Dental Assisting Clinical Instructor: East Liverpool, OH
This is an in-person position in East Liverpool, OH You must live in or can reliably commute to EOC in East Liverpool, OH. This position is teaching weekend (Saturday) clinicals to students at our EOC location (Typically 1-2 clinicals per 6 weeks)
Qualifications
- Current knowledge and experience in dental assisting
- Faculty are proficient in didactic and clinical four-handed and/or six-handed dentistry
- Awareness of any applicable state requirements governing dental assisting programs.
- Minimum Associate Degree Required
- Has minimum of 2 years experience in Dental Assisting
Other
· Strong Presentation Skills
· Excellent Communication and Interpersonal Skills
· Strong Motivational Skills
Responsibilities
General Instruction:
o Provide education through learner-centered instruction that will enable graduates to fulfill the evolving needs of the marketplace.
o Relate professional/life/industry experience to learning by the continuation of professional/technical skills development, the introduction of industry perspective into courses, and the active awareness of professional/industry trends and opportunities.
o Encourage a culture of learning that values mutual responsibility and respect, life-long learning and ethics as well as personal and professional development.
o Promote student morale and to create within the institution an atmosphere of “teamwork” and “success” among faculty, students and staff.
o Provide accurate and daily attendance in compliance with the institution’s system of monitoring individual class absences.
Remain current with instructional tools, technologies and strategies and utilize those skills to maximize instructional effectiveness.
Clinical Lab Instruction:
o Organize clinical/lab site for practical and technical instruction, including demonstration of skills required in the profession
o Provide instruction of clinical skills
o Facilitate student practice of clinical skills
o Assess students’ clinical skills/competencies
o Report skills/competency assessment results to the Program Director, following expected guidelines (time and format)
o Enforces lab area protocols, rules and regulations; maintains discipline; utilizes effective time management for clinical instruction
o Maintain a clean and orderly lab area, ensuring that waste is disposed of according to Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) policies and procedures
o Maintain a HIPAA compliant learning environment
o Return lab to orderly condition after use
Student Support
o Respond to student inquiries with immediacy and a sense of urgency.
o Return student work with meaningful feedback in a timely fashion that allows them to stay continuously aware of their academic progress.
o Continuously monitor student participation, engagement and progress to identify early warning signs of student challenges, and develop and implement methods for mitigating those challenges.
o Identify at-risk students, providing additional support and advising, and report them to the Program Director/Coordinator.
o Promote and, if asked, help organize various student social functions.
o Contribute to a learning culture by participating on curriculum and system task committees, supporting local campus events such as orientation and graduation, and participating in various other workshops and meetings.
Meetings and Professional Development
o Participate in faculty meetings when scheduled
o Participate in and maintain documentation of professional development activities as directed
o Participate in and maintain documentation of in-service activities as directed
The Institution prohibits sex discrimination in any education program or activity that it operates. Notice of non-discrimination is located at www.eastohio.edu.
Job Type: Part-time
Pay: From $1.00 per hour
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Weekends as needed
- Weekends only
Work Location: In person