department (BA, MA, MS and PsyD) as assigned
• Maintain gradebooks and other documentation within Canvas
• Use CalSouthern email account or Canvas for all email communications
• Conduct proactive outreach to engage learners to support learner retention and progression
• Actively engage learners in discussion forums
• Respond to learners within the specified timeframes
• Supply constructive, substantial, and prompt feedback and assessment of submitted materials
• Inform Dean of learner concerns, including academic integrity violations
• Inform Academic Advisor of learner concerns
• Engage in ethical grading practices and submit grades per university policies
• Mentor and support adjunct mentors
• Engage in course development, review, and revision processes as assigned
• Participate in faculty governance/committees and/or university/school committees
• Engage in scholarly and/or professional research practices
• Engage in community service activities or demonstrate community engagement
• Participate in both institutional and programmatic accreditation activities

Qualifications

• Terminal degree from an institutionally/regionally accredited institution in Clinical psychology, counseling, marriage and family therapy, or other related behavioral science discipline
• Active license in good standing: Licensed Clinical Psychologist
• Ability to analyze and interpret general periodicals, professional journals, and technical material related to the academic discipline, and University policies and procedures
• Ability to prepare reports, business correspondence, and develop syllabi
• Ability to effectively present information both written and verbally
• Minimum of three years of online teaching experience and experience with learning management systems
• Experience with Canvas LMS is preferred
• Proficiency with Office 365 (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel), Microsoft Teams and Zoom
• Ability to apply basic mathematical concepts to practical situations
• Strong understanding of parametric and nonparametric quantitative analyses
• Ability to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to a wide range of problems
• Ability to deal with nonverbal symbolism such as formulas, scientific equations, and graphs

Requirements

• Regularly talk and actively listen
• Occasionally required to stand and reach with hands and arms
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision and color vision
• Provide a workspace that is safe and conducive to a business atmosphere

Supervisory Responsibilities

The Mentor position does not have any supervisory responsibility.