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Faculty members perform a number of roles and functions, each of which reflects the core competencies of nursing faculty. Those competencies include the following: 1) facilitate learning, 2) facilitate learner development and socialization, 3) use assessment and evaluation strategies, 4) participate in curriculum design and program evaluation, 5) function as a change agent and leader, 6) pursue continuous quality improvement in the educator role, 7) engage in scholarship, and 8) function within the educational environment and within the community Denver College of Nursing serves. This position reports to the appropriate Director (i.e., Pre-Licensure Program Director, Experiential Learning Director).
Competencies and Responsibilities
1. Facilitate Learning
Faculty members are responsible for creating an environment in classroom, laboratory, and clinical settings that facilitates student learning and the achievement of desired cognitive, affective, and psychomotor outcomes.
2. Facilitate Learner Development and Socialization
Faculty members recognize his/her responsibility for helping students develop as nurses and integrate the values and behaviors expected of those who fulfill that role.
3. Use Assessment and Evaluation Strategies
Faculty members use a variety of strategies to assess and evaluate student learning in laboratory and clinical settings, as well as in all domains of learning.
4. Participate in Curriculum Design and Evaluation of Program Outcomes
Faculty members are responsible for formulating program outcomes and designing curricula that reflect contemporary health care trends and prepare graduates to function effectively in the health care environment.
5. Function as a Change Agent and Leader
Faculty members function as change agents and leaders to create a preferred future for nursing education and nursing practice. Leadership may include mentoring or supervision of new and/or adjunct clinical faculty members.
6. Pursue Continuous Quality Improvement in the Educator Role
Faculty members recognize that his/her role is multidimensional and that an ongoing commitment to develop and maintain competence in the role and to life-long learning is essential.
7. Engage in Scholarship
Faculty members acknowledge that scholarship is an integral component of the faculty role and that teaching itself is a scholarly activity.
8. Function within the Education and Community Environment
Faculty members are knowledgeable about the educational environment within which he/she practices and recognizes how political, institutional, social, and economic forces impact his/her role.
These competencies and responsibilities are adapted from The Scope of Practice for Academic Nurse Educators (National League for Nursing, 2005).
Specific Responsibilities of Faculty
Faculty has the primary responsibility of teaching in classroom, simulation, skills, and/or clinical courses and providing guidance to the students. Additionally, faculty members are responsible for:
Qualifications
The following are the qualifications for appointment as a faculty member: