Assistant Professor/Instructor of Music Therapy

Assistant Professor / Instructor of Music Therapy

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Lesley University - Cambridge, Massachusetts

Description

The Opportunity : Lesley University seeks a Music Therapy Instructor / Assistant Professor in the Expressive Art Therapy program to join our highly evolved and uniquely conceptualized Expressive Therapies department.

The qualified applicant will teach courses in Music Therapy and in the Expressive Therapies Department. In addition to teaching, the ideal candidate will have administrative responsibilities in coordinating the Music Therapy Program.

Our pace-setting programs provide a meaningful connection between the arts, theory, and practice in clinical training. As one of the most recognized ET programs in the world, our students are expertly trained and qualified providers of mental health services.

The goal of the Expressive Therapies department is to give students the knowledge, skills, and experience needed to practice in a range of professional settings, including health care facilities, schools, community agencies, and private practices.

The Expressive Therapies 60-credit programs are designed to meet the academic and field training requirements for mental health counselor licensure in Massachusetts, and our specialization tracks prepare graduates for certification by national and professional associations.

When the Expressive Therapies program was founded in 1973, it was one of the first graduate programs in the country to train professionals in this emerging, creative, and vital field.

More than 40 years later, the program continues to push the boundaries of expressive therapies knowledge and training. Our extraordinary faculty of artist-practitioner-scholars helps students to develop their identities as artists and clinical mental health providers.

Qualifications

• Qualifications for Instructor :
• Master's degree in music therapy, expressive therapies, psychology, education, arts, or related field.
• Music therapy credentials.
• Two years of teaching experience and proficient in online teaching.
• Five years of clinical experience with a record of scholarly activity.
• Ability to teach related courses in expressive therapy and general counseling such as theories, principles and practices, etc. is preferred.
• Experience related to administration of a program is preferred.
• Additional Qualifications for Assistant Professor :
• PhD or equivalent doctoral-level degree in music therapy or closely related discipline (ABD with completion of dissertation by date certain).
• Record of academic scholarship (research, writing, etc.).

Why Lesley

Located in the heart of Cambridge, Massachusetts, Lesley University is highly regarded for its graduate and undergraduate programs in the human arts of education, the arts, and applied social sciences.

Lesley fosters a highly creative environment in which innovative ideas thrive, theory is integrated with practice and its 6,400 students and 90,000 alumni are empowered to improve and enrich communities.

We offer a competitive benefits package that includes health, dental, life, and long-term disability insurance. In addition, we offer significant paid time off, a generous retirement plan, and tuition programs that enable employees and their dependents to expand their knowledge and skills.

Lesley is committed to the ongoing pursuit of strategic diversity initiatives that help to position diversity, equity, and inclusion as fundamental to institutional and academic excellence at Lesley.

In doing so, Lesley strives for a campus culture and community that fosters a true sense of belonging for all, provides opportunity for everyone to participate equally and fully in the Lesley experience, and helps to develop each individual's capacity to confidently and competently engage within and across difference.

Expressing Interest

A letter of interest, CV / resume, and a statement addressing past and / or potential contributions to diversity, equity, and inclusion through teaching, professional activity, and / or service must be included for full consideration.

At Lesley University, we strive for a supportive and equitable environment where people - regardless of race, physical ability, age, neurodiversity, sexual orientation, gender identity, and other protected personal identities - can participate equally and fully as their true selves in all aspects of university life.

We are committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion throughout the fabric of our institution.

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