Category:: Faculty
Department:: Mental Health Counseling
Locations:: Fort Myers, FL
Posted:: Mar 8, 2022
Closes:: Open Until Filled
Type:: Exempt
Position ID:: 143743

About Hodges University:

Live and work in paradise!

Hodges University is located in sunny, Ft. Myers, Florida on the southwest Florida Gulf Coast. The region is home to over 1 million year-round residents who take advantage of entertainment options as diverse as shelling on Sanibel Island or Swamp Buggy Racing in Naples, Airboat rides in the Everglades or Art Shows on Fifth Avenue, Fine dining on cuisine from all over the world or fishing for your own fresh catch, world-class golfing or Warm Mineral Springs, the Ferry to Key West or the Edison/Ford Winter Estates, and the REVS Institute for Automotive Research and Historical Study or the Rodeo in Arcadia. Our economy is among the more diversified in the state and our region continues to grow.

Hodges University is a dynamic, entrepreneurial institution of higher education that espouses the non-traditional, not just in the students we serve but in the opportunities we leverage. We offer workforce-focused certificates and degrees in areas such as Clinical Healthcare, Business, Psychology, and Information Technology. We are the region's first federally-designated Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) and offer a robust English as a Second Language program - on campus, online, and in satellite locations. All of our learning environments are TEC-enabled, which means, for the majority of classes, students can pick both how and when they go to class - in person, online, or virtual - each time the class meets!

Job Description:

Have you earned a doctoral degree in Counselor Education? Are you a licensed Mental Health Professional who has at least three years of teaching experience, and are passionate about sharing your knowledge and clinical experiences with the next generation of CMHC students?

If so, this might be a wonderful opportunity for you!

In this position, you will exercise some autonomy in how the region's future clinical mental counselors are trained. At Hodges University, you will have a chance to work collaboratively with a dedicated team of supportive faculty, staff, and administrators who understand the changing landscape of higher education and the unique needs of diverse adult students.

Reporting to the Executive Vice President of Academic Affairs and Provost, as the next Program Director, you will be encouraged as you grow the program and bring a fresh perspective to the profession and the institution. As such, you will have an opportunity to exercise an entrepreneurial spirit of accomplishments that comes with generating outsized returns on your investment of time, expertise, and devotion. This position is being considered as either a combination of remote and campus-based, or all remote with limited travel to the campus to support student residency, commencement, re-accreditation, institutional functions, etc. The primary focus of this position is administrative management and teaching online classes.

The Program Director will:

• Serve as the administrator with the authority and responsibility for the promotion, development, and administration of the Program to include faculty, curriculum, scheduling of classes, accreditation, and program development.
• Provide leadership in student enrollment and retention goals.
• Champion the program's educational goals, objectives, and compliance with specialized programmatic accreditation.
• Evaluate student performance while motivating and advising students.
• Generate and respond to requests for Program reports.
• Direct and participate in educational planning including staffing, training, evaluating, and supervising full-time and part-time faculty.

Specific Duties:

1. To be courteous to students at all times and service the needs of the students to prepare them for the professional world of work and participation in contemporary life.
2. To post and maintain office hours in accordance with school policy.
3. To supervise Program Academic Advising to students by monitoring student course selection and the registration process.
4. To attend course selection and scheduling meetings as required and assist in course selection and scheduling of classes and instructors each semester.
5. To review program syllabi for each course within the program each semester.
6. To develop program objectives and assessment methods for program improvement.
7. To select the textbook and materials for each course offered within the program annually and submit a list of those selections to the Bookstore Manager in a timely manner.
8. To review the curriculum as needed, but at least once every three years, and provide a report including any suggested changes to the Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty.
9. To conduct department meetings with instructors, attend graduation ceremonies, and participate as directed by the Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty.
10. To participate in the Planning Council and implement the institutional effectiveness processes for effective planning and assessment of program goals and objectives, including those required by the University's regional accreditor (SACSCOC) and the programmatic accreditor (CACREP).
11. To evaluate program faculty as needed, but at least every other year, and provide a copy of the evaluation to the Office of Academic Affairs.
12. To advise the Admissions Department of changes within the program and/or the career/profession.
13. To conduct advisory board meetings as needed, but at least once a year, and actively participate with the board.
14. To prepare a proposed budget each year for the following year and submit it to the Executive Vice President of Administrative Operations on or before May 1, or as otherwise directed.
15. To assist the Registrar with registration activities.
16. To perform other duties as assigned by the Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs, including but not limited to, committees, meetings, and public relations.
17. To handle inquiries from prospective students and provide information and guidance.
18. To attend department meetings and student recognition ceremonies, as required, including the graduation ceremony.

Requirements:

Requirements:

1. Candidates must have earned doctoral degrees in counselor education, preferably from a CACREP-accredited program, or have a related doctoral degree and have been employed as full-time faculty member in a counselor education program for a minimum of one full academic year before July 1, 2013.
2. The candidate must also be licensed in the state in which they are located.
3. Candidates should be familiar with the CACREP standards and have a working knowledge of how these standards serve as a guideline to course content.
4. Clinical practice experience in the field as well as 3 years of experience teaching predominately graduate courses in counseling education at the university level is required.

Additional Information:

Employment Disclaimers:

Hodges University is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, or any other protected characteristics under the law in its hiring practices. All offers of employment are conditioned on the successful completion of a background check and in some cases, a drug test.

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To the extent, the General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR") is applicable to the applicant, the applicant must consent to the processing of my Personal Data as defined by the GDPR for the purposes outlined and provided for in Hodges' policies, as amended from time to time. The applicant must understand that in certain circumstances, the applicant has the right to object to the processing of their own Personal Data. The applicant must further understand that he/she has the right to request (1) access to his/her Personal Data; (2) rectification of mistakes or errors and/or erasure of own Personal Data; (3) that Hodges restrict processing of his/her Personal Data; and (4) that Hodges provide his/her Personal Data upon request in a portable format.

Application Instructions:

Application Instructions:

Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled.

Applicants must submit the following information:

1. Letter of interest that addresses the required qualifications.
2. Curriculum Vitae.
3. Contact information for three professional references (name, title, address, phone number, email address). Applicants will be notified before references are contacted.
4. Unofficial college transcripts. Official transcripts will be required upon hire.