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The Department of Occupational Therapy at NYU is one of the oldest OT programs in the United States. In September 2023 the program plans to admit its last entry-level masters of science students as it will be transitioning to entry-level clinical doctorate of OT beginning September 2024. In addition to the entry-level OT program, the Department offers a post-professional masters of arts, a post-professional occupational therapy clinical doctorate (online and residential), and a doctorate of philosophy in research.

The mission of the Department of OT is to prepare competent, compassionate, ethical occupational therapists to assume roles as clinicians, leaders, scholars, and researchers. We are committed to substantially increasing the proportion of our faculty from historically underrepresented groups as we strive to create the most intellectually diverse, inclusive, and equitable institution that we can, and especially encourage candidates from historically underrepresented groups to apply.

Capstone Coordinator Job Description

The Doctoral Capstone Coordinator (DCC) is a full-time core faculty member as defined by ACOTE and is specifically responsible for ensuring compliance with Capstone requirements as per the ACOTE Standards.

The roles of the DCC is to provide students with structure and information of capstone experiences, develop learning sites, coordinate, monitor, and oversee the Capstone Experience at each phase of the capstone, from development to completion to dissemination, and to teach assigned Capstone Sequence Courses.

In addition to administering the Capstone requirements, the DCC will be assigned other institutional duties, such as teaching courses and participating in department, school or university service.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Principal Capstone Coordination Duties: The general role is to provide students information, structure, develop, coordinate, monitor and oversee the Capstone Experience at each phase of the capstone, from development to completion to dissemination.

A.  Capstone Site Development

1. Community outreach to identify and partner with doctoral experience sites
2. Compile and maintain a current list of capstone sites offered
3. In accordance with University policies, ensure that there are current affiliation agreements  with sites
4. Collaborate with fieldwork coordinator to ensure the capstone experience does not duplicate or interfere with the capstone student’s previous fieldwork experiences.

B.   Student Assignment to Site

1. Coordinate and oversee student selection of capstone sites
2. Work with faculty mentor and student in identifying, selecting and contacting the site mentor
3. Document and verify capstone site mentors’ expertise and relevant license
4. Ensure that the  student has worked with a site mentor to develop an individual learning contract 
5. Verify that the student has met all university and doctoral site requirements prior to the start of the Capstone Experience

C.  Coordinating and Overseeing Doctoral Capstone Site Experience

1. Maintain ongoing communication and collaboration with the student, faculty mentor, and site mentor throughout the entirety of the Capstone experience.
2. Monitor the student's progress in meeting individual learning contract
3. Develop and oversee a system for the student to log and track on-site hours
4. Monitor and verify student’s compliance
5.  Monitor student’s progress towards signed capstone project plan and objectives, and work with faculty and onsite mentor on remediation when necessary
6. Ensure that a formal evaluation of the student’s performance is completed
7. Act as a resource for student, faculty and onsite mentors during the Capstone experience
8. Work with student and capstone site and faculty mentor should problems arise during capstone experience

D.  Capstone Experience/Project Dissemination- In consult with the faculty mentors, collaborate on and coordinate the Capstone dissemination process; plan, organize and moderate the Department of OT’s capstone dissemination presentations

E.  Faculty Mentor of Capstone Students

In compliance with NYC's Pay Transparency Act, the annual base salary range for this position is $70,000 - $130,000. New York University considers factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the candidate's work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, as well as market and organizational considerations when extending an offer.