Masters of Occupational Therapy Instructor - FT40

Instructor Responsibilities

Instructors are responsible for leveraging their expertise to deliver education services to students through:

• Preparing course plans and materials
• Delivering courses
• Monitoring progress/attendance
• Advising students
• Recording grades and submitting reports

Education, Experience, and Training

• Faculty who are occupational therapy practitioners and teaching occupational therapy content must be currently licensed or otherwise regulated in the state or jurisdiction as an occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant in the United States jurisdiction.
• The faculty must have a license in the state where the program is located if required by the state's jurisdiction or must be otherwise regulated in the jurisdiction as an occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant.
• Faculty who are not occupational therapy practitioners and teaching in the occupational therapy program must be licensed or otherwise regulated as required by their profession.
• The majority of full-time faculty who are occupational therapy practitioners teaching in the program must hold a doctoral degree.
• All faculty must hold a minimum of a master's degree. All degrees must be awarded by an institution that is accredited by a USDE-recognized institutional accrediting agency. The degrees are not limited to occupational therapy.