Overview
The Human Performance Division is seeking to hire an individual to serve as an assistant professor in Health and Physical Education. This will be a tenure-track position with opportunities to serve as the lead professor for the area. The primary responsibilities of this position will be teaching, advising, cultivating partnerships with local schools, student teaching oversight and mentorship, and other duties as assigned by the Chair of Human Performance.
- Faculty are responsible for developing lectures, demonstrations, assignments, and enrichment activities to successfully deliver course content in their academic unit.
- Faculty will teach coursework in various specialties.
- Maintain regular office hours for advising students.
- Participate in events and initiatives aimed at meeting departmental and divisional recruitment and retention goals.
- Accept assignments on committees, sponsor student activities, and actively participate in University life.
- Support the institution’s Christian mission, including attendance a chapel services, scheduled or called meetings, commencement programs, and Faculty Forum meetings.
- Provides a Christian role model for students.
- Maintains a strong interest in the pursuit of knowledge and shares it with students and scholars.
- Promotes the discipline on and off campus and attracts students to the field.
- Maintains contact with alumni and the community.
- Participates in academic unit meetings and cooperates with other members of the Faculty.
- Identifies with professional organizations and professionals of the discipline at all educational levels.
- Assists in recruiting new Faculty members within the academic unit.
- Assists the Dean in the preparation of class schedules and material for the University Bulletin Catalog.
- Knows the Library holdings and deficiencies and plans improvements based on budget allocations.
- Assists in developing syllabi for courses in the discipline.
- Assists in the preparation of requests for foundation grants.
- Assists students by continually monitoring and evaluating students’ progress and making appropriate referrals to academic and personal support services, as necessary, to meet student needs.
- Demonstrates excellence in teaching.
- Serves as an academic advisor.
Qualifications:
- The candidate should have a PhD in Physical Education or Health Education. ABD or master’s degree with significant experience may be considered for the position. Experience teaching face to face and online courses in a college setting is valuable as well as experience advising students. The candidate must display leadership qualities and be able to collaborate with other professors in our division and within the School of Education.
The successful candidate will be expected to teach in both the undergraduate and graduate areas for Health and Physical Education as well as general education courses as needed. Participation in advising, campus service through committee appointments, student teaching oversight, and other duties as assigned.