Trainer Adjunct -Dental Assistant Workforce Training and Continuing Education

Job Summary

Responsible for the advancement of customized education and training programs for the corporate environment, specifically designing and delivering dental assisting training courses for continuing education and the healthcare workforce industry. The adjunct trainer is a project‑based role responsible for delivering customized, short‑term workforce training for business, healthcare, and dental industry partners. This position is industry‑facing and flexible by design, with instructional assignments driven by employer demand, contract timelines, and workforce initiatives.

Adjunct trainers serve as subject matter experts who translate industry knowledge into practical, skills‑based learning experiences for adult learners in a classroom or laboratory environment. Assignments may vary by duration, schedule, modality, and location, and do not carry an expectation of ongoing or semester‑based employment.

Instructional Delivery
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Serve as a project‑based adjunct trainer delivering noncredit workforce training aligned to employer needs and contractual requirements. Prepare and teach departmental courses, develop learner‑centered lesson plans, and employ teaching strategies for different learning styles. Deliver engaging instruction in corporate, classroom, laboratory, virtual, or hybrid environments based on program scope.

Curriculum & Materials
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Collaborate with employers and college workforce staff to customize curriculum, materials, and instructional approaches for specific training engagements. Update and revise curriculum to maintain currency and develop new courses as needed. Prepare, distribute, and utilize instructional support materials, including course syllabi and supplementary materials.

Assessment & Compliance
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Administer assessments, evaluations, and feedback tools after each training. Conduct and document appropriate assessments of student learning outcomes. Document attendance, completion, student records (e.g., grades), and data outcomes accurately and within established deadlines.

Operational & Facility Oversight
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Maintain classroom and dental laboratory spaces, including upkeep of assigned equipment, dental chairs, sterilization units, X‑ray equipment, materials, and dental management software. Provide for the security of facilities and maintain safe, sterile working conditions.

Professionalism & Morale
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Attend the workplace regularly, report to work punctually, and follow a work schedule to keep up with the demands of the work site. Adapt teaching strategies to adult learners with diverse experience levels and learning styles. Promote positive morale and teamwork, provide exceptional customer service, and model key employability skills such as adaptability, communication, and responsibility.

Institutional Alignment
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Complete duties and responsibilities in compliance with college standards, policies, guidelines, and applicable state and federal rules. Support the values and institutional goals as defined in the College’s Strategic Plan and mission. Complete all required training and professional development sessions sponsored by Texas Southmost College (TSC).

Scheduling
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Working hours are flexible and may include teaching day, evening, holiday, or weekend hours depending on deadline requirements, program scope, and contract timelines and special events.

Physical Activity
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Long periods of standing and extensive walking; frequently required to stand (up to 6 hours). Occasionally required to walk, sit, reach with hands and arms, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.

Lifting Requirements
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Must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move between 20 to 50 pounds.

Vision & Hearing
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Ability to hear and see. Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment
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Typical instructional setting specific to a simulated dental laboratory space, clinic, classroom, or healthcare environment. Noise level is moderate. While performing duties in the lab, the employee may occasionally work near specialized dental equipment, radiography units, sterilization systems, and experience a 15–30% environmental hazard exposure.

Required compliance sessions to be completed within the first 30 days of hire, with annual refreshers thereafter:

• College‑sponsored orientation, standards, and guidelines
• Anti‑Discrimination/Harassment & Title IX
• Safety/Active Shooter on Campus
• Personal Information Protection Training (PIP)
• Ethics and Social Responsibility
• Canvas Certification (if teaching online or hybrid)
• Criminal history check with acceptable results