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Job type full-time
Full job description
Saybrook university, a non-profit accredited graduate school using a hybrid distance/residential learning model, seeks core faculty in the department of clinical psychology Innovative and progressive applicants are invited to join a distinguished faculty; whose accomplishments reflect the quality and academic achievement of our students and graduatesOur faculty are scholar- practitioners and leaders in their fields and professional associations, like the american psychological association in many of its divisionsFaculty are effective educators, inspiring clinical supervisors, well published scholars, and social activists for changeOur pedagogy includes a rich diverse curriculum with a focus on critical and creative thinking grounded in humanistic principlesIt combines best practices in hybrid online and residential education.
Saybrook students are mature and proficient in the use of advances in technology applied in higher educationWe prepare scholar-practitioners to engage the world in the 21 st century.
Positions start december 1, 2021 or until filled.
Position responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Residential orientation and residential conferences
Supporting on-boarding of new students
Presenting workshops, course introductions, clinical training, and attending meetings
Instruction, course development and syllabus review/updating
Deliver high quality innovative on-line courses that foster critical thinking
Ensure high academic standards and quality aligned with program goals
Coordination of course offerings and catalog documentation
Design innovative, progressive, and clinically responsive courses
Academic advising and mentoring of students
Actively support the socialization of clinical psychology and psychology students into the field
Partner with the department chair and program coordinator
Monitor student matriculation; participate in recruitment and retention of students
Manage the graduate colloquium shell (virtual homeroom) and review student program planning guides
Governance
Active participation in degree and departmental meetings
O serve on degree committee (leadership)
Program representation on university-wide committees as warranted
Participate in the accreditation process
Contribute to strategic planning and programmatic growth
Maintain effective professional and community involvement and/or affiliations as ambassador for university
Position requirements:
Earned phd in psychology or an equivalent
Licensed at the doctoral level for at least (5) years
Previous experience in faculty leadership roles, particularly with regard to curriculum development and working across department
Demonstrated scholarship, clinical practice, and/or accomplishments in the fields of humanistic, existential, and/or transpersonal psychologies
Relevant supervision and teaching experience at the doctoral level (with preference for those with online teaching experience), including supervision of dissertation research
Strong commitment to equity, to diversity, and to multiculturalism in education and in faculty employment.
Clinical experience with ethnically diverse and/or other special populations
Experience teaching and/or developing courses in at least three (3) of the following specialty areas:
Child and/or adolescent therapy
Indigenous psychology and practices
Jungian psychology
Trauma-informed care
Substance use and addiction recovery
Mindfulness
Somatic
Position qualifications:
Strong commitment to the goals and vision of saybrook university
Able to offer on-line instruction regarding diverse theoretical perspectives
Capacity to create a sense of unity and common purpose across disciplines, promoting interdisciplinary accomplishments
Ability to build teams and effective working relationships both within and outside saybrook university
Committed to excellence in teaching, practice, and research
Accomplished clinical practice and supervision in other languages than english (preferred)
Personal attributes:
Critical thinker
Good sense of humor
Systems thinker; collaborative
Affectively honest and open, with a high level of personal integrity
Effective communicator and organizer
Self-starter
Able to meet complex workload demands
Saybrook university offers a generous compensation and benefits packageSome of our key benefits include: paid time-off, medical and dental coverage, company-paid life and disability insurance, retirement plan, and multiple flexible spending accounts (fsa),
Saybrook university is an equal opportunity employer.
About saybrook university:
Saybrook university was founded over 50 years ago by some of the greatest minds of the 20 th century and continues to inspire a new generation of innovatorsA non-profit regionally accredited university known for its commitment to humanistic studies and rigorous research, saybrook university’s academic model puts the student at the center of everything we do to provide a unique, transformational, learning experienceSaybrook offers advanced degrees in organizational systems, psychology, mind-body medicine, and human science, all in flexible learning formats to help students continue to be active contributors to the fields they work in while they advance their educationSaybrook university is proud to be a community of creative, compassionate innovators dedicated to pursing new ways of thinking and doing for our
Professions, organizations, and communitiesFor more information, visit www.saybrook.edu .
Saybrook university offers a generous compensation and benefits package, as well as the opportunity to work for a leader in the field of educationSome of our key benefits include: generous paid time-off, medical and dental coverage, company-paid life and disability insurance, retirement plan with employer contribution, multiple flexible spending accounts (fsa), tuition reimbursement, professional development, and regular employee appreciation events.
Saybrook university is an equal opportunity employer.
