Employment at NESA
Part Time Faculty (Two Positions) - Click here to Download a PDF of the Listing
Scope of Position
Responsible for teaching and research in the field of acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (AOM). Provides leadership in the development of the AOM profession. Serves as key advisor to the Academic Dean on academic affairs. This position is structured as a part-time position for a minimum of 20 hours/week and is eligible for pro-rated benefits.
| Reports to: | Department Chair |
| Peers: | Adjunct faculty and professional staff |
| Direct Reports: | None |
Responsibilities
Leadership:
- Contribute to and support NESA's strategic goals and objectives
- Envision need for continuous improvement in AOM curriculum consistent with development of the profession and evolving professional standards
- Anticipate need for continuous improvement in quality and consistency of teaching
Teaching:
- Responsible for teaching key courses consistent with leadership in AOM
- Involved with teaching and curriculum development continuously, in masters program and through Continuing Education
- Demonstrate command of subject expertise
- Provide effective course design and teaching methodology
- Provide intellectually challenging and skillful classroom performance, demonstrating ability to evoke and broaden student's interest in the subject
- Demonstrate excellence in teaching, based on student, peer, and administrative evaluations
- Respond to current developments in the discipline
Research:
- Participate in generation of research hypotheses and strategies that contribute to new knowledge of AOM
- Contribute to research proposals that leverage NESA's expertise and create new opportunities
Student Services:
- Collaborate with Department Chair, Director of Admissions, Director of Student Affairs, and Academic Affairs Coordinator/Registrar regarding all aspects of student satisfaction
- Interview and evaluate applicants for admission
- Directly advise students
- Mentor students to promote academic success and preserve quality of life
- Participate in disciplinary and grievance proceedings for students
Academic Administrative:
- Participate in faculty committees
- Participate in key events in NESA community, e.g., full faculty and department meetings, open houses, research seminar series, Alumni Day, orientation, graduation
Qualifications
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| Personal Characteristics | Dedication to AOM, integrity and ability to quickly gain credibility and trust, high quality standards, sound judgment, sense of humor, flexibility |
Proposals for Faculty Positions
Applicants are encouraged to submit proposals for these faculty positions that fulfill criteria for participation in teaching, research, and scholarship, with personal goals & objectives. All applicants will be expected to provide student and administrative services outlined above.
Teaching
Faculty members are expected to carry significant teaching responsibilities for key courses in the curriculum, consistent with experience, rank, and leadership goals. In general, the ability to teach two didactic courses each term, or a combination of didactic and clinical courses, with demonstrated excellence, is required.
The AOM curriculum is traditionally taught using extensive lecture and memorization. For our younger, more academically adept students, who are accustomed to more active, and interactive learning styles, adaptations to our traditional methods are necessary. Leadership in teaching encompasses strategies to raise the level of academic rigor in the curriculum, to create innovative teaching materials that assist active learning, and to make use of educational technologies such as hybrid learning. Faculty leaders who are able to learn methods of program assessment and help other teachers as well will be very helpful. Changes in medical education involving evidence-based medicine (EBM) define learning experiences that are strongly focused in clinical experiences. Teaching that incorporates standards of evidence-based medicine, such as problem- or case-based learning and evaluation of research articles, is highly desirable. Teaching that helps prepare acupuncturists to work in IM settings as part of a primary care team is highly desirable. Subject expertise in acupuncture that is highly accomplished, nationally recognized or distinguished, and that helps promote scholarship in AOM, is highly desirable.
Research
Promotion of research is a fundamental part of NESA's mission, requiring support of all faculty and staff, and is not isolated in the Research Department. Leadership in acupuncture research depends on the contributions of clinicians and scholars of AOM. NESA faculty will greatly benefit from faculty development efforts to create a pool of knowledgeable teachers/practitioners who can participate in hypothesis generation, literature review, and clinical research on acupuncture mechanism and efficacy. Research knowledge needs to be summarized, synthesized, and integrated into the AOM curriculum so that graduates of NESA will be able to speak and write knowledgably about acupuncture from the biomedical perspective.
Evidence of scholarship may be demonstrated by:
- Contributions to research proposals
- Publications in peer-reviewed journals
- Contributions to scholarly books
- Participation in clinical research
- Presentation of papers at professional meetings
- Supervised research by students leading to publications or presentations at professional conferences
Scholarship in AOM
NESA faculty should expect to make significant contributions to AOM scholarship through clinical practice and teaching of subject expertise in acupuncture. Publication in peer-reviewed journals as a form of communication with colleagues is strongly encouraged.
Please contact Meredith St. John if interested in the position or to apply.
More information: PT_faculty_finalpost.doc.pdf
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