Program Director Dental Assistant

Job description

Overview The Program Director Dental Assistant leads and elevates the program, ensuring strong academics, full accreditation compliance, high-quality theory and clinical training, and successful student outcomes. This role balances operational leadership, curriculum innovation, faculty mentorship, and community partnerships. The Program Director is also required to implement, monitor, and uphold all applicable policies and procedures to ensure effective functioning of the department. Responsibilities: - Oversee daily operations and support long-term strategic planning for the Dental Assisting program - Drive compliance with regional or state accrediting bodies, including self-study, reaccreditation processes, annual reports, self studies and responses - Promote and enforce safety and compliance standards in labs and clinical environments - Inspect and confirm dental equipment is in proper working order and lab is sufficiently stocked with consumables - Monitor and validate that faculty are providing active and engaging learning experiences to students within a respectful environment that is conducive to learning, and focused on student satisfaction and positive results - Support cu...