Part-Time Faculty, Dental Hyg

Position Information

Position Number: AH0015
Job Title: Faculty FT/PT Part-Time Faculty, Dental Hyg
Location: Orlando, FL 32811 - West Campus
Number of Vacancies: Yes
Posting Date: January 2025
Salary Range: N/A

Description of Job Function

Prepares and delivers instruction to students in assigned modalities (including classroom, hybrid, online, etc.). Prepares instructional materials. Provides feedback on students’ progress, including evaluation of student mastery of course and program outcomes. Provides feedback to students in matters related to academic success in a timely manner. Prepares and submits required documentation including course syllabi, student attendance, final course grades, and other information as requested or required by the college. Maintains and disseminates current information pertaining to services available to students throughout the college.

Required Minimum Education

Faculty Positions Only - Level of education per Credentials Manual. See Credentials Procedures Manual at: http://valenciacollege.edu/faculty/forms/credentials/

Other Required Qualifications

• Teaching experience at the community college level (in some cases, related work experiences in the field, professional licensure and certifications, honors and awards, continuous documented excellence in teaching, or other demonstrated competencies and achievements that contribute to effective teaching and student learning outcomes may be used to support an application in lieu of degree and course work requirements).
• Knowledge and understanding of learning-centered values.
• Knowledge of, ability to develop, and commitment to use emerging technologies and alternative delivery methods appropriately, including online delivery, hybrid course options, content software, web-enhancements, etc.
• Skill in the use of personal computers and general office software.
• Ability to design learning opportunities that promote student life skills development while enhancing discipline learning.
• Demonstrated understanding of developmental advising (Valencia’s LifeMap) and competency-based learning (LifeMap).
• Ability to develop and implement diverse teaching and learning strategies that accommodate the learning styles of students and that promote both acquisition and applications of knowledge and understanding (Learning Centered Teaching Strategies).
• Ability to use consistent, timely formative and summative assessment measures to enhance learning (Assessment).
• Ability to design and implement curriculum that aligns elements of student learning toward growth in the Student Core Competencies and progression through course sequences (Outcomes-Based Practice).
• Commitment to stay current and continually improve knowledge and understanding of the discipline (Professional Commitment).
• Ability to continuously examine the effectiveness of teaching, counseling, librarianship and assessment methodologies in terms of student learning by engaging in the scholarship of teaching and learning (Scholarship of Teaching and Learning).
• Ability to effectively communicate interpersonally (in group and one-on-one settings), orally, and in writing.

General Working Conditions

• This job primarily operates in a professional office environment. The employee will routinely operate standard office equipment including but not limited to computers, keyboards, mouse, phones, photocopiers, printers, scanners, filing cabinets and fax machines.
• While performing the duties of this job, the noise level in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate.
• Typical physical competencies include but are not limited to frequently remaining stationary, moving, reaching, positioning self and occasionally ascending/descending, lifting/moving objects weighing between 5-15 pounds.
• This job also entails frequently communicating, discerning and exchanging information, detecting and perceiving objects up close, at a distance, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Cognitive abilities include but are not limited to frequently using discretion, judgment, reasoning, memory, learning, maintaining confidentiality, comprehension, problem solving, and decision-making.