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Assistant Clinical Professor - Dance/Movement Therapy and Counseling Program

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Drexel is one of Philadelphia's top 10 private employers, a comprehensive global research university and a major engine for economic development in the region. With over 24,000 students, Drexel is one of America's 15 largest private universities. Drexel has committed to being the nation’s most civically engaged university, with community partnerships integrated into every aspect of service and academics.

Job Summary/Overview:

The College of Nursing and Health Professions at Drexel University is pleased to invite applications for a full-time, non-tenure track resident faculty position with primary responsibility to the Dance/Movement Therapy and Counseling MA program in the Department of Creative Arts Therapies opening July 1, 2022 and commencing for the 2022-2023 academic year.

The Dance/Movement Therapy and Counseling Program is an ADTA-approved program that is part of the Department of Creative Arts Therapies, also offering master’s degree programs in Art Therapy and Counseling (ATC), Music Therapy and Counseling (MTC), and PhD program in Creative Arts Therapies. We are committed to advancing diversity and inclusion in our curriculum as well as in the ranks of our faculty, students, and staff and strongly seek applicants who can contribute to the furtherance of these goals. We believe that institutional behavior can disproportionately hurt the most marginalized people in society — including people of color, people from working class backgrounds, gender diverse, LGBTQIA+ and the disabled. We believe that these communities must be centered in the work we do. Hence, we strongly encourage applications from people with these identities or who are members of other marginalized communities. The program uses learner-centered experiential teaching and values creative, progressive, and applied approaches to clinical training, scholarship, and research.

This full-time 12-month faculty position is an integral part of the program team that oversees the master’s education of up to 35 graduate dance/movement therapy and counseling students. This is an opportunity to work in an interdisciplinary department and college, all of which have made a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion and social justice. The position will require teaching master’s level dance/movement therapy courses on our West Philadelphia campus. Primary responsibility will be in student engagement, including course instruction, student advising, assisting the program team with admissions procedures, curriculum coordination, scholarship, and service components. Additional areas of responsibility will be based upon program need. This faculty position reports to the Dance/Movement Therapy and Counseling program director and the Department Chair of Creative Arts Therapies. The ideal candidate will bring the vision and lived experience necessary to serve as a partner with academic and administrative leadership of the department to advance the program into the future.

Essential Functions:
  • Teaching, curriculum, and course development and culminating project courses as assigned by the program director or department chair.
  • Active engagement in scholarship
  • Assist in the programs’ administration including student recruitment, curriculum development and revisions, course evaluation, and raising awareness of the programs’ activities.
  • Serve on committees for the college and university, maintain involvement in appropriate professional organizations
  • Other duties as assigned, to meet program and department needs.
Educational and Experience Requirements

The candidate for the position must meet the following requirements:
  • Expertise and/or lived experience in social and structural determinants of health.
  • Commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, social justice and critical pedagogy
  • Current board certification (BC-DMT) in dance/movement therapy
  • Master’s degree, Dance/Movement Therapy or associated degree.
  • A minimum of 3-5 years teaching experience at the graduate level This could be a full or part time experience in a college or university setting and include both graduate and undergraduate levels, including advisement of culminating and/or thesis projects and a record of teaching excellence using contemporary pedagogy and teaching strategies.
  • A minimum of 5 years of clinical experience
  • Outstanding organizational skills and motivation to assist in DMTC program development
  • Capacity to develop and sustain a program of scholarship in the creative arts therapies.
  • Demonstrated active involvement, membership, and history of service in the dance/movement therapy profession on national or local levels.
  • Expertise and interest in clinical supervision
Strongly Preferred Qualifications:
  • Candidates with an earned doctorate (or ABD near completion) in creative arts therapy, counseling, counselor education, psychology, or a related field.
  • Current state license (LPC) or the equivalent
  • Experience and interest in innovative teaching approaches with technology and distance education
  • Interest and experience in collaborative approaches to program development.
Location

(University City, Center City).

Special Instructions to the Applicant
Include with Application:
  • Cover letter of interest
  • Contact information for three references
  • Curriculum vitae
  • Statement of interest addressing these two points:
    • Teaching interest and philosophy, including examples of how you have infused concepts of social justice, anti-oppressive practice, and/or multiculturalism across your courses and pedagogical strategies (up to 500 words).
    • Clinical practice experience and approach, including how you have infused social justice, anti-oppressive practice, and/or multiculturalism across your practice (up to 500 words).


Application Deadline: Review of applicants will begin once a suitable candidate pool is identified.
All completed applications submitted by December 31, 2021 will be prioritized.

Apply directly through this website: https://careers.drexel.edu/en-us/job/495372/assistant-clinical-professor .

Drexel University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer, welcomes individuals from diverse backgrounds and perspectives, and believes that an inclusive and respectful environment enriches the University community and the educational and employment experience of its members. The University prohibits discrimination against individuals on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, disability, age, status as a veteran or special disabled veteran, gender identity or expression, genetic information, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions and any other prohibited characteristic. Please visit our website to view all University Policies and Workplace Postings. Background investigations are required for all new hires as a condition of employment, after the job offer is made. Employment will be contingent upon the University's acceptance of the results of the background investigation.

Advertised:Nov 14 2021 Eastern Standard Time
Applications close:Jan 31 2022 Eastern Standard Time

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Drexel University

Founded in 1891 in Philadelphia, Drexel is a comprehensive global R1-level research university with a unique model of experiential learning that combines academic rigor with one of the nation’s premier cooperative education programs.

Drexel University is an urban research university that integrates education, scholarship, diverse partnerships, and our global community to address society’s most pressing challenges through an inclusive learning environment, immersive experiential learning, external partnerships, transdisciplinary and applied research, and creative activity. We prepare graduates of diverse backgrounds to become purpose-driven professionals and agents for positive change

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