Instructor of Music Therapy / Clinic Skills Job at Western Illinois University i

Overview

Instructor of Music Therapy / Clinic Skills at Western Illinois University. This role involves teaching and supervising clinical skills within the Music Therapy program.

Responsibilities

• Developing and coordinating the schedule of undergraduate music therapy student fieldwork (practicum) with Music Therapy coordinator and agencies
• Observing and grading student-led clinical sessions
• Providing clinical supervision to assigned students
• Reviewing and grading clinical documentation generated
• Reviewing students' achievement of clinical competencies with the Director of Music Therapy
• Teaching responsibilities will include clinical skills classes
• Co-supervision of Music Therapy Practicum classes and other classes based on department need and individual experience

Rank & Salary

• Rank & Salary: Instructor. 75% appointment. $3,351 per month

Job Requirements

• Master\'s degree
• Music Therapy Board Certification required
• Must meet the requirements for Academic Faculty as stipulated in the AMTA Standards for Education and Clinical Training
• Must have at least one year full-time professional experience as a certified music therapist beyond the internship. Accrued part-time experience considered if equivalent to one year full-time

Preferred Qualifications

• Ongoing continuing education in music therapy including advanced training in specialty areas (e.g. Neurologic Music Therapy, Music Therapy Drumming, Neonatal Music Therapy, Hospice and Palliative Care)
• For a degree to be considered, it must be conferred from a regionally accredited degree-granting institution of higher education (or equivalent from an international accrediting body)
• Unless otherwise stated, the degree must be conferred at time of appointment

Additional Information

• The Department: The School of Music, accredited by NASM, offers professional undergraduate degrees in Performance, Jazz Studies, Composition, Music Business, Music Education and Music Therapy; and Master of Music degrees in Performance, Composition, Piano Pedagogy, Music Education, Conducting, Musicology, and Jazz Studies. The faculty of 32 full-time members serves approximately 160 majors

About WIU

• Since 1899, Western Illinois University has provided educational opportunities to individuals in west central Illinois and beyond. WIU\'s Macomb campus is the educational, cultural, and athletic center of the region, and WIU-Quad Cities in Moline is the only public university in the Quad Cities region.