Instructor Pool - Dental Hygiene

Instructor Pool - Dental Hygiene

Our Health Professions Department is seeking to expand its pool of part-time faculty to teach Dental Hygiene. Beyond the required education and experience, instructors must have a passion for what they teach and have teaching styles that support student success. Instructors are responsible for following Division and College procedures in support of teaching and learning. This is an application pool posting for .

The assigned location for this position is at the Lane Community College's main campus located in Eugene, Oregon. Selected candidates will be clinical instructors.

Position

Purpose:

The primary purpose of this position is to provide instruction in dental hygiene interventions, primarily in clinical or lab learning environments. Faculty are professional educators with the primary responsibility of providing a quality learning experience for all Lane Community College students. The relationship of the faculty member to the student is one of teacher of record and facilitator of learning.

Essential Functions:

Division Functions Provide instruction in Dental Hygiene courses and other Health Professions courses as necessary

Support student learning through activities that include:
Exhibit compliance with College policies and procedures, accountability for leave time, timesheet completion, release time, textbook ordering and related functions

Sustain currency in discipline and innovation in teaching

Collegial participation in faculty performance evaluation process

Maintain and post office hours in alignment with College expectations

Maintain physical campus presence for instruction and daily needs of students, departments, college, and community, as specified in the College Operations Policies and Procedures Maintain requirements for student records, attendance, grades, and/or other documentation; ensure a safe, quality classroom or lab, including equipment, supplies, and inventory

Problem solve and manage sensitive information with appropriate awareness ofFERPAstandards; maintain confidentiality and sensitivity to the privacy needs of students

Other duties as assigned

Curriculum Delivery Provide high-quality classroom instruction

Create course content, develop and revise course content and materials

Establish learning outcomes consistent with core ability outcomes, assess outcomes using appropriate assessment tools, and use assessment results to inform improvements at a program and course level

Incorporate college values into the curriculum and promote a respectful learning environment including facilitating awareness of multicultural and diversity issues in curricula

Teach and develop all class syllabi and course materials, in a form that can be directly delivered to, and used by, students

Confer with students on course materials

Deliver curriculum to students in traditional and online formats

Online Teaching and Student Support Engage within the online course environment to ensure Regular and Substantive Interaction (RSI).Monitor student progress and provide reasonable coaching and assistance to struggling students towards success

Review and grade all work submitted by students and provide timely and substantive feedback

Provide timely responses to student inquiries.

Ensure that all materials meet the guidelines of Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act.

Use effective strategies for teaching online.

Equity and Inclusion Demonstrate Lane Community College's core value of social justice by ensuring equity and inclusion skills such as respect, inclusiveness, reflecting, valuing of cultural and personal differences, are the basis of employee and student interpersonal communications and relationships, and are applied to all position responsibilities.

Duties are carried out respectfully and inclusively, regardless of age, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, social class, marital status, national origin, race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, veteran's status, nationality, age, language, origin or employment status.

Actively assist withADAcompliance in conjunction with Human Resources and Disability Resource departments; support appropriate access for persons with disabilities in order to provide for the success of students and staff; mentor and role model cultural competency for persons with disabilities.

Must demonstrate an active concern for students, staff, and the public.

Supervision Statement:
Faculty report to a Department or Division Dean, and perform instruction-related duties and responsibilities in a timely manner and in accordance with the mission, policies and procedures of the college:
Lane Vision, Mission, Values

Physical Demands/Working Environment:
This position works indoors and is exposed to usual office working conditions that include office noises and interruptions, such as printers, telephones, and visitors. This position requires that an employee is able to sit or stand for extended periods of time; perform cognitive and psychometric work for more than six (6)…