American Career College · 13 hours ago
Program Director, Physical Therapist Assistant
American Career College is dedicated to advancing lives and empowering communities through education. As the Program Director for the Physical Therapist Assistant program, you will lead the management, planning, and implementation of the program to ensure compliance with accreditation and licensure while supporting faculty and curriculum development.
Higher Education
Responsibilities
Provide leadership in managing, planning, and implementing the Physical Therapy Assistant program in support of American Career College goals in order to assure compliance with programmatic accreditation and/or licensure, internal consistency, and graduate outcomes to meet placement expectations
Participate in curriculum development and coordination, while determining teaching assignments using a blended instructional approach combining face-to-face instruction with on-line instruction (as applicable), selection of faculty, and selection/coordination of program specific external facilities and instruction
Provide professional leadership and support for teaching faculty; serving as a mentor and facilitator for faculty assigned; and enables an environment which fosters creativity, responsiveness, and self-responsibility
Qualification
Required
Minimum of five (5) years (or equivalent), full-time, post licensure experience
Minimum of three (3) years (or equivalent) of full-time clinical experience
Didactic and/or clinical teaching experience
Experience in administration/management
Experience in educational theory and methodology, instructional design, student evaluation and outcome assessment, including the equivalent of nine credits of coursework in educational foundations
Contemporary expertise in assigned teaching areas and demonstrate effectiveness in teaching and student evaluation
Hold a minimum of a master's degree with the appropriate coursework in the subject area required from an institution that is accredited by a regional accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education (USDE)
Current Physical Therapy Assistant (PTA) license or Physical Therapy (PT) license to practice in Texas
Current CPR Card
Benefits
Bonus Eligible