Instructor Pool - Physical Therapy

Instructor Pool - 2025/2026:
Physical Therapy Please see Special Instructions for more details.

Applications will be considered throughout the  Academic Year.

When applying you will be required to attach the following electronic documents:

• Curriculum Vitae;
• A Cover letter indicating how your qualifications and experience have prepared you for this position;
• A statement of teaching;
• Oregon Physical Therapist License or statement of eligibility for licensure in Oregon (upload as License or Certification
  1). The online application system will allow you to attach your license/certification if the PDF file is 9MB or less. If over 9MB in size, submit to contact person listed below.

You will also be required to submit the names of at least three professional references, their e-mail addresses and telephone numbers as part of the application process.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability, protected veteran, and other protected status.

OSU will conduct a review of the National Sex Offender Public website prior to hire.

Position Information

• Department:
  Acad Prog / Student Aff (LCB)
• Position Title:
  
  Instructor
• Job Title:
  
  Instructor Pool - 2025/2026:
  Physical Therapy
• Appointment Type:
  Academic Faculty
• Job Location:
  
  Bend, Oregon
• Benefits Eligible:
  Yes
• Remote or Hybrid option?:
  Yes

Job Summary

OSU
-Cascades in Bend, Oregon invites applications for one or more fixed-term, non-tenure-track full/part-time Instructor positions to teach on a term by term basis for the  academic year. Some of these appointments may be reviewed for renewal or transition to an instructional position on an annual basis at the discretion of the Senior Associate Dean.

Applications will be considered throughout the  academic year as opportunities become available. This position is located in Bend, Oregon.

Instructors may be needed to create syllabi and to teach graduate courses for the Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) curriculum. In addition, instructors may be needed to review graduate applications for the DPT program. Finally, these instructors might be needed to participate in the DPT program accreditation process including the site visit. If hired into a term appointment, the anticipated start date(s) are September 16, 2025, December 16, 2025 or March 16, 2026.

OSU
-Cascades Physical Therapy program is housed in Ray Hall, a contemporary, net zero energy building on the expanding OSU
-Cascades campus in Bend, Oregon. Facilities include didactic and clinical‑skills classrooms, a large state‑of‑the‑art human cadaver laboratory, a student lounge and faculty offices. The program currently has 10 full‑time core faculty and several fixed term faculty.

Why OSU?

Why OSU
-Cascades?

Founded in 2001, Oregon State University – Cascades brings higher education to Central Oregon while leveraging the excellence of a land grant and top‑tier research university in one of the most dynamic cities in the Pacific Northwest.

Located near downtown Bend and surrounded by mountains, forests and high desert, OSU
-Cascades offers small classes that accelerate faculty‑student mentoring and experiential learning in an innovative environment that accelerates opportunities for student, faculty and staff development and advancement.

With a 128‑acre campus under development and a goal to grow to 3,000 to 5,000 undergraduate and graduate students, OSU
-Cascades is delivering on a 40‑year grassroots community effort to bring the benefits of a comprehensive university to the region.

Student Body and Alumni

Student and alumni data is as of fall 2024.

• 1,370 undergraduate and graduate students
• 78% from Oregon
• 42% Central Oregonians
• 24% first generation students
• 23% students of color
• 19 students on average per class
• 95% of 2023 graduates employed or in graduate school within 6 months of graduation
• 5,625 degrees awarded since founding

Academic Majors

A growing portfolio of degree programs at OSU
-Cascades is designed to meet regional and state industry workforce and economic needs.

Research

Research underway at OSU
-Cascades focuses on challenges in energy, the environment, human wellness, social justice and society. Labs at OSU
-Cascades include the FORCE biomechanics lab, the Laboratory…