Dental Assisting Instructor

Duties & Responsibilities

• Delivers education to ensure that competencies required for successful completion of the program taught as delineated through mastery of coursework and skill practicums.
• Implement a variety of teaching strategies appropriate to learner needs and support the desired learning outcomes.
• Employs effective teaching strategies based on evidence-based teaching practices to supporting students achievements.
• Uses technologies skillfully to support the teaching-learning process.
• Uses oral, written, and electronic communication that reflects an awareness of self and others, along with an ability to convey ideas in a variety of contexts.
• Provides opportunities for learners to develop critical thinking skills and ethical reasoning.
• Fosters the cognitive, psychomotor, and affective development of students.
• Employs a variety of strategies to assess and evaluate learning in three Bloom taxonomies domains: cognitive, psychomotor and affective.
• Implements formative and summative assessment and evaluation strategies.
• Enhances the teaching-learning process based upon data.
• Provides timely, constructive, and thoughtful feedback to learners.

Requirements

• Graduation from: an accredited program recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education or the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) in Dental Assisting.
• An otherwise recognized training entity in Dental Assisting;
• An institution located outside of the United States and its territories in Dental Assisting.
• The institution must have on file from an agency which attests to the qualitative and quantitative equivalency of the foreign education and the specific courses.
• The institution must use the credential evaluation services of an agency that has published standards for membership, affiliations to U.S.-based international higher education associations, and are frequently linked to and used by federal agencies, state agencies, educational institutions, and employers (e.g., NACES and AICE).
• Three (3) years of practical experience in dental assisting or a Dentist.
• Current knowledge in dental assisting can be proven by professional development or experience within last 2 years.
• Faculty is proficient in didactic and clinical four-handed and/or six-handed dentistry.
• Faculty has knowledge in the educational theory and methodology, and in distance education techniques and delivery, if assigned.

Knowledge and Skills

• Possess strong communication skills.
• Demonstrate professionalism and collaboration skills.
• Demonstrate detail-oriented and self-motivated behaviors.
• Possess interpersonal skills e.g. caring, confidence, patience, integrity and flexibility.
• Awareness of any applicable state requirements governing dental assisting programs.

Benefits

• Health, Vision, Dental, and life insurance plan.
• Paid Vacation, sick days and holidays.
• 401(k) Plan with employer match.
• Professional development with CE credits and more.