Instructor, Dental Hygiene

Description

Pueblo Community College is accepting applications for its part-time instructor pool for Academic Year 2023-2024 (Fall, Spring and Summer terms). Instructors may teach a full 16-week term, an abbreviated term, or limited hours, depending on discipline/subject. Qualified applicants will be contacted only when a need is identified. This application expires on June 30, 2024, and a new application must be submitted for consideration the following academic year. An instructor must be a resident of Colorado or reside in Colorado on the first day of employment. Pay is $49.64 per lecture hour and/or $34.10 per lab hour. Instructors are hired as temporary employees and are not eligible for medical or dental benefits. However, instructor hours are measured annually to determine potential eligibility for medical benefits the following plan year.
Department/Division Purpose:
The mission of the Pueblo Community College Department of Dental Hygiene is to educate Dental Hygiene students to be competent life-long learners and to provide the most comprehensive educational, preventive, and therapeutic services to a diverse population reflecting the core competencies essential to the Dental Hygiene profession.
Job Summary:
All job descriptions incorporate and utilize the principles and tools of continuous improvement. This is the foundation of our accreditation through the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) Open Pathways model, which is focused on quality assurance and institutional improvement. The Open Pathway is unique in that its improvement component, the Quality Initiative, affords institutions the opportunity to pursue improvement projects that meet their current needs and aspirations. Pueblo Community College embraces continuous improvement and has adopted it as its culture and as a necessary part of every job description. In addition, all job descriptions require the utilization of available technology in the completion of the duties.
This position specifically exists to provide classroom, laboratory, or related instruction under the supervision of the Department Chair and is responsible for planning and providing student instruction in accordance with approved syllabi, curriculum guidelines, and required program standards. Instructor must adhere to the laws, policies, procedures, rules, and applications which govern and affect the college, including the fiscal rules of the State of Colorado.
Absences will be minimal and only for appropriate cause; notification of Department Chair is required. Instructor must work with the Faculty Chair to provide coverage or obtain approval for class cancellation according to PCC policy. Refer to PCC Operational Procedures and Protocols for further information.
Instructors are expected to model professionalism in dress, action, and communication.
Accordingly, instructors are obliged to respond professionally to constructive feedback and to follow the chain of command in resolving conflicts.

Job Duties

Essential Functions:

• Teaches courses as assigned within instructor work load guidelines and meets all scheduled classes unless the class has been canceled or with the permission of the Chairperson. May attend scheduled department, division, or college meetings. May be offered opportunity to serve as a substitute within the program for absent colleagues for short-term absences as determined by Department Chair, Coordinator, or Dean. Maintains a work schedule as agreed upon by the supervisor and in concert with the state and instructor workload policy.
• Provides adequate preparation of the course material for all assigned courses.
• Supervises and enforces appropriate safety procedures.

• Assists in the development and implementation of the approved program curriculum and syllabi and participates in cooperative planning with colleagues.
• Participates, as appropriate, in college-wide assessment of student learning activities and/or projects.
• Assists, as appropriate, in program reviews and evaluation process required by internal/external sources.
• May attend all regularly scheduled department, division, and college meetings/trainings, or as required by contract or Chair, unless these meetings conflict with a scheduled class or unless the instructor is excused by the chair/supervisor or Dean.

Minimum Qualifications

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Dental Hygiene or related degree

Licenses or Certificates:

• Colorado Registered Dental Hygiene License or related license in good standing
• Anesthesia endorsement
• Nitrous Oxide
• CPR
• Ability to obtain a Colorado Vocational Teaching Credential

Experience:

• One years experience

Special knowledge, skills, and abilities:

• Dental Software System Experience, Digital x-ray, Power Point and Word

Preferred Qualifications

Licenses or Certificates:

• Colorado Vocational Teaching Credential

Experience:

• Teaching at an institute of higher education
• Utilization of an online Learning Management System (D2L, Blackboard, Compass, etc.)

Special knowledge, skills, and abilities:

• Teaching at an institute of higher education
• Demonstrate knowledge of curriculum development
• Demonstrate knowledge of classroom and course management
• Utilization of an online Learning Management System (D2L, Blackboard, Compass, etc.)