Reports to the Dean/ Program Director, Speech Language Pathology. The Director of Clinical Education oversees the development, management and administration of the clinical education curriculum, including planning, development, delivery, evaluation, maintenance of accreditation, and commitment to strategies for clinical skills development. Helps to ensures program compliance according to regional as well as programmatic accreditation requirements. Responsible for appropriate management and communication of all experiential learning sites, relationships, policies and procedures. Participates in clinical curriculum development and coordination, determination of, supervision and evaluation of clinical educators, design and operation of clinical facilities, and clinical educator assignments and instruction. Provides professional leadership and support for teaching faculty; serves as a mentor and facilitator for faculty assigned; and enables an environment which fosters creativity, responsiveness, and self-responsibility. Ensures quality learning experience for students during clinical education; evaluates students' cohort performance and their ability to integrate didactic and clinical learning experiences and to progress within the curriculum. Educates students, clinical and academic faculty about clinical education; ensures that the clinical learning environment demonstrates characteristics of sound patient management, professional behavior, and currency with physical therapy practice; ensures that the clinical education program maximizes available resources. Has administrative, academic, service, and scholarship responsibilities consistent with the mission and philosophy of the academic program and University. This is a remote position that requires the ability to travel our Dallas and California campus location clinical intensives experiences that extend four days at a time. There will most likely be three trips per year.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

• Plans, organizes, and implements the clinical education component of the master's degree program in Speech-Language Pathology in accordance with the accreditation standards and requirements of the Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology (CAA).
• Researches and develops an approved clinical education curriculum to meet degree requirements. Ensures the development and consistency of syllabi, textbooks, learning outcomes, etc. across the program.
• Trains academic faculty, clinical educators, and preceptors to provide an innovative clinical education curriculum during clinical intensive experiences on-campus and in virtual learning environments.
• Holds period meetings with clinical educators and preceptors to coordinate clinical experiences requirements and skill development for students.
• Participates as part of Campus programmatic meetings, collaborates with colleagues to ensure positive student outcomes and persistence.
• Develops program policies and procedures related to the clinical education, clinical progression, and graduation standards, ensuring all are reviewed and approved by the Dean.
• Participates and consults in the ongoing systematic development, implementation, and evaluation of Speech- Language Pathology program to achieve licensure pass rates according to organizational goals.
• Collaborates with Dean to complete all required reports in order to maintain approval, obtain new approvals, and/or continue positive candidacy status.
• Oversees development and implementation of a program strategic plan as necessary to fulfill goals and plans of the Speech-Language Pathology Program.
• Assesses and makes recommendations for programmatic improvements following the defined processes and protocols. Actively engage in the preparation for the annual �Learning Outcome Review� process, ensuring sufficient learning outcome and other required clinical skills/value data are gathered on a timely basis, input into appropriate templates and reviewed in a highly collaborative fashion with faculty. Makes recommendations for action plans based upon concise presentation of evidence, findings, and conclusions for the clinical curriculum.
• Leads in the process of new clinical course development and assures quality outcomes and consistent implementation.
• Works effectively with students and staff of varied cultures, socioeconomic backgrounds and ages, and interacts successfully as a member of an educational team.
• Serves as a member of the program advisory board comprised of inter-professionals who work in the healthcare and who can contribute to the ongoing evaluation of program currency and relevance.
• Represents the program with both internal and external constituents.
• Ensures consistency of practice, protocols, and processes with respect to program's clinical practices.
• Serves on a program and university committees as needed.
• Ensures processes are in place to track, monitor and record student completion and/or outcomes of clinical skills and values to develop entry-level speech-language pathology professionals.
• Monitors and analyzes student attrition and retention data and works with other campus leaders to develop initiatives that can be implemented to improve retention.
• Recruits and selects qualified clinical faculty in conjunction with the Dean. Interviews, selects, trains, counsels and evaluates clinical faculty to ensure effective support of the program. Serves as a mentor and facilitator to clinical as well as academic faculty to meet the programmatic objectives.
• Establishes, maintains and reports on start-up and ongoing budget
• Provides leadership for the clinical education of the Speech-Language Pathology Program to promote quality education for the student.
• Participates and consults in the ongoing systematic development, implementation, and evaluation of
• Speech- Language Pathology program to achieve licensure pass rates according to organizational goals.
• Develops, organizes and performs ongoing evaluations of the Speech-Language Pathology Program on the following:
• Clinical course and practicum evaluations
• Clinical educator evaluation
• Clinical outcomes
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Preferred Education, Certifications and Licensures

• A Ph.D. in Speech-Language Pathology, Communication Sciences & Disorders or Ed.D. is preferred.

Preferred Experience and SkillsRequired Education, Certifications, and Licensures

• Graduate degree with an emphasis in Speech-Language Pathology or Communication Sciences & Disorders is required
• Degrees must be awarded by an institution that is accredited by a USDE-recognized regional accrediting body.
• Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology (CCC-SLP).
• Must have licensure as a Speech-Language Pathologist in the state of residence.
• Must meet and maintain the qualifications and standards set forth by any accreditation body that West Coast University is accredited by or in the process of obtaining accreditation from, for area of expertise and expectations of faculty members as outlined in regulatory documents and any professional certifications deemed necessary to meet the requirements of the teaching role.

Required Experience and Skills

• Minimum five years of clinical supervision of speech-language pathology students at a clinical site or in higher education.
• Minimum of five years in the field of speech-language pathology, including documented clinical practice.
• At least one year of experience in a full-time academic appointment with teaching responsibilities at the post-secondary level.
• Leadership knowledge of clinical skills to cultivate a learner-centered environment and to foster excellence.
• Knowledge of accreditation standards.
• Experience and demonstrated proficiency with MS Office Suite and other relevant software
• Knowledge of applicable databases and computer application systems to supply the most accurate information and reports and projections.
• Ability to travel as required for clinical intensives and other meetings

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