Job Description

 

Professor of Biology

Salary
$0.00 Annually

Location
Central Arizona College- Signal Peak Campus - Coolidge, AZ

Job Type
Full Time Faculty

Department
Sciences Division

Job Number
1232-23

Closing
2/2/2023 11:59 PM Arizona

 

 

Job Summary

Central Arizona College (CAC) is a community college and Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) located in Pinal County, Arizona. The College features five campuses and three centers with a mission to serve as a TRUE (Teaching. Reaching. Understanding. Empowering.) Learning community by empowering our students and staff to succeed.
 
CAC believes high-performing organizations are collaborative, inclusive, and continually seek to be enriched and strengthened by the wisdom of diversity. CAC Academics is committed to supporting excellence and equity for its students and employees. Diverse perspectives, talents, and identities are welcomed and vital to accomplishing our mission and goals.
 

 
JOB SUMMARY: Provide a world-class learner experience for Central Arizona College students. Perform instruction-related and other duties and responsibilities in accordance with the philosophy, vision, mission, policies, and procedures of the College.

 

Responsibilities

 

• Teach a variety of biological courses at a college-level including, but not limited to, General Biology and Human Anatomy & Physiology I & II. Courses may be taught in different modalities (e.g., face-to-face, online, hybrid, and live stream online), on different schedules (e.g., 16-week and 8-week formats), and at a variety of times (e.g., morning, afternoon, or evening).
• Provide and present course content and context in lecture, laboratory, or other learning venues, utilizing effective teaching and learning techniques for students.
• Employ a variety of assessment tools; evaluate, grade, and comment on student work to facilitate and ensure student progress through the course; assess curriculum for its effectiveness in meeting student learning outcomes.
• Demonstrate and maintain effective communication with students using a variety of tools (e.g., e-mail, online discussions, virtual discussions with students in Blackboard, online messaging, phone, and/or face-to-face). 
• Propose, develop, and assess instructional materials, curriculum, courses, programs, and assessment tools as necessary to meet the needs of students and the community. 
• Review and update curriculum, schedules, text selection, laboratories, and syllabi in collaboration with other faculty and the Division Chair. 
• Write syllabi and course or lab outlines/schedules; establish and maintain office hours per college policy; maintain records of student attendance, progress, and performance; complete and return required reports to the appropriate office by established due date.
• Assist in recruitment and retention of students, primarily in the instructional setting, through the development and implementation of effective teaching and learning strategies for diverse populations.
• Pursue and participate in professional development for continuous improvement and innovation in teaching and learning.

 

Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Masters degree in Biological Sciences or a related field with 18 graduate credits in Biological Sciences from a regionally accredited institution of higher education.

SALARY:  Dependent upon educational level.  Teaching load is thirty-equated hours per academic year.  A typical lecture/lab BIO course at CAC is 5.25 equated hours.
AY2022-23 9-Month Faculty Salary Schedule (subject to change for AY2023-24) (Download PDF reader)

Explore CAC Employment Benefits at:  https://centralaz.edu/faculty-staff/talent-development/employee-benefits/

APPLICATION DEADLINE:  February 2, 2022

POSITION START DATE:  FALL 2023

APPLICATION INFORMATION:  The application packet must include:

• Letter of interest
• Current resume  
• Unofficial copies of transcripts reflecting the required degree and/or certifications.

Copies of transcripts should reflect completed course work and conferred degrees. All academic course work and degrees must be from a regionally accredited college or university or be certified by an acceptable agency that the institution is recognized by the appropriate governmental agency in its home country (this is generally stated in the degree evaluation). Foreign transcripts must be evaluated for equivalency to United States accredited course work by an acceptable agency such as those agencies certified by the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES).
 
Background Verification:  As a condition of employment, all candidates accepting an offer of employment for a full-time, part- time, temporary, student worker, or volunteer position, will be required to undergo a background verification.  The check will be conducted by third party agent, backgroundchecks.com.  Employment with Central Arizona College is contingent upon the successful completion of the background verification.  The college does not accept responsibility for information errors reported by backgroundchecks.com during the background process.   The level of the background verification for this position is: Standard level.

 

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

 

• Implementing effective pedagogies to teach a variety of college-level biology courses, with emphasis on human anatomy and physiology.
• Teaching and developing college-level courses in a variety of modalities (e.g., face-to-face, online asynchronous, live stream, and hybrid).
• Effectively communicating and collaborating with a diverse population of college faculty and staff.
• Developing, implementing, and using assessment at a variety of levels (e.g., student, course, program, and institutional-level).
• Creating, updating, and improving course curriculum.
• Engaging the community through various forms of outreach.

Central Arizona College (the College) is committed to provide equal employment opportunity in decisions involving hiring, evaluation, promotion, advancement and discipline, and educational opportunity to all applicants and employees.  The College will hire without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, national origin, military status, genetic test information, sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression.

 

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