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Primary Purpose

Provides high quality didactic and/or clinical instruction in the field of specialty to ensure students and residents meet course outcomes and scholarly activities. As Director serves as course director for the orthodontic didactic and clinical courses and may be given additional administrative duties.

Job Category

Exempt

Pay Basis

Annually

Subject to Grant Funding

No

Essential Job Functions

• Teaching:
  • Provides high quality instruction and ensures residents meet course outcomes.
  • Plans, evaluates, and revises curricula, course content, course materials, and methods of instruction.
  • Prepares course materials such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.
  • Identifies specialized materials for outside reading assignments.
  • Initiates, facilitates, and moderates classroom discussions.
  • Supervises clinical sessions.
  • Assists residents who need extra help with their coursework outside of class.
  • Maintains resident attendance records, grades, and other required records.
  • Evaluates and grades residents’ class and clinic work, assignments, and papers.
  • Compiles, administers, and grades examinations, or assigns this work to others.
  • Maintains regularly scheduled office hours to advise and assist residents.
  • Advises residents on academic and vocational curricula and on career issues.
• Clinical Instruction:
  • Assesses clinical education needs and patient and client teaching needs using a variety of methods.
  • Demonstrates patient care in clinical units of hospitals.
• Research & Scholarship:
  • Conducts research in a particular field of knowledge and publishes findings in professional journals, books, or electronic media.
  • Reviews papers for publication in journals.
• Service & Professional Development:
  • Participates in campus and community events, such as giving presentations to the public.
  • Actively identifies opportunities and provides service relating to fields of expertise for the benefit of internal and external communities.
• Director Duties:
  • Serves as course director for Orthodontic didactic and clinical courses.
  • Oversees Predoc Orthodontic program.
  • Manages D3-D4 cases.
• Other Assigned Duties:
  • Collaborates with staff and colleagues to address teaching and research issues, and to improve students' learning experiences.
  • Serves on academic or administrative committees that deal with institutional policies, departmental matters, and academic issues.
  • Mentors junior and adjunct faculty members.
  • Keeps abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional conferences.
  • Performs other duties as assigned or required.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Knowledge:
  • Dental Medicine – comprehensive knowledge of information and techniques needed in Dental Medicine, including symptoms and treatment planning.
  • Education/Training – knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design and teaching for individuals or groups, and the measurement of training effects.
  • English Language – thorough knowledge of the structure and content of English, including meaning, spelling, rules of composition, and grammar.
  • Customer Service – general knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services, including needs assessment, quality standards, and evaluation of user satisfaction.
• Skills:
  • Instructing – teaching others how to do something.
  • Critical Thinking – using logic and reasoning to identify strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions or approaches to problems.
  • Judgment/Decision Making – considering relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
  • Active Listening – giving full attention to what others are saying, understanding, and asking questions as appropriate.
  • Active Learning – understanding implications of new information for current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
  • Complex Problem Solving – identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
  • Speaking – conveying information effectively.
  • Reading Comprehension – understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
  • Learning Strategies – selecting and using training or instructional methods appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
• Abilities:
  • Finger Dexterity – ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.
  • Deductive Reasoning – ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce sensible answers.
  • Inductive Reasoning – ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions.
  • Speech Clarity – ability to speak clearly so others can understand.
  • Fluency of Ideas – ability to generate a number of ideas about a topic.
  • Problem Sensitivity – ability to detect when something is wrong or likely to go wrong.
  • Oral Comprehension – ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented verbally.
  • Oral Expression – ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
  • Written Comprehension – ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
  • Written Expression – ability to communicate information and ideas in writing.

Physical Requirements

• Speech Recognition – ability to identify and understand speech of another person.
• Speech Clarity – ability to speak clearly so others understand.
• Near Vision – ability to see details at close range.
• Manual Dexterity – ability to manipulate small objects.
• Work requires periods of sitting and/or standing.
• Work may require use of equipment such as pens, pencils, mobile devices, and computer keyboards.
• Ability to work in a clinical setting.
• Travel – ability to travel daily and/or overnight.
• Ability to work nights or weekends as required.

Required Certifications/Licensing

• Certificate in Orthodontics from a CODA‑accredited institution.
• Board eligible or board certified from the American Board of Orthodontics.

Required Education

DDS/DMD or foreign equivalent dentistry degree.

Required Experience

• Professional doctoral‑level teaching experience or minimum of three (3) years of experience working in private practice as an Orthodontist.
• For Assistant Professor rank: College‑level teaching experience.
• For Associate Professor rank: Continued professional growth and success in full‑time university teaching for four (4) years at the rank of Assistant Professor; scholarly contributions that have received peer recognition.
• For Professor rank: Continued professional growth and success in full‑time university teaching for five (5) years at the rank of Associate Professor; significant scholarly contributions recognized by peers.

Preferred Qualifications

Didactic and clinical Orthodontic teaching experience.

Safety Sensitive Position

No.

Background Screening Required

No.

Nova Southeastern University is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, marital or veteran status or any other legally protected status. The university complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act and will make reasonable accommodations when necessary.