Dental Hygiene-Clinical Instructors; Pool

Mount Wachusett Community College Job Posting:
Dental Hygiene-Clinical Instructors (Pool)

Dental Hygiene-Clinical Instructors (Pool)

Mount Wachusett Community College (MWCC) is a highly regarded educational institution located in Gardner, Massachusetts and accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE). Established in 1963, MWCC serves the educational needs of the communities of North Central Massachusetts with innovative undergraduate education, early college programs, workforce development, personal enrichment, and community service. With a strong emphasis on academic excellence, MWCC provides a supportive environment for individuals to pursue their educational goals, enhance professional skills, and seek personal growth.

As a beacon of opportunity, Mount Wachusett Community College empowers individuals from all walks of life, fostering their development and transformation.

We hope you will consider applying for one of our open positions, and discover all that Mount Wachusett Community College and the North Central Massachusetts region have to offer.

Mount Wachusett Community College embraces diversity, equity, and inclusion as core values and makes it our mission to proactively focus on improving racial equity in our college community. We value equity-minded individuals with commitment to serve student learners from a broad range of cultural heritages, socioeconomic backgrounds, genders, abilities, and orientations. Therefore, we strongly encourage applicants who share our commitment and who understand the benefits of culturally relevant practices needed in an educational environment.

Potential Adjunct Faculty

Application submission to the part-time adjunct faculty pool is open to qualified and competent experts, who possess skills, education, and experience in academic and/or professional areas.

All part time faculty are responsible for providing our students with a high quality learning environment, while utilizing their focused expertise and experience in their individual classrooms, laboratories, and online platforms.

Adjunct Faculty Postings are for potential part-time, non-benefited, positions during the /  academic years.

Applications for adjunct positions will be held in applicant pools by discipline which, whenever a position opens up in any given discipline, will be consulted when searching for candidates to fill the position. Applicants for adjunct positions will not be notified of their status unless they are contacted to come in for an interview, which might occur soon after applying or as much as a year later.

Adjunct applicants are encouraged to indicate their availability by completing the Adjunct Faculty Questionnaire.

• Assigns, supervises, plans experiences and evaluates students in pre-clinical and clinical learning environments based on course and program student learning outcomes;
• Provides support, guidance and instruction on all aspects of patient care in the clinical setting;
• Demonstrates procedures and patient care in clinical or laboratory dental hygiene settings;
• Assures safe dental hygiene care is provided for an individuals or group of individuals;
• Provides the student with relevant and timely feedback concerning both the care of patients and written work submitted to the instructor;
• Maintains expertise in area of clinical specialization with ongoing professional development and/or fieldwork;
• Works effectively as part of the overall department demonstrating positive interpersonal relationships, communication skills, and collaboration with other faculty members and clinical staff to meet departmental and student needs;
• Promotes high standards of professional dental hygiene practice;
• Submits weekly student attendance sheets in accordance with dental department time frames;
• Utilizes technological course components such as Black Board and Dentrix as directed by course syllabi;
• Responds promptly to student and faculty emails, department notifications and attendance roster requests from the records department using MWCC assigned email;
• Maintains faculty requirements and faculty file updates…