Professor of Histotechnology
Position Overview
The Biological Sciences Department is one of the largest and most diverse on campus. This department offers a wide array of classes in majors and nonmajors Biology, as well as Anatomy and Physiology, Histotechnology, Microbiology, Public Health, and Anthropology. The department consists of 24 full-time faculty, 5 lab technicians, and over 50 adjunct faculty. The Biological Sciences Department is an inclusive faculty representing a diversity of genders, education, ethnicities, religions, and sexual orientations. The mission of the department is to provide the highest quality education for our diverse student population in an environment that is inclusive and conducive to learning. The department’s resources include modern lecture classrooms and teaching laboratories, as well as special facilities such as a state-of-the-art Histotechnology lab and cadaver lab. The Histotechnology Baccalaureate program is a new program in the Department of Biological Sciences. This is the only Histotechnology baccalaureate program in California. The baccalaureate degree builds upon our accredited and highly successful associate degree in histotechnology, the largest program of its kind in the country with over a 90% cumulative pass rate on the national certification exam and close to 100% graduate placement rate.
Major Duties & Responsibilities
- Coordinate affiliation agreements with laboratories to provide work experience program requirements.
- Facilitate procurement of materials necessary for histotechnology laboratory activities and oversight of histotechnology budgets.
- In collaboration with counseling, advise students on their education plans for the histotechnology program.
- Coordinate the work experience program for histotechnology students.
- Responsible for maintaining National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences (NAACLS) accreditation.
- Serve on college committees as necessary to maintain and improve the instructional program and participate in appropriate professional development activities, including 36 hours of discipline-relevant professional development every 3 years.
- Coordinate Histotechnology advisory committee and BS degree selection committee.
- Program recruitment, including community and high school outreach.
- Teach courses in the disciplines for which the candidate meets Minimum Qualifications or the equivalent.
- Teach assigned courses in accordance with course outline of record.
- Instruct and support students with diverse backgrounds utilizing culturally relevant pedagogy, careful preparation of course materials, effective teaching methods including for online instruction, informed critical feedback on assignments and discussions, student learning outcomes, and support a philosophy of instruction focusing on critical thinking and analysis.
- Maintain scheduled office and campus hours and participate in department/division meetings and committees.
- Perform related duties as assigned, including timely completion of required operational, administrative, and compliance-related responsibilities, in accordance with and in adherence to college, division, and departmental policies and procedures.
- Late afternoon and/or evening assignments or weekends may be required as part of the regular contract.
- Effective oral and written communication with students.
- Commitment to educating a racially and socioeconomically diverse student population.
- In close cooperation with other faculty participate in the design, development, evaluation, and revision of curriculum, assess and enter Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) and Degree and Certificate Outcomes (DCOs).
- Use appropriate technologies to support teaching and administrative responsibilities in accordance with the College’s policies and requirements.
- Participate in the dual enrollment program by volunteering to teach dual enrollment courses in collaboration with the Dual Enrollment Program and with partner high schools and districts.
- Participate in curriculum development, assess and enter Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) and Deree and Certificate Outcomes (DCOs).
- Serve on College Committees as necessary to maintain and improve the instructional program(s).
- Participate in appropriate professional development activities on behalf of the instructional program.
- On-campus course assignments will be required.
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