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Dental Hygiene Faculty | Pima Community College | Tucson, AZ
PIMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
invites applications for the position of:
Dental Hygiene Faculty
An Equal Opportunity Employer
OPENING DATE: 10/30/09
CLOSING DATE: 01/20/10 05:00 PM
POSITION SUMMARY:
Tucson is a multicultural, southwestern city with more than 1 million people. It is renowned for its rich heritage and superb weather and is located in a desert valley surrounded by four mountain ranges in Southeastern Arizona at an elevation of 2,400 feet.
Pima Community College opens its doors to more than 75,000 credit and non-credit students each year. Six campuses offer university-transfer programs, as well as occupational, developmental, general education, corporate training, and community education courses. Classes are offered at six campuses, four community-learning centers, and approximately 180 other off-campus locations.
The College is committed to hiring employees who:
- Are creative
- Are open to change and new methods or work practices
- Have a passion for continuous learning and self-improvement
- Are willing to promote the College's mission “to develop our community through learning”
Besides traditional class structuring, the College meets the needs of students by offering evening, weekend, year-round, telecommunication and accelerated courses of instruction. Since service to our students is our highest priority, employees can expect to participate in innovative methods and flexible scheduling in keeping with the College’s vision “to provide access to learning without the limits of time, place or distance.”
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Teaching a broad range of courses in the discipline or subject area
- Using a wide range of delivery systems, such as lecture, lecture/lab, self-paced, independent or individualized instruction, internet, flex, open-entry/open-exit, and other alternatives
- Conferencing with students regarding academic success
- Evaluating student performance
- Providing academic advising
- Evaluating and revising course outlines, course materials, and instructional methods
- Participating in curriculum design
- Building community relations and developing the program at the campus and the College
- Maintaining competency and currency in the discipline taught as well as in teaching strategies and assessment methods
- Mentoring adjunct faculty
- Serving as a member of the department
- Serving on college-wide committees
- Performing other professional duties
- Faculty members will be expected to teach a flexible schedule that could include day, evening, and weekend classes
The ideal faculty candidate will have knowledge of:
- Student learning styles: willing to adapt and modify based on the population of students
- Assessment instruments and their interpretation: understands how assessment information will be used to improve institutional programs and services
- Evaluation of a student’s educational progress: holds students responsible for learning and being able to perform the material
- Techniques for academic advising: understands the myriad of resources available through student development and can help students sort through problems
- Current issues, trends, advances, research, and practices impacting the discipline
- Knowledge of computerized medical software programs (example: Medisoft)
- Experience with course management systems such as WebCT or Blackboard
JOB REQUIREMENTS:
Minimum Qualifications for faculty positions are governed by our Faculty Certification Standards.
This position is in an Occupational discipline and requires the following:
- Baccalaureate degree, master’s degree preferred
- Current clinical dental hygiene practice for a minimum of two (2) years with six (6) months of the two years of practice immediately preceding application
- Current local anesthesia and nitrous oxide inhalation licensure (Arizona licensure preferred)
- Eligibility for Arizona dental/dental hygiene licensure (Arizona licensure preferred)
- Dental hygienist preferred
Unofficial transcripts for all post-secondary education MUST be attached to the online application even if they have been submitted in the past. Transcripts must show the name of the accredited institution and the degree conferred. If degree is not yet conferred, indicate on the application the anticipated date of completion of degree requirements. Applicants with foreign transcripts must provide the evaluation for equivalency. For a Pima Community College approved list of transcript evaluation agencies, please see www.pima.edu/pimajobs/foreigntranscript.shtml
Applicants currently in progress for a degree or additional semester hours to meet the minimum qualifications must have the degree conferred and/or semester hours completed by January 20, 2010.
OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
HOW TO APPLY:
Apply online at http://apptrkr.com/132070. If you haven't used the online system before, you will be required to create an account.
In addition to completing the entire electronic application, you must attach the following items (attachments will be one of the options on the application):
- A complete and comprehensive resume
- A letter of interest, not to exceed 3 pages, that outlines your qualifications, knowledge, skills, abilities and experience as related to this position, as well as the strengths that you would bring to this assignment
- Unofficial transcripts of all post-secondary education
SELECTION PROCESS:
- Candidates invited to the next stage of the selection process will be chosen from among those who most closely meet the stated characteristics. Meeting these qualifications and criteria does not guarantee an interview.
- Candidates invited to the final stage of the selection process will participate in a committee interview, a teaching demonstration, and an administrative interview.
- The process is expected to be finalized in the Spring of 2010, with a start date in August of 2010.
Contact Information: Michelle Martinez, facultyjobs@pima.edu
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