Online, Full Time Associate Professor - Medical Coding and Reimbursement

Position Status: Exempt

Reports To: Dean of Instruction, Program Manager, Faculty Administrator

Location: Online Remote. 

Position Summary:

Bryant & Stratton College Online Education instructors will support the college mission by facilitating an active virtual learning classroom through alternative delivery methodologies. Instructors will maintain contemporary knowledge and skills in their discipline to support their expected classroom responsibilities.  Instructors will participate in departmental and campus‑wide activities to support the needs of the student population and Online Education team.

Responsibilities:

• Facilitate/post in discussion (along with managing classroom grading, contacting students, engaging in personalized retention efforts and outreach to support student success, ) a minimum of five days per week, per class, and have at least 100% student-instructor ratio in discussion with quality metrics. Requirements associated with qualitative metrics include:
• Respond to all students’ initial posts with substantive, high-quality, and higher-order questioning while using strategies consistent with the Community of Inquiry Framework and the Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education
• The seven principles are: Encourage contact between students and faculty, Develop reciprocity and cooperation among students, Encourage active learning, Give prompt feedback, Emphasize time on task, Communicate high expectations, and Respect diverse talents and ways of learning.
• Substantive responses must include personalized comments and ask a higher-level thinking question whenever possible.
• Close the loop after asking questions and receiving responses from students
• Post to start the week’s discussion
• Posts with supplemental resources and/or essential questions
• Maintain best practices in online teaching strategies for engaging career college students
• As weeks 1 and 7.5 are shorter, full-time faculty must facilitate/post in discussion over the four days with a minimum of 100% instructor-student interaction with quality metrics. Requirements associated with qualitative metrics include:
• Respond to all students’ initial posts
• Close the loop if a question was asked (instructor) and answered (student)
• Ensure the grade book is updated each week no later than Thursday by 11:59 pm, ET for Weeks 1-6, and 9 am ET Thursday after the last day of class for Weeks 7 and 7.5.
• Review student work, adhere to grading rubrics and provide detailed, individualized feedback.
• If grading is completed early in the week, review the grade book again before the grading deadline to ensure all submissions have been graded and zeroes have been reverted (if applicable).
• Ensure zeroes are entered weekly for students who do not submit assignment(s) by the due date.
• Late work needs to be graded when completing the next round of grading in the class to ensure students have an accurate picture of their standing in the class. It is not to be left until the end of the course.
• Ensure that zeroes are reverted each week for work that was submitted late.
• Utilize active learning strategies, authentic assessment, and APA guidelines in the classroom.
• Encourage student usage of electronic portfolio assignments to support the teaching and learning outcomes of the college.
• Follow the college’s plagiarism policy to promote academic integrity in all courses, no matter what level or subject matter.
• Utilize provided retention tools weekly from Weeks 2-7 to monitor at-risk students, communicate with students and their advisors (observers), and document outreach attempts.
• Comply with all student ADA accommodations provided by the ADA Coordinator
• Ensure high-quality course set up per guidelines each session.
• Understand the college's rigor standards, active learning strategies, best practices in Online teaching, and Bloom’s Taxonomy standards and be able to apply them to the classroom.
• Participate in “walking students to class” in Week 1 every session.
• Devote 2 hours of SSS time every week utilizing provided technologies.
• Use alternative communication tools and technology to provide a highly engaging and interactive learning environment for students.
• Respond to all outreach (email, text, calls, etc.) from students, supervisors, colleagues, etc. within 48-hours. This includes posts in the “Ask Your Instructor” forum in each section.
• Encourage student participation in student survey/faculty evaluation within each course and routinely download and review survey responses after each session.
• Meet final grades deadline for each course each session, which is Thursday after the last day of class at 9:00 am ET.
• Be available to staff until Thursday at noon ET, at the end of every session for final grades.
• Required participation in all synchronous and asynchronous faculty meetings and professional. development opportunities, as scheduled.
• Meet with PM as requested, for coaching, performance improvement, and/or professional development
• Responsible for conducting course rigor audits throughout the year as assigned.
• Adhere to set deadlines for all required administrative duties.
• Participate in campus-wide initiatives in support of recruitment, retention, and graduation goals.
• Maintain current knowledge of teaching discipline, updated credentials, and best practices in Online teaching through professional development opportunities.
• Act as SME per discipline for any curriculum updates or revisions.
• Mentor adjunct faculty, including new hires, when needed.
• Foster an active community with adjuncts in discipline to help identify potential areas of improvement and raise classroom performance across the discipline.
• Each year, faculty are required to attend (either in person or through web conferencing) graduation in-service meeting(s) and ceremony.
• Local faculty are required to attend, in person, the WNY Winter and Fall in-services. All faculty must attend if these are presented virtually.
• Adhere to and uphold all established operational policies and procedures as described in operating documentation (Official Catalog, Faculty Guide, and Associate Guide).
• Complete any other duties as assigned.

 Competencies:

• Promote and model high standards of instructional competence for career college students
• Serve as a brand ambassador for B&SC – promote the college inside and outside of the work environment (through means such as in person graduation attendance, mentoring, participating in curriculum committees, tutoring, referring adjuncts and students to the college, supporting building-based campuses in any capacity, acting as a SME for new or revised course builds, and keeping curriculum contemporary by submitting course support tickets for errors, updates, or ideas)
• Apply the Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education in the classroom and monitor instruction for adherence to these principles
• Use a formal process to provide feedback concerning effectiveness and ways to improve performance
• Participate in professional learning to increase technical competence and to ensure skills and abilities remain aligned with the college’s teaching philosophies
• Identify specific programs aimed at improving instructional programs and practices
• Deliver rigorous and relevant instruction

Other duties, responsibilities and activities may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice.

Qualifications:

• Master’s degree. 
• Required CURRENT certification: CCA, CCS or CCS-P
• Minimum of three years of Online teaching experience with Bryant & Stratton College Online preferred

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

Position requires standing or sitting in a stationary position as well as the occasional need to lift, carry, push, and/or move objects up to 10 pounds.

Position also requires the use of computer technology/equipment.

Position requires the ability to hear conversations and receive information in person and over the telephone.

Position requires the ability to convey detailed and important instructions or ideas accurately, loudly, or quickly.

Application Process: 

Please complete an application, and upload a cover letter, resume, unofficial transcripts, and teaching philosophy for consideration.

Salary:

$52, 000 per year.

Please note that the compensation information is a good faith estimate of the base pay for this position. Information about the total compensation package for this position will be provided during the interview process.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or protected veteran status, or any other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable law. Bryant & Stratton College is an Equal Opportunity Employer.