Dental Assisting Program Director

Job overview

The Dental Assisting Program Director role is onsite in Morgantown, WV. Compensation is not specified. West Virginia Junior College and East Ohio College describe their purpose as empowering change by creating opportunity. The director leads the program’s academic and operational work while supporting student retention, certification outcomes, externship performance, graduate placement, and program effectiveness. The role combines student coaching, curriculum and compliance work, partner coordination, and teaching courses as assigned.

What you'll do

• Lead day-to-day academic and operational activities
• support retention through coaching, curriculum improvement, online course maintenance, and meetings
• prepare students for certification examinations
• manage externship sites, placements, expectations, monitoring, and evaluation
• coordinate placement support with Career Management
• teach courses as assigned
• maintain the Program Advisory Board and Program Effectiveness Plan
• comply with institutional and accreditation requirements and applicable laws.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

full-time

dental assisting

program director

student success

certification preparation

externships

graduate placement

morgantown wv

wvjc

east ohio college

program compliance

teaching

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Why this role

Associate degree or higher and at least three years of full-time occupational experience required; current dental assistant registration/certification or qualifying dentist licensure required; previous teaching experience preferred.

About the employer

WVJC | UCI | EOC is hiring for this role. Industry: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools. Sector: 61.