Dental Assisting Instructor (Part-Time Faculty Pool) Reedley College

State Center Community College; Reedley (CA); On-site; USD 48,216 - 68,880; Part time

Job summary

A community college in California is seeking a part-time Dental Assisting Instructor to join its faculty pool. The role requires a commitment to equity and diversity in student engagement. Candidates must have a Bachelor’s degree and a current RDA license, along with effective communication skills and the ability to utilize diverse teaching methods. This opportunity involves teaching various courses in Dental Assisting and contributing to an inclusive learning environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher and two years of directly related professional experience.
• Current license in California as a Registered Dental Assistant (RDA).
• Certification in coronal polish, x-ray, and sealants.

Responsibilities

• Teaching a part-time schedule of Dental Assisting courses.
• Using various instructional delivery systems, including technology.
• Communicating effectively with students, faculty, and staff.
• Evaluating student progress through tests and assignments.

Skills

Equity-minded leadership

Effective communication

Culturally responsive teaching

Innovative use of technology

Collaborative mindset

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Current California RDA license

Certification in coronal polish, x-ray, and sealants

Job description

Dental Assisting Instructor (Part-Time Faculty Pool) Reedley College

Continuous Recruitment
This posting has been created to establish an applicant pool for part-time faculty positions. Applications will be reviewed by members of the hiring department when vacancies arise.

Reedley College values the ability to serve students from a broad range of cultural heritages, socioeconomic backgrounds, genders, abilities, and orientations. The successful candidate will be an equity-minded leader committed to student success achieved through collaboration with faculty, classified staff, administration, students, and community partners who are also dedicated to closing equity gaps.

An equity-minded individual is a person who:

• Understands the importance of holding ourselves accountable as educators for closing equity gaps and engaging in equitable practices;
• Reframes inequities as a problem of practice and views the elimination of inequities as an individual and collective responsibility;
• Encourages positive race-consciousness and embraces human difference;
• Supports institutional practices that both develop and sustain culturally responsive teaching and learning environments; and
• Strategically builds support for and participation in equity-related initiatives across both our internal and external communities.

The instructor will be responsible for:

• Teaching a part-time schedule of Dental Assisting courses as assigned;
• Using a variety of pedagogies and integrating a wide range of instructional delivery systems including innovative and creative uses of technology for face-to-face, on-line, and/or hybrid formats;
• Communicating effectively with students, faculty, and staff;
• Using effective teaching methods appropriate to the subject matter, adherence to institutionally approved curriculum course outlines of record;
• Evaluating student progress through tests and examinations, written assignments, oral responses, etc. in keeping with course objectives;
• Providing course syllabi to students;
• Maintaining classroom records in accordance with District Policy;
• Turning in all required student grading and evaluation reports in a timely manner;
• Teaching assignments in a variety of instructional settings and times, including classes as needed;
• Otherwise fulfilling all of the duties and responsibilities of instructors as required by Administrative Regulation 7122; and
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher and two years of directly related professional experience; or
• Associate degree and six years of directly related professional experience;

Current license in California as a Registered Dental Assistant (RDA) or immediate eligibility to obtain a California license; and Certification in coronal polish, x-ray, and sealants.

Desirable Qualifications:

• Experience and skill incorporating elements of diversity, equity, and inclusion into all areas of responsibility;
• Recent experience working with African American, Asian/Pacific Islander, Latinx, Native American, and other racially minoritized students in the classroom and an understanding of how historical patterns of exclusion of these groups in higher education shape patterns of participation and outcomes;
• Willingness to examine and remediate one’s instructional, relational, and classroom practices to more effectively engage and support racially minoritized students;
• Related work and professional experience;
• Experience working with students of various cultural, gender, age, socioeconomic, and ethnic backgrounds, students with disabilities;
• Experience working with traditionally underrepresented student populations, such as students of color and foster youth, and the ability to support students across sociocultural and socioeconomic diversities;
• Experience in facilitating multicultural and cross-cultural communication with sensitivity to and an understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, gender, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students;
• Experience with, and sensitivity to, under-prepared and high-need students at the community college;
• Demonstrated ability and desire to work collaboratively with faculty and staff to enhance instruction, curriculum, student learning support, and student success;
• Demonstrated ability to work with computers, and other technologies, which are utilized in providing high-quality instruction and support to students.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with students and staff;
• Knowledge of current assessment methods and materials; and
• Knowledge of the community college and its mission and goals.

State Center Community College District is an equal opportunity employer. It is our pledge to treat all applicants fairly and equitably in the recruitment and selection process. SCCCDEEO Plan