Careers in Dental Assisting School - CDAS

WELCOME!
We at Careers in Dental Assisting School (CDAS/ Illinois ) wish to welcome you to a series of new, innovative and unique courses in the dental assisting field. We offer courses designed to give you the best basic, foundational knowledge and skills necessary to start your new career, at a minimum cost of time and expense . In addition, school hours are designed to allow you to be able to learn without interrupting your current job or daily responsibilities. We offer this opportunity from the perspective of practicing dentists and experienced dental personnel in the setting of an actual dental office. While we seek to give you experience in a wide range of techniques, materials and dental knowledge, we will focus on the skills we as dentists see as "core necessities" for job acquisition.

Job opportunities for trained dental assistants are quite good in today's marketplace. While no one can guarantee job placement, the dental profession is currently facing a shortage of trained dental assistants. If one examines the want ads for dental assistants, virtually all jobs require experience. How can you get a job without experience and how can you get experience without a job? With our course, we believe the gap can be bridged in a minimal amount of time during convenient hours and at a reasonable cost.

Institutional Philosophy
The philosophy of CDAS is based on the belief that people can be trained in a relatively short period of time to enter the world of professional dental assisting. We also believe that the amount of on the job experience , not classroom hours, is the best teacher. Therefore, it is our purpose to equip each student with the basic skills necessary to enter the workplace and begin to gather experience. We also feel that our many years in the profession not only qualifies us to teach these skills, but also gives us the opportunity to impart what "golden nuggets" we have discovered along the way.

Location
Careers in Dental Assisting School/CDAS is located at 7700 W. Madison Street , River Forest , Illinois , 60305 , in the private dental practice of Dr. John G. Hartmann.

Hours of Operation
Office hours are between the hours of 9:00 am and 5:00 pm Monday through Friday. A representative of CDATS will be available to provide consumer information during office hours. The CDATS course runs for ten consecutive weeks (except for student holidays) from the hours of 8:00 am to 5:00 pm with an hour for lunch. Weekday classes (when available) run on Thursday from 6:00pm to 10:00 pm. Breaks are given for 10minute periods every hour.




Class Schedule
Please refer to school calendar, page 1

Dress Code
Dress code is informal and casual. However, for the Dental Assisting course, it is recommended that students go ahead and buy a uniform (Scrubs) since some of the materials we work with in the dental office can permanently stain or damage clothing. Also we believe that students should get used to "being and looking like" dental assistants. Hospital scrubs are the preferred dental office attire.

Facilities and Equipment
CDAS occupies over 1800 square feet of classroom, laboratory and office space. The modern building is carpeted and air conditioned, with a fluorescent lighting system that provides a bright, well-lit learning environment. The office has been recently remodeled and beautifully decorated in the Frank Lloyd Wright theme. There are 4 dental treatment rooms, equipped with modern dental equipment-plus all the instruments, materials and supplies that are routinely used in the typical dental practice. There is an up to date certified OSHA program already in place with accompanying MSDS sheets and other regulatory necessities. All in all, it is an ideal environment for students to maximize their time and experience. There are 6 clinical treatment areas, 2 laboratory areas, and 2 sterilization areas that may be utilized.

Training Aids
Instructors are supplied with teaching manuals, appropriate charts, 35mm slide, videos, diagrams, human mannequins and all dental equipment and supplies necessary for laboratory and operatory training.

Faculty and Staff
Administrative Staff:
School Director: John G. Hartmann, D.D.S., Owner of CDAS

Teaching Faculty:
Dr. John G. Hartmann, Graduate of Loyola University School of Dentistry
Experience: 26 years in General Dentistry Practice

Jayne M. Siou,Certified Dental Assistant from Loyola School of Dentistry Assisting,Graduated 1980 Program 26 Years experience in Dental Assisting & Private Business Management

Admissions
Admission Requirements:
•  Any person who has attained a high school diploma or a recognized equivalency certificate (GED) is eligible to attend CDAS. All applicants must exhibit a proper willingness and enthusiasm to learn the skills required to effectively work in a dental office. A high school senior may take our course on the condition that he/she has an overall grade point average of "B".

•  Admissions at CDAS are conducted throughout the year. Those applicants who apply during the course of class training will be given first consideration to be enrolled in the next course. New classes start approximately every 10 weeks.

Admissions Procedures:
CDAS prefers a personal interview with each applicant prior to acceptance and encourages the parent, spouse of other family member, as is appropriate, to attend the interview. Admissions representatives are available Monday through Friday between the hours of 9:00 am and 5:00 pm at the school office. This campus does not offer classes in English as a Second Language.

Statement of Non-Discrimination
No person shall be excluded from participation, denied any benefits or subjected to any form of discrimination because of sex, age, creed, religion, national origin or physical handicap.

Financial Aid or Assistance
Currently, CDAS has no financial aid packages available. We do, however, accept Visa/MasterCard, Discover Card, Personal Checks, Money Orders, and Cash. Training vouchers are available through the Illinois Employment Training Center (IETC), located in the unemployment office. You must apply at the centers to see if you qualify. Student loan financing is also available through the school, prospective students should apply for financing in person by appointment only.




Cancellation/Refund Policy
•  As a student, you may cancel your enrollment agreement for school at any time.

•  When notice of cancellation is given before midnight of the fifth business day with 6 days after the date of enrollment, but prior to the first day of class, all application-registration fees, tuition and any other charges shall be refunded to the student.

•  When notice of cancellation is given after midnight of the fifth business day following acceptance but prior to the close of business on the student's first day of class attendance, the school may retain no more than the application-registration fee which may not exceed $150.00 or 50% of the cost of tuition, whichever is less

•  If you cancel, any refund and any negotiable instrument signed by you shall be returned to you within thirty (30) days following the school's receipt of your cancellation notice. To cancel the enrollment agreement for school, the student must deliver a signed and dated copy of a written notice of cancellation to the school at its official address.

•  When Notice of cancellation is given after the student's completion of the first day of class attendance, but prior the student's completion of 5% of the course of instruction, the school may retain the application-registration fee, an amount not to exceed 10% of the tuition and other instructional charges or $300.00, which ever is less;

•  When a student has completed in excess of 5% of the course of instruction, the school may retain the application-registration fee, but shall refund a part of the tuition and other instructional charges in accordance with whichever of the following applies:

Percentage of days in class completed
By student at notice of cancellation:
10%...................... school may retain .....................15%
20%......................................................................30%
30%......................................................................40%
40%......................................................................50%
50%......................................................................60%
60%......................................................................100%

ACADEMIC STATUS


Attendance Policy
Students are expected to attend and be on time for all classes. Tardiness is considered disrespectful to both classmates and instructors. Students who have a pattern of tardiness will be advised on an individual basis.

Students are required to complete all assignments regardless of class attendance and are required to maintain, at a minimum, an attendance average of 80% for the total instructional hours from program inception to the point where progress is being measured. Students who miss more than 20% of the instructional hours will be placed on attendance probation, and any further absenteeism may result in termination with the appropriate pro-rata refund.

A student who is absent more than 20% of the total contact hours in the program may automatically be terminated from the current class. A student terminated for being absent in excess of 20% may at the sole discretion of the school director, be allowed to re-enter the program during the next session.

Tests missed because of absence must be made up on the day the student returns to school, unless other arrangements have been made by the instructor and approved by the director.

The school has no provisions for excused absences. Make-up work shall not be authorized for the purpose of removing any absence.

A student will be charged with one hour of absence for each hour of tardiness or any part thereof. The time elapsed during an authorized Leave of Absence is not considered as "absence" for the purpose of the cumulative attendance average. If a Leave of Absence is granted, or if inclement weather forces the school to close, a student's completion date will be extended to make up for clock hours missed. Scheduled school holidays are not counted as absences.




Class Size
For dental assisting classes, the teacher/student ration will not exceed 25 students per one instructor in a lecture class and 6 students per one instructor in laboratory classes.

Graduation Requirements
A certificate of achievement will be awarded to those Dental Assisting students who have attended class at least 80% of the scheduled class hours.

Leave of Absence Policy
A student may be granted one leave of absence per course. A leave of absence must be requested in writing prior to the beginning of the requested leave and must be approved by the school director. A copy of the approval leave of absence request will be maintained in the student's academic file.

The student must make up the time missed due to an approved leave of absence during the next scheduled term in order to satisfy the graduation requirements. A leave of absence is discouraged except in emergency situations.

Appeals
The student may appeal an unsatisfactory grade and/or attendance classification to the director by explaining in writing any circumstance relevant to the situation. The director will evaluate the circumstances presented by the student and, if justified, the student's program record will be amended to reflect the results of the appeal and students status will be revised as appropriate.


Appeal Process
From time to time, difference in interpretation of school policies will arise among students, faculty and/or administration.

When such differences arise, a miscommunication or misunderstanding is usually a major contributing factor. For this reason we urge both students and staff to communicate any problems that arise directly to the individual(s) involved. If the problem cannot be resolved in this manner, the director of the school should be contacted. Normally the informal procedure of discussing the difference will resolve the problem. If for whatever reason, the student feels there has not been a resolution to a problem expressed orally within a reasonable period of time, the student should submit the grievance, meet with the parties involved, and will notify all parties in writing of the problem resolution and the reasons upon which it was based within ten calendar days of receiving the complaint.

If the problem remains unresolved, the student should contact the State of Illinois Commission on Proprietary Education, 100 N. First Street, Springfield, Illinois, 62777.

Transferability of Credits
CDAS does not guarantee the transferability of its credits to any other educational institution since transferability is up to the receiving institution unless it has a written agreement on file of current acceptability of such credits from other institutions.



Termination and Readmittance
A student who is absent more than 20% of the total scheduled contact hours in program will be terminated.

A student may be placed on attendance or academic probation or terminated due to:
. Unsatisfactory course work
. Failure to maintain the attendance requirements
. Failure to progress within the school's maximum time frame
. Failure to abide by the school's rules and regulations.

A student whose enrollment was terminated for unsatisfactory progress or non-conformation with the rules and regulations of the school may only be readmitted, with the approval of the school director, under the following conditions:
. One grading period must elapse before being readmitted
. The problem which caused the termination must be satisfactorily resolved
. The student must demonstrate the potential to succeed

A student who re-enrolls after being terminated for unsatisfactory progress will be placed on academic probation for the next grading period.

A student whose enrollment was terminated for violation of the attendance policy may not re-enter before the start of the next grading period.

A student in good standing, who voluntarily withdraws, may apply for re-admission at any time.