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As part of a diverse community of faculty and staff who represent varying areas of public health, NYIT are seeking instructors for the on-line MPH program to promote our goal of training interdisciplinary public health experts.

The MPH instructors will:

Participate in teaching students in the Masters of Public Health (MPH) program of NYITCOM in the area of their expertise.
• Support the MPH Program and its activities, including academic advising and program advancement.

Responsibilities

• Prepare relevant, insightful, and engaging instructional materials that support learning by NYIT's student population.
• Provide instruction in assigned courses that aligns with NYIT's curricula and outcomes, instructional modalities, course technologies, and faculty expectations.
• Engage and communicate with students to encourage their course participation and learning while maintaining mutual respect and professionalism.
• Maintain accessibility for and provide timely responsiveness to students, academic/faculty leadership, and University staff by telephone, NYIT e-mail, and other appropriate means of communication.
• Establish and maintain weekly office hours for student questions/support.
• Assess student performance on course assignments and provide assignment feedback to support continued student growth and development.
• Maintain appropriate documentation of student course activities.
• Work with appropriate NYIT teams (e.g., advising, academic/faculty leadership, and University staff) and leverage appropriate information to identify and support students who may be exceptional or challenged in their coursework and/or educational endeavors.
• Refer students to appropriate co-curricular and extra-curricular resources (e.g., advising, tutoring, library, learning centers, and career services).
• Participate in and contribute to NYITs MPH Program governance through attendance at appropriate University/college/program meetings and participation in the academic assessment and institutional effectiveness process (including completion of appropriate surveys and participation in continuous improvement initiatives).
• Successfully complete required new faculty certification training, course-specific technology/pedagogical training, annual ethics and information technology policy training, and annual faculty development requirements.
• Provide periodic required documentation of ongoing and updated licensures, certifications, immunizations (as appropriate to the specific college/program), scholarship, and academic/professional experience (e.g., CVs/resumes).
• Work closely with Program Director and/or Lead Faculty (as appropriate).
• Perform other responsibilities and abide by the appropriate policies and procedures contained in NYIT's Faculty Handbook.

Required Skills

• Strong organizational and time management skills, with proficiency in meeting deadlines and urgency in responding to questions/requests.
• Strong interpersonal and oral presentation/written communication skills.
• Proficiency in working effectively, cooperatively, and flexibly in a team environment.
• Proficiency with standard office and mobile applications (i.e., word processing, presentations, e-mail, calendaring, teleconferencing, text messaging, personal computers, and smart phones/tablets).

Experience

• Required: Masters Degree; Preferred: Doctorate in relevant areas
• Experience reflective of an excellent potential to conduct research with the ability to teach undergraduate and graduate courses
• Ability to interact effectively with a wide and diverse range of students and colleagues.
• Well-developed oral and written communication skills in a variety of delivery formats.
• Professional experience in applications of data or business analytics for public health.
• Applicants must show a commitment to excellence in teaching, learning, and student success

Experience teaching online classes (asynchronous and/or synchronous)

New York Institute of Technology is an Equal Opportunity Employer - All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

In compliance with local legislation as well as to provide greater transparency to candidates, the annual base salary range for this position is listed. New York Tech considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate experience/expertise, education/training, key skills, geographic location, internal peer equity as well as market, organizational considerations and/or applicable collective bargaining agreement when extending an offer.