Academic Leader for Physical Therapy Program

4 days ago


Dallas, Texas, United States Texas Womans University Full time
Job Description

Associate Director, School of Physical Therapy- Houston

Texas Woman's University (TWU) is seeking a dynamic Associate Director for its highly ranked School of Physical Therapy- Houston campus. With programs on the Dallas and Houston campuses, the School of Physical Therapy offers DPT and PhD programs, as well as residency programs in neurology and women's health, and recently completed its DPT re-accreditation.

The Associate Director advises and assists the Director in planning and implementing the goals for the School. The Associate Director- Houston is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the School on the Houston campus. The Associate Director assumes the duties of the Director in the absence of the Director. This is a 12-month, full-time position.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Strategic Leadership: Advises and assists the Director in carrying out School initiatives.
  • Faculty and Staff Management: Recommends new faculty/staff appointments, contributes to the School through teaching, research, and service activities, assigns faculty workload according to university policy, supervises staff (SLL coordinators, office staff), and assigns administrative tasks to faculty as needed.
  • Campus Operations: Creates campus-specific goals, conducts campus faculty meetings, prepares campus-specific reports, maintains campus-specific equipment and supplies, and conducts faculty and staff performance reviews and submits to Director for input.
  • Student Affairs: Follows University and School policies for student enrollment, tracking student progress, student appeals, and program completion, and orients new faculty, staff, and students to the campus and the School.
  • Faculty Development: Promotes faculty development and scholarship activity and maintains budgetary oversight/approval authority of all campus-related budgets.
  • Student Support: Conducting periodic class meetings with each group of entry-level students to advise them of events and procedures pertinent to their academic program.
Minimum Qualifications:
  • Demonstrated academic leadership and collaboration skills.
  • An earned research doctorate and the ability to be tenured at the Associate or Full Professor rank.
  • Eligible for Texas licensure in Physical Therapy.
  • Member of APTA.
Preferred Qualifications:
  • Demonstrated record of mentoring of PhD students, experience with CAPTE accreditation or program/curricular development, and grant writing experience.

TWU's Houston Center is a state-of-the-art, 10-story, 202,000 square-foot campus in one building. It houses the School of Physical Therapy, right in the heart of the Texas Medical Center. TWU is currently the only PT program located in Houston.

About Us

Texas Woman's University is the nation's largest university system focused on women and a federally recognized Hispanic-Serving Institution. TWU is situated approximately 30 miles north of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex and is home to approximately 16,433 graduate and undergraduate students across three campuses; Denton, Dallas, and Houston respectively. This diverse academic student community is guided by faculty committed to excellence in teaching, scholarship, and service. TWU is ranked among the nation's top ethnically diverse institutions according to U.S. News & World Report (2022).



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