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CAREER ADVANCEMENT IN The ACADEMIC PHYSICAL THERAPY ENVIRONMENT ( PT/PTA Programs)

CAREER ADVANCEMENT IN The ACADEMIC PHYSICAL THERAPY ENVIRONMENT ( PT/PTA Programs). Who Wants It, Who Gets It, How to Position Yourself for a Successful Decision. Joyce Mac Kinnon, EdD, PT. Professor and Associate Dean School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences

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CAREER ADVANCEMENT IN The ACADEMIC PHYSICAL THERAPY ENVIRONMENT ( PT/PTA Programs)

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  1. CAREER ADVANCEMENT IN The ACADEMIC PHYSICAL THERAPY ENVIRONMENT(PT/PTA Programs) Who Wants It, Who Gets It, How to Position Yourself for a Successful Decision

  2. Joyce Mac Kinnon, EdD, PT • Professor and Associate Dean • School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences • Indiana University on the IUPUI campus

  3. Objectives At then end of the session participants should be able to: • Clearly articulate their terms of hire • List CAPTE accreditation requirements for the academic physical therapy environment of choice • Define the terms: contract renewal, long term contract, promotion, tenure • Describe the usual ranks and progressions associated with the tenure/promotion process and long term contracts • Explain the concept of the criteria for advancement being mobile rather than static

  4. Objectives (cont) • 6. Define scholarship based on the Boyer model (used in CAPTE criteria) • 7. Position themselves for success in career advancement in the academic physical therapy environment of choice.

  5. Letter of Hire What should be included: Start date Length of annual contract Teaching, service and research expectations Rank and tenure status Salary Start up package Method and frequency of assessment Miscellaneous

  6. CAPTE Standards for Core Faculty PT Programs • Contemporary expertise in teaching area • Effective teaching and student eval skills • Scholarly agenda (using the Boyer model) • Record of service • Blend of individuals with doctoral preparation or clinical specialization • At least 50% of core faculty have advanced doctoral degrees

  7. CAPTE Standards for Core Faculty PTA programs • Minimum of 2 full time core faculty • One of which must be a PT • Each qualified by education and experience to fulfill assigned responsibilities • Program director must have a master’s degree or higher

  8. Usual Ranks/Usual Progression • Lecturer • Assistant professor (3/5-6) • Associate professor (5-10) • Full professor • Annual reviews are VERY important!

  9. Tenure • Reciprocal agreement between an individual and an academic unit in which the individual is expected to maintain certain standards of teaching, research and service and in return is provided with academic freedom and economic security

  10. Playing By the Rules

  11. Congruence Between Unit and University Mission and Vision Is your work valued by the unit, school and university?

  12. The Exemplary Faculty Person at a Research Intensive University • PhD • Post doc • External funding as PI from highly respected agency • Publications-highly ranked journals • Cited by others • Excellent teaching evaluations • Meaningful service

  13. Preparation for Success – Tips • Document! • Ask for help • Review successful dossiers • Read guidelines

  14. Boyer’s Scholarship of Teaching, Research and Service • Discovery: development of new knowledge • Integration: bridges disciplines; broader context • Application: use of expertise in applied settings • Teaching: helping students expand their knowledge

  15. Scholarship Assessed • Clear goals • Necessary tools and expertise • Established methodology • Significance of the work • Reflection

  16. Personal Statement • Impact of your work • Specific goal/theme • Consistent with the mission of your unit • Continued education • Dissemination • Continued contribution

  17. Collegiality

  18. Scholarship Documented • Teaching • Research/Creative activity • Service

  19. REFERENCES • Boice R (2000): Advise for New Faculty Members. Needham Heights, MA: Allyn and Bacon. • Boyer EL (1997): Scholarship Reconsidered: Priorities of the Professoriate. Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. • Brookfield SD (1995): Becoming a Critically Reflective Teacher. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. • Bunton SA and Mallon WT (2007): The continued evolution of faculty appointments and tenure policies at US medical schools. Academic medicine, 82(3):281-89. • CAPTE (2013): Evaluation Criteria PTA Programs • CAPTE (2013: Evaluation Criteria PT Programs • Chism NVN (1999): Peer Review of Teaching: A Sourcebook. Bolton, MA: Anker.

  20. References (continued) • Fleming VM, Schindler N, Martin GJ, DaRosa DA (2005): Separate and equitable promotion tracks for clinician-educators. JAMA, 294(9):1101-04. • Glassick CE, Huber MT, Maeroff GI (1997): Scholarship Assessed: Evaluation of the Professoriate. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. • O’Meara KA (2002): Scholarship Unbound: Assessing Service as Scholarship for Promotion and Tenure. Nw York, NY: Routledge-Falmer. • Seldin P (2004): The Teaching Portfolio: A Practical Guide to Improved Performance and Promotion/Tenure Decisions. Bolton, MA: Anker. • Shapiro HN (2006): Promotion and tenure ad the scholarship of teaching and learning. Change: The Magazine of Higher Education, 38(2): 38-43.

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