Adjunct Instructor - Dental Hygiene

About the role

The adjunct instructor will teach Dental Hygiene courses at Malcolm X College, contributing to the institution's mission of providing accessible liberal arts and health-focused education.

Responsibilities

• Design courses to meet learning outcomes and promote students' active participation in their own learning.
• Create an effective learning environment that fosters students' intellectual curiosity and helps them problem solve using discipline-specific thinking strategies.
• Employ a variety of formative and summative assessments to ensure that classroom instruction leads to student learning and the attainment of the student learning outcomes for the course.
• Help students reach their academic, personal, and career goals and foster a safe environment that respects the diversity of people and ideas by modeling respect for all students and conveying confidence in every student’s ability to learn.
• Contribute to and provide leadership in the student’s academic and professional communities, and promote collaboration and teamwork among members of these communities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; Master's degree preferred
• Current Illinois Dental Hygiene License
• Graduate of a Dental Assistant program accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation
• At least two years of full-time clinical experience
• Ability to perform all prescribed duties listed in the Illinois Dental Practice Act
• Must have current knowledge of the specified subjects they are teaching and documented background in current educational methodology concepts consistent with teaching assignments
• Knowledge of Blackboard Learning Management System, preferred
• Excellent oral and written communication skills and ability to communicate with diverse group of staff and students required
• Experience with a diverse, multi-lingual student population is desired, as is a commitment to the open access mission of the community college.

Pay

Salary Range: $800 - 943 Per Contact Hour

Benefits

Benefits information is found at https://www.ccc.edu/departments/Benefits/

Contact

To apply, please attach your unofficial transcripts and include any scholarship work, publications, committee work, and other relevant engagements in your cover letter.

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