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Faculty Job Openings

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Adjunct Faculty - Clinical Mental Health Counseling Position

Remote/Online

Exempt

Dean, College of Arts and Sciences (CAS)

Position goal:

The goal for each member of the USW campus community is to believe and live consistently by the principles of the mission of the University. The USW mission is as follows:

 

University of the Southwest is a Christ-centered educational community dedicated to developing men and women for a lifetime of servant leadership by emphasizing individual faith, responsibility, and initiative.

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  • Teaching at University of the Southwest adheres to belief in God, in the Bible as the inspired Word of God, in Jesus Christ as the Son of God, and in the separation of church and state.

  • University of the Southwest strives for excellence in academic curriculum, campus life programming, and student activities in a supportive educational community where freedom of thought and expression is honored and the demonstration of faith in acts of service is encouraged.

  • At University of the Southwest, students are instructed and mentored by a faculty and staff who demonstrate Christ-centered values and maintain an environment where students can live and work cooperatively, valuing the multiple cultures from which they came.

  • As a community of initiative, University of the Southwest challenges graduates to become enterprising members of our society contributing to the common good by advocating and participating in the productive commerce of free enterprise, the constitutional privilege of self-government, and the practical contributions of community service.

Position Summary:

We are seeking applicants for adjunct faculty positions in the Colleges of Arts and Sciences in the Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program.

Essential Functions:

  1. Manage courses and promote program development

  2. Possess professional accomplishments that demonstrate creativity and energy, self-direction, and the ability to work with a highly motivated team

  3. Demonstrate excellence in teaching and a willingness to teach using traditional and distance education technologies

  4. Facilitate/teach assigned courses; online graduate courses

  5. Respond to student phone and email inquiries within 24 hours (48 hours on weekends)

  6. Plan, organize, and inform students of course content, texts, readings, assignments, attendance/participation, methods of evaluation/assessment, including grading scales

  7. Follow through with all directives handed down by the Dean

  8. Submit final course grades to the registrar’s office by the established deadline

  9. Use distance education learning platforms and appropriate digital learning resources

  10. Encourage and support scholarly activity among students

  11. Use technology to enhance teaching, learning, and communicating

  12. Participate in professional development opportunities

  13. Participate in and develop efforts to recruit and retain students

  14. Maintain a high level of professional ethics

  15. Ensure ADA compliance within classes assigned

  16. Carry out all duties with professionalism and cordiality

Other responsibilities:

  1. Perform other related duties as assigned

  2. Participate in campus activities (Residential Faculty)

Education, experience, & skills required:

  1. Doctorate degree in Counselor Education from a CACREP-accredited doctoral program

  2. Must possess a New Mexico professional counselor license, or be eligible to become licensed within the first year of teaching

  3. Possess a variety of work-related skills (e.g., time management skills, collegiality, collaboration, task completion, strong written/oral/technology skills, etc.)

  4. Ability to multi-task, embrace change, organize, and prioritize

  5. Possess effective interpersonal skills

Education, experience, & skills Preferred:

  1. Online teaching experience strongly preferred

  2. Preference for adjunct positions is given to residents of New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Georgia, Virginia, and Idaho

Review of applications or nominees is ongoing. University of the Southwest is an EEO employer. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.

Applications should be submitted via email to Veronica Torrez (vtorrez@usw.edu).

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