Founding Occupational Therapy Program Director and Associate or Full Professor

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**MEMBERS ONLY**SIGN UP NOW***. (UM) is pleased to announce the launching of an Occupational Therapy Doctoral Program (OTD) and invites applications and nominations for the full-time, tenure-track position of
Founding Occupational Therapy Program Director and Associate or Full Professor
. The Director of the Occupational Therapy Doctoral Program (OTD) will work closely with the School of Speech, Language, Hearing, and Occupational Sciences Chair to develop and implement the OTD program. The Program Director will be responsible for curriculum development, equipment acquisition, and faculty and staff recruitment and hiring, as well as teaching and scholarly responsibilities. The director is also responsible for attaining and maintaining accreditation with the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE). The director will pursue academic excellence within the program by providing program leadership, promoting the program and enhancing its visibility, assisting with recruiting and retaining students, and managing the day-to-day logistics of the program.
The Occupational Therapy Doctoral Program (DOT) is being designed to meet accreditation standards established by ACOTE and slated to accept the first cohort of students in the fall of 2024. The OTD Program is part of University of Montana’s College of Health that houses the School of Speech, Language, Hearing & Occupational Sciences (SLHOS). The College of Health has a strong tradition of supporting outstanding teaching research and scholarship to promotion interprofessional health programming and is home to the health professions training programs of Physical Therapy, Social Work, Pharmacy, and the SLHOS School. The SLHOS School houses the speech-language pathology MS, PhD, and undergraduate programming in addition to the new DOT program. The SLHOS School was developed to support the OTD launch and related faculty development and provides an ideal home for interprofessional academic training, clinical, and research activities.
About the School of Speech, Language, Hearing, and Occupational Sciences
The School of Speech, Language, Hearing, and Occupational Sciences is accredited through the Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology and offers the following programs: (1) a Ph.D. doctoral degree in Speech and Hearing Sciences, (2) a Master’s of Science (MS) degree in Speech-Language Pathology, (3) a bachelor’s degree in Communicative Sciences and Disorders, (4) a Post-baccalaureate Leveling Certificate, (5) and a Speech-Language Pathology Assistant (SLPA) certificate. An occupational therapy graduate program will be launched in the near future. The School currently has 6 tenured/tenure-track faculty members, 6 non-tenure track clinical assistant professors in speech, language, and hearing sciences, and additional academic and clinical adjuncts. The School currently has approximately 3 PhD students, 70 master’s students, 115 undergraduate majors, 70 leveling students, and 40 SLPA students. SLHOS faculty deliver content via direct, campus-based course instruction, synchronous online instruction, and asynchronous online instruction. Faculty direct active research labs and conduct rigorous research in addition to commitment to the scholarship of teaching. In addition, faculty are committed to innovative clinical training programs conducted through the on-campus DeWit RiteCare Speech, Language, Hearing Clinic. SLHOS faculty foster and enjoy interprofessional research and training collaborations across international, regional, and campus partnerships.
Required Qualifications
Candidates for the position of core faculty member of School of SLHOS as Associate or Full Professor and Program Director must possess the following:
Certification as an occupational therapist. Applicants must be registered by NBCOT and must be eligible for an OT license for the State of Montana
Doctoral degree awarded by an institution that is accredited by a regional accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Prefer PhD, but will consider OTD
A minimum of 8 years
of documented experience in the field of occupational therapy including:
Clinical practice as an occupational therapist
Administrative experience including, but not limited to, program planning and implementation, personnel management, evaluation, and budgeting
Scholarship experience (e.g., scholarship of application, scholarship of teaching and learning)
Have an understanding of the OT assistant appointment
A minimum of 3 years
of experience in a full-time academic appointment with teaching responsibilities
Possess strong interpersonal and communication skills and commitment to excellence in teaching students
Excellent oral, written, and interpersonal skills including the ability to work with diverse populations
Ability to teach independently in a graduate clinical program
Capable of acquiring extramural funding
Ability to learn and apply new technologies
Ability to collaborate with professionals in academic and clinical settings; team-oriented
About UM and Missoula
**MEMBERS ONLY**SIGN UP NOW***. is a unit of the Montana University System with approximately 12,000 undergraduate and graduate students and 500 full-time faculty members. It is located in Missoula, a culturally vibrant community of about 70,000 people, surrounded by mountain grandeur which was recently ranked in the “top 20 best college towns with a population of less than 250,000” by the American Institute for Economic Research and ranked 9th in Outside Magazine’s “The 16 Greatest Places to Live in America” in 2014. National publications recognize Missoula for its excellent quality of life. Abundant recreational opportunities in surrounding state and national forests and nearby Glacier National Park and Yellowstone National Park complement a thriving intellectual atmosphere.
**MEMBERS ONLY**SIGN UP NOW***. is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer with an eye on creating success for every employee by appreciating the uniqueness that each person brings to the workplace. UM strongly encourages applications from qualified women, minorities, veterans, and individuals with disabilities. This position is eligible for disability and veterans' preferences in accordance with Montana State Law.
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