Dental Hygiene Program Director

About the role

The position oversees academic programs, focusing on student experience, success, and academic quality. Key responsibilities include developing and implementing retention strategies, managing student activities, coordinating faculty activities, and ensuring compliance with accreditation regulations.

Responsibilities

• Teach courses in a Term or Terms
• Develop, implement, and conduct assessments on program and course student learning outcomes
• Coordinate faculty activities and trainings
• Manage faculty scheduling within the program
• Assist with faculty selection and interview process
• Develop and evaluate sites for clinical education, externship, and preceptorship as applicable
• Maintain faculty substitute listings and current contact information
• Coordinate new faculty orientation and program-specific orientations for students
• Conduct assessments of all class sessions as required by policy
• Manage and maintain a sufficient inventory of program equipment and supplies
• Coordinate textbook orders for the program
• Facilitate monthly programmatic faculty meetings, advisory committee meetings, and curriculum review meetings
• Prepare accreditation reports, reviews, and other required documentation
• Maintain records, reports, examinations, data, fees, and other program-specific items
• Monitor and maintain compliance with applicable institutional, governmental, and accreditation standards
• Complete other duties as assigned

Requirements

• Master Degree
• Registered Dental Hygienist (RDH) or State Dentist license
• BLS for Healthcare Provider (AHA or ARC)
• Infection Control certification (2 units) and CA Dental Practice Act certification (2 units)
• 2 years of clinical practice experience
• Documentation of two years’ experience teaching in pre- or post-licensure registered dental hygiene or dental programs
• Required certificates, licenses, and registrations for the course(s) being taught

Qualifications

• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions
• Regularly sits, uses hands to finger, handle, or feel, reaches with hands and arms, talks and hears, and occasionally lifts and/or moves up to 50 pounds
• Occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions and outside weather conditions