Job Description
Assistant Professors are full-time employed faculty who provide a variety of educational services to degree, certificate, and non-degree learners. Assistant Professors are responsible for meeting the expectations and requirements of Capella University while establishing and maintaining effective relationships with learners, colleagues, staff, and administration. Assistant Professors are able to perform well in all key accountabilities of the role, are nimble and flexible and expected to be able and willing to take on essential roles and other duties as needed, within the department, school or university. Assistant Professors ensure that learners receive quality educational experiences consistent with stated course outcomes as well as HLC and any program accreditation standards. They provide high-quality, impactful, and inclusive experiences that deliver exceptional learning outcomes. Capella values the scholarly-practitioner model and expects Assistant Professors to continue learning and development through participation in scholarly activities or professional practice in the discipline. Among the responsibilities that Assistant Professors are expected to perform include: teaching (online), mentor and committee work (graduate level only), and contributing to curriculum development. Assistant Professors also participate in school governance through faculty committees and may participate in a variety of other activities based upon the university’s needs and the faculty member’s unique skill set. Essential Duties & Responsibilities: Teaching and Instruction – Assistant Professors are highly engaged instructors in the courses and residencies they teach. They are sought out by learners and consistently exceed set expectations for faculty who teach courses at Capella. Assistant Professors use course data to constantly improve their individual teaching performance and contribute regularly to the improvement and refinement of the courses they teach. Regularly reviews course
