Job Description
Description As a Spokane Public Schools staff member, you'll uphold our commitment to creating a loving and collaborative learning community where all students belong and thrive. We are looking for team members who embrace differences, have a desire to work with a diverse community of learners, have a heart for the humans they serve, work as a team, grow and reflect through feedback, are lifelong learners and positive problem solvers. FTE: 1.0 Contract Type: Continuing Anticipated Start Date: 2026-27 School Year Required Washington State Endorsement(s): Washington State CTE Teaching Certificate with appropriate Dental Assisting V-code #V510601, or the ability to verify 6,000 hours of recent dental assisting, dental healthcare, or related industry experience. Benefits- -Medical/Dental/Vision through SEBB (School Employee Benefits Board) are provided for employees who work at least 630 hours per academic year. Additional benefits may include vacation, sick, personal days, and paid holidays. Often, positions have additional pay provisions above what is represented on the salary schedule, all in accordance with the applicable collective bargaining agreements (if applicable) as negotiated. SALARY: Responsibilities Work with the local dental and healthcare industry, including the program advisory committee, Skill Center administration, Skill Center staff, professional associations, dental clinics, and post-secondary partners to develop and maintain integrated, relevant academic, employability, and technical student learning competencies for the Dental Assisting program. Take primary responsibility for ensuring that program curriculum, clinical expectations, and student activities align with Washington State Dental Assisting requirements, including applicable Department of Health, WAC, infection control, safety, and credentialing expectations. Washington State requires dental assistants to be registered to practice, and direct patient-care dental staff must maintain current healthcare provider BLS certification. Serve as the primary clinical, lab, and/or work-based learning supervisor for students, ensuring appropriate student preparation, documentation, safety practices, and communication with clinical or dental office partners. Stay current with technological, clinical, regulatory, and practical advances in the dental field, including chairside assisting, dental materials, sterilization and infection control, radiography, patient communication, dental charting, dental office procedures, and other areas included in the program curriculum. Develop and maintain industry-relevant curriculum units, long-range plans, weekly lesson plans, assessments, and competency-based learning activities aligned to dental assisting standards and Skill Center expectations. Integrate current dental industry technology, equipment, terminology, procedures, and best practices into curriculum and instructional strategies, to the extent resources are available. Develop and implement effective leadership, employability, clinical readiness, and work-based learning opportunities for all students. Work as an effective member of the Skill Center team to evaluate, market, strengthen, and continuously improve the Dental Assisting program. Organize the instructional program to support individual student learning needs, including students with varying academic, technical, employability, and clinical readiness levels. Maintain appropriate and required student records, including competency documentation, safety training records, clinical or work-based learning records, assessments, grades, attendance, and other program-related documentation. Communicate and interpret the Dental Assisting program to students, families, home high schools, industry partners, advisory committee members, and other stakeholders. Communicate student assessment goals, clinical readiness, competency progress, employability skills, and overall program progress to students, parents/guardians, and the student’s home high school on a regular basis. Develop and maintain an effective Dental Assisting program advisory committee that includes local dental professionals, employers, post-secondary partners, and other relevant stakeholders. Fulfill other responsibilities as assigned by Skill Center administration. Qualifications Qualifies for a Washington State CTE Teaching Certificate with appropriate Dental Assisting V-code #V510601, or the ability to verify 6,000 hours of recent dental assisting, dental healthcare, or related industry experience. Demonstrates classroom management procedures that provide for large and small groups, and individuals, and provides an environmen