Adjunct Faculty - Dental Assisting Education; DAE

Position Summary

Position Type: Adjunct Faculty - Dental Assisting Education (DAE)
Salary: $1061 per load hour (most courses are 3-4 load hours)
Job List: External
Close Date: Open until filled (first review of applications submitted by 07/24/2026 at 5:00 pm Arizona time)
Location: All employees are expected to live and work within the state of Arizona. All selected candidates are subject to a successful completion of a background check.
Teaching modality: Candidates must be willing to teach in person, but may be asked to teach in multiple modalities including virtual, online or hybrid.

• Instruct students in the content area and work with them on strategies to help them achieve academic success.
• Follow established protocols for presence, responsiveness, grading, attendance taking, and assessment of student learning.
• Use current, effective classroom management techniques.
• Monitor and continuously improve instruction to ensure Student Learning Outcomes are met on classroom, discipline/program, and college level.
• Evaluate student performance.
• Continually improve instruction utilizing appropriate delivery methods.
• Maintain competency and currency in the teaching field(s), as well as in teaching strategies, subject delivery modalities, and assessment methods.
• Work collaboratively with faculty, staff and students and utilize a collegial style in all forms of communication.

• Certified Dental Assistant.
• Current CPR-BLS certification through The American Heart Association.
• 2 years’ experience as a dental assistant.
• Current knowledge at an appropriate level for the subject they teach.

Preferred: Graduate from a CODA accredited program.

• Experience teaching college-level courses.
• Experience using a Learning Management System, preferably D2L Brightspace.
• Ability to adapt and modify instruction based on students’ learning styles, including working with accommodations and accessibility.
• Ability to assess students’ educational progress and maintain high instruction and learning standards to meet course objectives and student learning outcomes.
• Competencies in diversity and inclusion: knowledge of diverse community college student populations and the ability to address diversity in effective instructional practice and student learning.

• Phone:
• TTY:
• Email: hr

Pima Community College is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We encourage applications from all qualified individuals.