Full-time Faculty - Dental Hygiene

FULL TIME FACULTY – DENTAL HYGIENE

HEALTH SCIENCES DEPARTMENT

MALCOLM X COLLEGE

Malcolm X College is currently seeking a Full-Time Faculty member to teach Dental Hygiene. If you have passion for teaching and learning and are committed to the mission of the community college, consider joining our team. The ideal candidate will have demonstrated success in the classroom by developing and using effective teaching strategies that meet students’ diverse needs and engage the student in critical thinking and problem-solving. 

The Program of Dental Hygiene is a 2 years program, upon completion of the program, the students earn an Associates of Applied Science degree in Dental Hygiene. The program is designed to educate students and provide comprehensive dental hygiene care to diverse population using critical thinking and evidenced-based decision making.

The mission of Malcolm X College is to provide accessible liberal arts and health-focused education that fosters personal and professional achievement. To fulfill this mission, we focus on the following core values: accountability, community, diversity, empowerment, learning, and respect.

The City Colleges of Chicago delivers exceptional learning opportunities and educational services for diverse student populations in Chicago. We enhance knowledge, understanding skills, collaboration, community service, and life -long learning by providing a broad range of quality, affordable courses, program, and services to prepare students for success in a technologically advanced and increasingly interdependent global society. We work proactively to eliminate barriers to employment and to address and overcome casual factors underlying socioeconomic disparities and inequities of access and graduation in higher education.
 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES:

• Design courses to meet learning outcomes and promote students’ active participation in their own learning.
• Create an effective learning environment that fosters students’ intellectual curiosity and helps students to problem solve using discipline-specific thinking strategies.
• Employ a variety of formative and summative assessments to ensure that classroom instruction leads to student learning and the attainment of the student learning outcomes for the course.
• Help students reach their academic, personal and career goals and foster a safe environment that respects the diversity of people and ideas by modeling respect for all students and conveying confidence in every student’s ability to learn.
• Contribute to and provide leadership in the student’s academic and professional communities and promote collaboration and teamwork among members of these communities.

QUALIFICATIONS: 

• Bachelor’s degree or higher and current Illinois Dental Hygiene License.
• Minimum of two FT years of clinical experience
• Knowledge of Brightspace Learning Management System, preferred
• Excellent oral and written communication skills and ability to communicate with diverse group of staff and students required
• Experience with a diverse, multi-lingual student population is desired, as is a commitment to the open access mission of the community college.
• Prior experience with online teaching (via Zoom) and/or teaching certification is strongly preferred.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills and ability to communicate with diverse group of staff and students, required
• Experience with a diverse, multi-lingual student population is desired, as a commitment to the open access mission of the community college

Salary: $58,000 - $65,000

Offered salary will be determined by the respective collective bargaining agreement and applicant's education.

Benefits information is found at https://www.ccc.edu/departments/Benefits/

WE OFFER: Excellent health benefits at a low cost; Investment plans 403(b) & 457(b); SURS Retirement Plan; Generous vacation, holidays, personal and sick days; Tuition Reimbursement and Public Service Loan Forgiveness. For a more detailed overview of benefits, please visit our benefits page.

This position is represented by the Local 1600 Faculty union.

Chicago residency is required for all full-time employees within 6 months of hire.

We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.

Thank you for your interest in City Colleges of Chicago!