Speech Pathology and Audiology Department Lecturer, Full-time
Speech Pathology and Audiology Department Lecturer, Full-time
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Job Description
Calvin University invites applications for a full-time lecturer position in the area of Speech-Language Pathology beginning in August 2025. The appointment is a 3-year renewable non-tenure-track position.
REQUIREMENTS
The university seeks applicants with vibrant Christian faith who are dedicated to integration of that faith with their field of study.
Applicants must have an earned terminal doctorate (PhD or EdD) in Speech-Language Pathology or a related area. Candidates that are ABD may be considered. ASHA Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology is required. Eligibility for a Michigan State license to practice preferred.
Candidates are expected to demonstrate excellence in teaching a range of courses at both the undergraduate and masters levels. Preference will be given to candidates with experience teaching using a variety of methods and instructional technology. Applicants are required to have excellent interpersonal and English communication skillsin the classroom with colleagues in written work and in listening.
The university will prioritize candidates with broad interdisciplinary interests demonstrated commitment to diversity equity and inclusion ability to integrate questions of meaning significance and ethics into all course content and deep commitment to engaging students beyond the classroom.
RESPONSIBILITIES
The primary responsibility of this position will be teaching undergraduate and graduate courses. The teaching load will be 32 credit hours. There are no expectations of pursuing scholarship or serving on university-wide committees but active participation in the departments faculty activities such as faculty meetings and committees is expected. Candidates will be asked to affirm their commitment to the educational mission of Calvin University as a Christian liberal arts university in the Reformed tradition affiliated with the Christian Reformed Church. (See Educating for Shalom and Faculty Expectations.) Calvin University provides numerous faculty development opportunities to foster growth in these commitments.
ABOUT THE SPEECH PATHOLOGY AND AUDIOLOGY DEPARTMENT
The Speech Pathology and Audiology Department offers a Bachelor of Arts in Speech Pathology and Audiology an accelerated 5-year BA-MA program and an MA in Speech-Language Pathology (on-campus and distance education modalities). The American Speech-Language-Hearing Associations (ASHA) Council on Academic Accreditation accredits the program.
The mission of our program is to prepare students for the vocations of speech-language pathology or audiology within a liberal arts foundation. We specifically seek to provide an academically rigorous program with a Reformed Christian perspective that educates our students to have the essential academic knowledge clinical skills and reflective practices that enable them to enter the professions to become lifelong learners to improve their service to others to be intentional advocates for individuals who have communicative disorders to know appreciate and respect cultural and linguistic traditions in a diverse world and to become successful leaders specifically within the professions of speech-language pathology or audiology and more generally in society.
ABOUT CALVIN UNIVERSITY
Calvin University is a top-ranked national university that equips students to think deeply to act justly and to live wholeheartedly as Christs agents of renewal in the world. Approximately 3600 Calvin students study the liberal arts and select from a broad range of majors and professional programs including a growing portfolio of graduate level offerings. The university is located in Grand Rapids Michigan in a thriving metropolitan region of approximately one million people situated equidistant from Chicago and Detroit. Furthermore the West Michigan region is ranked by Forbes as the #1 place to raise a family. For more information please visit Careers at Calvin Calvin University.
Calvin is building a tradition of diversity and accessibility and welcomes applications from persons whose personal characteristics will further that commitment. Calvin does not discriminate in the employment of individuals on the basis of race color national or ethnic origin disability sex or age. Calvin University is an educational agency of the Christian Reformed Church and in compliance with Title VII and other applicable law reserves the right to give preference in employment based upon religion.
TO APPLY
Complete the online application process and attach the following:
- Letter of application that addresses the requirements and responsibilities of the position including your interest in teaching at a Reformed Christian University
- Full curriculum vitae
- Statement of teaching philosophy
- Names and contact information of three professional references
- If invited to interview official transcripts and proof of ASHA certification must be provided.
Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. Feel free to send questions to Brian Kreisman Department Chair ().
FAITH and EDUCATIONAL COMMITMENT
1. Commitment to the educational mission of Calvin as a Christian liberal arts university affiliated with the Christian Reformed Church.
2. A commitment to the Christian faith and to the integration of faith learning and student development.
DIVERSITY COMMITMENT
Demonstrated awareness and commitment to effectively establishing relationships and positive communication across multiple dimensions of diversity including but not limited to race gender physical limitations class or religious perspectives.
Employment Type
Full-Time
