SCH OF COMM SCI & DISORDERS - Chair-Communication Sciences & Disorders

Job Classification

  Faculty Administrative

Position summary

Reporting to the Dean of the College of Health and Human Services (CHHS), the Chair has responsibility for the overall operations in the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD), which includes undergraduate and graduate programs. The Chair maintains the accreditation of the programs, development and maintenance of the evaluation plan, curriculum review, organization of division projects, faculty development, and the self-study report.

Qualifications summary

• Doctorate degree in CSD or a doctorate degree in a health-related field, leadership, or education with a master’s degree in Speech Language Pathology.


• Associate Professor.


• License/ eligibility to practice Speech Language Pathology in Michigan.


• Three years of experience practicing Speech Language Pathology.


• Five years of college teaching experience.


• Demonstrated scholarly activities.

Must be a Seventh-day Adventist in good and regular standing.

Duties and responsibilities

Policy Developer and Supervisor

• Interprets school and university administrative policy, considering the needs of the education programs in the School of CSD.


• Establishes the School of CSD’s policy in consultation with program directors and faculty.


• Supervises the admissions process and administers student admissions policies.


• Develops and upgrades the School of CSD’s student handbook.


• Produces the School of CSD’s bulletin copy.

Performance Evaluation & Advocate

• Acts as faculty advocate to higher administration.


• Evaluates the performance of core faculty and staff to aid in determining raises and to establish personal goals for their professional development in teaching, scholarly and service activities, tenure and promotion.


• Generates timely reports relating to credentials, tenure and advancement in rank.


• Evaluates the performance of adjunct and supporting faculty.

Financial Manager

• Assures adequate financial resources for the security and sound operation of viable School of CSD’s education programs for ÀÏ˾»ú´«Ã½.


• Establishes the School of CSD’s budget in consultation with the program directors and faculty.


• Approves travel and expense reports.


• Monitors CSD’s budget.

Academics & Accreditation

• Schedules courses and assigns faculty teaching loads.


• Annual teaching load as agreed upon with the Dean of the College of Health and Human Services.


• Schedules classes, labs and other program functions.


• Monitors and adjusts academic standards and curriculum content.


• Monitors accreditation issues and assigns appropriate responsibilities to assure compliance.


• Monitors accreditation standards for the programs.


• Function as the liaison with accrediting agencies, clinical facilities, and professional groups.

Research

• Encourages faculty research/ publications and creative scholarship/ practice.


• Encourages student research/ publications and creative scholarship/ practice.

Enrollment, Recruitment and Professional Affiliations

• Works with the CHHS Enrollment Coordinator and Enrollment Services to develop an annual marketing plan.


• Monitors enrollment, progression, and performance of CSD students and communicates pertinent information to the Dean of CHHS.


• Serves as liaison or appoints a liaison to professional organizations, state agencies, and other educational entities.

Supervisory responsibilities

• Provide guidance to faculty, staff, and student workers (as applicable) in the conducting of required functions and responsibilities.

 

Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Doctorate degree in CSD or a doctorate degree in a health-related field, leadership, or education with a master’s degree in Speech Language Pathology.


• Associate Professor.


• License/ eligibility to practice Speech Language Pathology in Michigan.


• Three years of experience practicing Speech Language Pathology.


• Five years of college teaching experience.


• Demonstrated scholarly activities.


• Member in good standing of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• PhD


• Experience with accreditation of Speech Language Pathology.  

Must be a Seventh-day Adventist in good and regular standing.

Technical competencies

Current knowledge and experience in the use of information and computer applications and learning management systems

 

Interpersonal interactions

• Excellent oral and written communication skills


• Collegial


• Ability to establish and maintain rapport with faculty and staff in an academic and professional environment


• Must be comfortable working with diverse faculty, staff, and students.

Physical demands

The employee is occasionally required to lift up to 25 pounds unless otherwise specified in the job description.

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the duties and responsibilities of this job.

 

Work environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to communicate professionally in person, over the telephone, through email and other electronic means, move about the office or school, handle various types of media and equipment, and visually or otherwise identify, observe and assess. The noise level in the work environment is low to moderate.