Associate Professor – Professor; FTE

Job Summary

The University of Colorado Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus is a comprehensive urban research university serving more than 28,000 students in metropolitan Denver and online. We award nearly 4,000 degrees each year, including more graduate and professional degrees than any other Colorado public institution.

The University of Colorado Physical Therapy Program seeks a dynamic and visionary faculty member to lead strategic initiatives in faculty development and curricular innovation. This position plays a pivotal role in advancing the program’s mission and competency‑based education (CBE) framework through innovative teaching, assessment, and educational scholarship.

• Provide strategic leadership for faculty development initiatives aligned with the CU PT Program’s mission, strategic plan, program goals, and evolving competency‑based curricular framework.

• Design, implement, and evaluate comprehensive faculty development programs that promote excellence in pedagogy, assessment, instructional design, educator identity formation, and academic integration.
• Lead quarterly faculty development days focused on key areas such as learning theory, competency‑based education, feedback practices, and assessment strategies.
• Develop and oversee a coaching model to support faculty as learner‑centered educators and professional role models.
• Serve as a mentor for selected junior faculty members and provide consultation on educational scholarship projects.
• Develop and maintain a framework for mentorship and the teaching‑track junior faculty member in collaboration with the Chair of the Senior Faculty Committee, Program Directors, and Associate Dean.

• Collaborate with the Section Director of Curriculum, Associate Program Director, and Program Directors to ensure seamless integration of faculty development across curricular and clinical domains.
• Coordinate with the Curriculum Committee, Assessment Committee, and Educational Scholarship Group to align faculty development with curricular goals and student outcomes.
• Facilitate training on assessment practices that support competency acquisition and evidence‑based strategies for identifying learners who require additional academic support.
• Promote faculty understanding of competency frameworks, including sequencing, scaffolding, and mapping competencies to learning outcomes using tools such as EXAAT and national standards (e.g., APTA CBE, ACGME).

• Assist the SDC with cycles of curricular review and implementation aligned with CAPTE re‑accreditation and CBEPT evaluation timelines.
• Support the integration of curricular frameworks such as the movement system, ICF, exercise prescription, and CRAT across courses.
• Assist with integrating competency‑aligned assessment into the curriculum including simulation.
• Manage the annual simulation education budget and provide updates to the Program Directors.
• Serve as Assessment Coordinator in the new CBE model including lead assessment efforts for end‑of‑program competency assessments (Step 4 &
  5).
• Collaborate with SDC and administrative staff to update course titles, descriptions, and credit/contact hour tracking annually.

• Support implementation and refinement of program policies and initiatives that promote student success, including remediation and NPTE preparation.
• Collaborate with program leadership and faculty to update the program remediation policies as needed.

• Maintain a well‑defined area of educational scholarship in accordance with university and accreditation expectations.
• Actively contribute to the CU PT Educational Scholarship Lab.

• Contribute to teaching in the Health Care Delivery and/or Capstone courses or other courses as assigned, integrating faculty development principles into classroom and clinical instruction.

Remote – this role is eligible for a fully‑remote work schedule.

The University of Colorado School of Medicine Physical Therapy Program in the Department of Physical…