Dental Hygiene Instructor - Carrington College

Who Are We: Carrington College helps students achieve success by providing them with "hands-on" training that uses the technologies and processes that are used in the field, allowing them to build their confidence while they "learn by doing". Our focus is to help change the lives of our students for the better through education. That's more than our purpose; it's our promise to you and our students!

What we're looking for: Someone with tenacity, passion, excitement, and grit to join our team as a Dental Hygiene Instructor at our Mesa Campus.

Summary: Carrington College faculty are engaged, accountable, innovative, change ready professionals dedicated to their students and to the College Mission. Carrington College faculty are proficient in all learning modalities applicable to the program in which they teach.

What We Offer: Flexible schedules, a variety of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues, leadership opportunities, and professional development, and you teach the future professionals of the communities we live in.

Are you an accomplished professional in your field who wants to give back to your community? Joining Carrington College as an Instructor is a great way to make a real impact on the next generation. Faculty members are primarily responsible for the teaching and learning process in the classroom. Faculty members facilitate and ensure student learning and mastery of course, program, and institutional learning outcomes as defined in the curriculum and course syllabi. Instructors are supported and supervised by the Academic Dean, Program Director and/or Campus Director.

Some of the great work you'll do includes:

Helping students achieve professional success through education. We make learning and instruction exciting and engaging!

Do you qualify? To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duties and responsibilities satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of some of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The work location for this position is on-site.

Education and/or Experience:

• Bachelor's degree required

• Registered Dental Hygienist (RDH)

• BLS for Heathcare Provider (AHA or ARC)

• 2 years of clinical practice experience

All dental hygiene program faculty members must have:
(1) Current knowledge of the specific subjects they are teaching.
(2) Documented background in current educational methodology concepts consistent with teaching assignments.
(3) Faculty who are dental hygienists or dentists must be graduates of programs accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation. A dentist who was appointed as a faculty prior to July 1, 2022 is exempt from the graduation requirement.
(4) Evidence of faculty calibration for clinical evaluation.

Schedule: hours will vary. Tuesday 12:30 pm - 5:00 pm, Friday 7:30 am - 5:00 pm

We look forward to connecting with you!

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