What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director of Dental Education position at Anne Arundel Workforce Development Corporation?
Director of Dental Education
Application Deadline : 28 February 2025
Department : Other
Employment Type : Full Time
Location : Central County
Compensation : $119,242 - $149,053 / year
Description
The Director of Dental Education is responsible for the overall planning, development, and implementation of the Dental Hygiene (DH) program curriculum, including but not limited to, providing oversight of the Dental Lab and Clinic and provides administrator support to the Dental Assisting (DA) Program. Administrator support to the DA program includes but is not limited to faulty recruiting and vetting, developing a collative lab and clinic usage schedule, budget review and course coverage. The Director is responsible for serving as an instructor in the program, annually teaching three faculty load hours in each semester of the program. In addition, the Director is responsible for ensuring that the program is in full compliance with the Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA) standards; curriculum development, revision and oversight, faculty recruitment and supervision, for preparing and administering the program budget; for recruiting potential applicants, implementing program admissions policies and procedures; and assuring adequate student to faculty ratios in both labs and clinic. This position is a full-time staff position that requires on-campus presence M-F during college operating hours width the possibility of weekend and evening hours.
Key Responsibilities
Administrative Duties and Responsibilities
Develop short and long range planning objectives for the DH program; prepare and administer program budget in support of the program's goals and objectives. Identify requirements for equipment, rentals, materials, and supplies for the DH and DA programs and coordinate a schedule for purchases with the Assistant Dean.
Present to the Assistant Dean recommendations concerning course offerings, maximum class size, length of class times, number of class sessions per week, faculty load and overload, etc. With input from the faculty, identify textbooks and instructional materials for DH courses. Assist in the promotion, retention, evaluation and professional development of program faculty.
Prepare a coordinated schedule of classes for program offerings for the fall, spring, and summer terms for the DH and DA Programs. Assist in implementing appropriate program content for program handbooks, admission materials, web-page and the college catalog. Assist the SHS Admissions in recruiting program students including holding program Information Sessions.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
A minimum of a Master's Degree is required and must be a Dental Hygienist who graduated from a CODA accredited program. Must have a Maryland license to practice dental hygiene, current CPR certification, certified to administer local anesthesia and nitrous oxide.
Minimum of five years (or equivalent), full-time, experience that includes a minimum of three years (or equivalent) of full-time clinical experience and experience in administration / management.
Didactic and / or clinical teaching experience.
Ability to meet faculty requirements as outlined in CODA standards
Demonstrated commitment to creating an inclusive environment and the ability to deal tactfully with all internal and external constituents; the ability to work collegiately with a culturally diverse group of students, faculty, staff, and visitors.
Experience in educational theory and methodology, instructional design, student evaluation and outcome assessment including the equivalent of nine academic credits of coursework in education foundations.
Salary : $119,242 - $149,053
