Requisition ID: req3589

Job Title: Non-Credit Instructor - HCOP Dental Hygienist

Department: Vet., Imaging & Surgical Tech

Location: Columbus Campus

Employment Type: Adjunct/Non-Credit Instructor

Employment Status: Adjunct/Non-Credit Instructor

Bargaining Unit: Non-Bargaining Unit

FLSA Status: Exempt

Compensation Type: Contract

Compensation: $53.88

Schedule: Dependent on class schedule

End Date(if applicable): 8/13/2022

Position Summary

The Health Careers Opportunity Program (HCOP) offers two virtual summer experiences: the Health Science Summer Camp and the Health Science Summer Bridge Program. These programs assist students with healthcare exploration and building fundamental skills that prepare them for college coursework and a career. The HCOP Non-Credit Instructor plays an essential role in helping students to connect concepts with real world applications. This position helps students navigate potential course obstacles and gain an understanding of how classroom content is applied directly to the health field.

Core Competencies Required

Professionalism, Communication, Managing Work, Positive Approach, Continuous Improvement, Customer/Student/Employee Focus, Planning & Organizing, Collaboration, Adaptability, Guiding Interactions, Earning Trust, Quality Orientation

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

Instruction & Program Support

Assists in developing, designing, and leading program components that result in positive academic outcomes for HCOP participants. Provides engaging, ongoing opportunities for HCOP participants to experience success through academic activities. Develops and maintains a safe, supportive learning environment to achieve positive results. Builds strong, positive relationships with HCOP participants. Creates and maintains discussions for program and participant improvement. Provides student group management while facilitating workshops. Provides mentoring to HCOP Summer Camp participants and incoming freshmen participating in the HCOP Summer Bridge Program.

Customer Service & Classroom Support

Reports to site on time and prepared as directed. Assists with needs of the HCOP Health Science Summer Camp and the HCOP Health Science Summer Bridge Program. Models professional behavior with participants, parents, and staff. Handles disruptive behavior with respect, follows guidelines, processes and procedures, and reports any issues to the HCOP Project Coordinator. Monitors participant participation and attendance.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Helps to ensure the College meets its responsibilities in identifying areas of opportunity and systemic concerns while reporting complaints alleging discrimination.

Creates a welcoming, inclusive, equitable and productive work and learning environment where all students, faculty members, and college employees feel valued and are able to contribute to their full potential, regardless of their differences. Ensures accessible and inclusive curriculum design and teaching strategies, and specifically promotes, advises, and supports curriculum development aimed at creating a diverse and equitable learning environment.

Fosters and maintains a safe environment of respect and inclusion for faculty, staff, students, and members of the community.

Other Duties & Responsibilities

Actively participates in staff development workshops which contribute to personal and professional growth. Attends all required department meetings and trainings.

Physical Requirements

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions described in this position description. While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly exhibits digital dexterity when entering data into computer. The employee frequently sits for extended periods of time and occasionally stands and walks. Employee converses verbally with others in person and by telephone. Vision demands include close, relatively detailed vision when focusing on a computer screen. Employee occasionally lifts items up to 10 pounds.

Working Conditions

Normal office working conditions. Regular exposure to moderate noise typical to business offices.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities 

Knowledge of: mastery level of adult learning theory; delivering adult instruction; communication and computer; organizing and coordinating training programs.

Skilled in: communication, verbal, non-verbal and written: ensures understanding, adjusting to audience; maintaining the audience's attention; present in logical manner and summarize information to audience; defining clear goals.

Ability to: focus on the customer; educate and understand customer's needs and concerns; follow a logical sequence; use learning aids; build collaborative relationships; effectively work with persons of varying cultures and diversity; problem solve effectively; exhibit a pleasant public manner; originate correspondence; work independently demonstrating initiative; maintain accurate and complete work records; apply analytical thinking; maintain good public relations.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree. One (1) year of teaching experience. Registered Dental Hygienist currently licensed in the State of Ohio. State Motor Vehicle Operator's License or demonstrable ability to gain access to work site(s).