Angela Barnett,
RDH BS, MAOL

My Story

​I am Angela Barnett. My journey began as a graduate of the USC dental hygiene program in 1998. I worked as a Registered Dental Hygienist in the specialty of periodontics and general practice for 10 years.  The desire to teach was always within me. In 2008 I began teaching dental hygiene students full-time. Most of my experience is in some type of leadership role, mostly as junior or senior clinic coordinator. In 2017 I received my Master's degree in Organizational Leadership from St. Mary's University. This allowed me to expand my leadership experience as a program director for three years. My passion lead me back to teaching full-time.

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I have always taught with a desire and passion to learn, grow, and  strive to become better at what I do. Over the years as an educator, I have seen students go through generational changes that the world has thrust upon them, whether the rise in the use of cell phones and social media, or living through a pandemic. Each generation has come with unique needs and ways of learning. These needs may present to an educator as "challenges," however, I prefer not to look at it that way. I view each generation, each cohort of students as having unique needs that push me out of my comfort zone to find the best approaches and methodologies that work for them.

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In my leadership education, I learned that we must always adapt to current circumstances. Solutions that worked for yesterday's problems will not work today. This has pushed me as an educator in more ways I can explain. I have become adept at quickly identifying a classes needs, and changing curriculum to suit those needs. I have made changes that work and I want to share them with you!