Job Summary

Big Sandy Community & Technical College is seeking Full Time Dental Hygiene/CDHC Program Instructor/Assistant Professor to teach at our BSCTC Satellite Campus located at Somerset, KY.

Job Duties:

Serve a Community Dental Health Program Coordinator

Two days each week will be spent on the CDHC Program duties including but not limited to the following:

• Engage community partners and stakeholders.
• Promote the CDHC program to students and the surrounding community.
• Plan and facilitate community dental outreach events.
• Advise and enroll students in the CDHC program.
• Monitor matriculation and student retention rates.
• Teach a three (3) hour online CDHC course each Fall semester and a three (3) hour online CDHC course each Spring semester.
• Facilitate/teach 6-hour summer internship for CDHC students.
• Manage CDHC Program budget.
• Coordinate use of Delta Dental mobile unit.
  
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Dental Hygiene Program Instructor/Faculty
Three days each week will be spend on Dental Hygiene Program duties including but not limited to the following:

• Full time requirement on the Somerset Community College Laurel North satellite campus in London, KY.
  • Teach a full course load each semester. This includes:
  • Teach didactic courses each semester for both first and/or second year dental hygiene students. Synchronous lectures will be delivered in person on the London campus and via Blackboard Collaborate for the Paintsville , KY location.
  • Provide laboratory instruction for both first and/or second year dental hygiene students. This includes but is not limited to: pre-clinical dental hygiene and local anesthesia delivery.
  • Provide clinical coverage for both first and/or second year dental hygiene students. Will be responsible for monitoring progression and grading of student as they perform dental hygiene treatment/procedures on a variety of patients in the dental clinic.
  • Participate in Dental Hygiene Program and college-wide committees
    
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• Provide ten office hours per week for student advising and course planning/management.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Full time faculty must possess a baccalaureate or higher degree.
• Faculty who are dental hygienists must be a graduate of a hygiene program accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation.
• Must have current knowledge of the specific subjects they are teaching.
• Must provide documented background in current educational methodology concepts consistent with teaching assignments.
   

Preferred Qualifications:

Current clinical practice experience preferred.
Experience with distance education techniques and delivery methods preferred.
Community Dental Health Coordinator Certificate preferred.

Additional Skills Requested:

Employee Rights - Employee Polygraph Protection Act

Equal Opportunity Employer - The Kentucky Community and Technical College System is an equal educational and employment opportunity institution.