Instructor, Dental Hygiene

Position Details

• This position is a 10-month, Faculty B position.

• Screening will begin ASAP and continue until the position(s) is filled.

• As soon as practical after the interviewing process. Tentative start date:
  August 2026.

Full-time, benefited Faculty B, F3 level position. Starting salary range: $74,492.00 - $96,839.00 annually, depending upon experience.

• Educational Benefits for employees and dependents

• Tuition Reimbursement

• 17 Paid Holiday/Closure Days

• Three Paid Personal Days

• Healthcare/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

• Generous Retirement Benefits—15.12% Employer Paid/4% Employee Paid

• Paid Vacation and Sick Leave

• Onsite Childcare Center

• Professional Development Opportunities

The Instructor, Dental Hygiene is responsible for the coordination, planning, presentation, and evaluation of classroom instruction and related activities. The Instructor is responsible for performing assigned duties during the day, evening, or weekend on any Laramie County Community College campus or outreach center as assigned. Minimum activities include instruction, instructional counseling, academic advising, serving on committees, coordinating or participating in school‑based community events and service‑learning activities, and engaging in local, state, regional, or national professional activities and organizations.

This position is exempt and is not eligible for compensatory or overtime pay provisions of the FLSA. The listing of essential duties is not all‑inclusive; other duties may be assigned.

• Instructional duties across all courses in Dental Hygiene.

• Instructional counseling and academic advising for students.

• Participation on faculty, departmental, and institutional committees.

• Coordinating and participating in school‑based community events and service‑learning activities.

• Engagement in professional activities and organizations at local, state, regional, or national levels.

• Employ student‑centered instruction and use appropriate and current educational materials.

• Respond promptly to student inquiries and provide timely, appropriate, and instructive feedback.

• Maximize student engagement and success by employing methods that develop student understanding of the discipline’s values, practice, and procedures, and by engaging students in interdisciplinary practices for 21st‑century learning.

• Prepare and deliver courses using high‑impact teaching practices in a respectful learning environment.

• Maintain clear expectations and defined learning outcomes.

• Promote learning through innovative classroom technologies.

• Evaluate student engagement and success through formative and summative assessment.

• Develop curriculum by articulating measurable, student‑centered learning outcomes and applying competency‑based design strategy.

• Contribute to curriculum design, implementation, and review aligned with current or emerging community, state, or national needs.

• Engage in continuous improvement of student learning and success by analyzing data and implementing change.

• Maintain professionalism by embodying the values, ethics, and behavior codes of LCCC and the discipline.

• Demonstrate social competence and effective communication in professional and academic venues.

• Actively contribute to the college, pathway, department, or discipline by engaging in expanding institutional connections and professional development.

• Principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and measurement of training effects.

• Administrative and office procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, designing forms, and workplace terminology.

• Media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and the use of alternative media to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.

• Speaking—conveying information effectively to others.

• Instructing—teaching others how to do something.

• Learning strategies—selecting and using appropriate instructional methods.

• Active learning—applying new information to current and…