"Biology Instructor (Full-Time) Madera Community College"

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Biology Instructor (Full-Time) Madera Community College
State Center Community College District

Closing Date: 2/22/2022 at 11:55 PM

Campus Location: Madera Community College

Start Date: 12/23/2021

Essential Functions:

At Madera Community College we value the ability to serve students from a broad range of cultural heritages, socioeconomic backgrounds, genders, abilities and orientations. We prioritize applicants who demonstrate they understand the benefits a diverse student population brings to a community college. The successful faculty member will be an equity-minded individual committed to student success by collaborating with faculty, classified staff, administration, students and community partners who are also dedicated to closing equity gaps. An equity-minded individual is a person who:

• Understands the importance of holding ourselves accountable as educators for closing equity gaps and engaging in equitable practices;
• Reframes inequities as a problem of practice and views the elimination of inequities as an individual and collective responsibility;
• Encourages positive race-consciousness and embraces human difference;
• Reflects on institutional and teaching practices and aims to create a culturally responsive teaching environment;
• Strategically builds buy-in and participation among colleagues for equity-related initiatives.

Madera Community College seeks faculty members who value mentorship and working in a collegial, collaborative environment, guided by a commitment to helping all students achieve their educational goals. Divisions strongly encourage collaboration across disciplines to create inclusive, integrated, and interdisciplinary learning experiences. Madera Community College faculty are expected to be knowledgeable about, and willing to use, different learning and teaching methods appropriate to the students they serve. Faculty members should be open and willing to participate in culturally relevant professional development that will help them prepare for the population of students who attend Madera Community College.

The ideal candidate will share Madera Community College's commitment to educating its racially and socioeconomically diverse student population. For the 2020/2021 Academic Year, we currently enroll over 7,100 students in which 65% identify as Latinx, 9% as Asian/Pacific Islander, 3% as Black/African American, 18% as White, 1% as American Indian/Alaska Native, and 3% as multiracial. Madera Community College is a Hispanic-Serving Institution, reflecting the great responsibility that the College has to the educational attainment and economic well-being of the surrounding community. The successful candidate will join a department dedicated to the use of curriculum responsive to the students it serves.

Providing instruction in Biology on the Madera Community College campus and/or at off-site community campus locations, the instructor will be responsible for:

• Teaching both lecture and laboratory classes in biology for majors, microbiology, human anatomy and human physiology;
• Maintaining instruments used in teaching biology;
• Teaching the principles and applications of biology instrumentation;
• Assisting in the coordination of laboratory facilities and assuring the availability of supplies and equipment;
• Evaluating adjunct instructors, and collecting data on student learning outcomes;
• Implementing appropriate practices to develop writing skills at all levels;
• Serving on and attending department, college, and district committees as needed;
• Curriculum and program development and/or revision, including participating in program review, student learning outcome development and assessment to improve student learning;
• Participating in the accreditation process;
• Communicating effectively with students and staff;
• Developing classroom presentations using multimedia tools;
• Advising students participating in college/district committees;
• Cooperating with regard to scheduling classes between colleagues in the same disciplines;
• Participating in student recruiting activities;
• Teaching assignments in a variety of instructional settings and times, including evening and/or weekends, on-line or off-campus and large group instruction classes as needed; and
• Otherwise fulfilling all of the duties and responsibilities of instructors as required by Administrative Regulation 7122.

Minimum Qualifications:

All candidates must have evidence of responsiveness to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students, as these factors relate to the need for equity-minded practice within the classroom; AND

• Master’s in any biological science; OR
• Bachelor’s in any biological science AND master’s in biochemistry, biophysics, or marine science; OR
• A valid California Community College Credential; OR
• The equivalent education and/or experience (requires an equivalency).

(NOTE: If the degrees posted on your transcript(s) do not match EXACTLY as stated above, you MUST petition for equivalency.)

Desirable Qualifications:

• Experience and skill incorporating elements of diversity, equity, and inclusion into all areas of responsibility;
• Recent experience working with African American, Asian/Pacific Islander, Latinx, Native American, and other racially minoritized students in the classroom and an understanding of how historical patterns of exclusion of these groups in higher education shape patterns of participation and outcomes;
• Willingness to examine and remediate one’s instructional, relational, and classroom practices to more effectively engage and support racially minoritized students;
• Experience working with a diverse student population;
• Related work and professional experience;
• Experience working with students of various cultural, gender, age, socioeconomic, and ethnic backgrounds, including disabled students;
• Experience teaching at the post-secondary level;
• Broad based academic background in biology;
• Knowledge of current laboratory safety procedures;
• Experience in maintaining instruments used in teaching biology;
• Experience serving on committees;
• Knowledge and use of current educational technology and multimedia presentation software;
• Knowledge and experience in the development and assessment of student learning outcomes;
• Commitment to professional growth including demonstrated willingness to improving teaching methodology;
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with students and staff;
• Potential for contribution to institutional vitality and growth; and
• Knowledge of the community college and its mission and goals.

Conditions of Employment: 177 duty days per year.

Salary and Benefits: Starting annual salary is $60,678 – $91,350 based on education and experience. An annual doctoral stipend of $2,270 is available. In addition, the District offers an attractive fringe benefit package including medical, dental, and vision coverage for the employee and dependents, and life insurance. Employees are also members of the California State Teacher’s Retirement System (CalSTRS).