PT Faculty-Biotechnology​/Biology Adjunct Instructor-Continuous Pool

PT Faculty-Biotechnology/Biology Adjunct Instructor-Continuous Applicant Pool

Santa Monica College

Salary: $91.44 - $247.50 Hourly

Job Type: Part Time Faculty

Job Number: 00304

Location: CA 90405, CA

• Deliver laboratory experiments involving bioinformatics, recombinant DNA technology, protein purification/downstream processing, and protein identification techniques such as concentration assays, ELISA, and Western Blot analysis.
• Work with students of varied and diverse educational backgrounds and levels of preparation.
• Provide instruction that addresses various student-learning styles. Must be able to utilize various media formats and provide students instruction in utilizing the internet to complete class and laboratory assignments.
• Develop internet modules and courses.
• Work safely in a laboratory setting and provide student instruction and supervision in laboratory safety.
• Operate and utilize various types of standard and specialized laboratory equipment and supplies including centrifuges, incubators, laminar flow hoods, biosafety cabinets, water purification system, autoclaves, thermal cyclers, gel digital photo-documentation system, pressure chromatography system, HPLC, ELISA analyzer, CO2 incubators for cell culture, liquid nitrogen dewars and cold storage freezers, phase contrast and fluorescent microscopes, shaking incubator, water baths, mechanical tools, and audio-visual equipment.

Any bachelor's degree or higher AND two years of full-time professional experience OR any associate degree AND six years of full-time professional experience OR the equivalent. The professional experience required must be directly related to the faculty member's teaching assignment.

Extensive knowledge of biotechnology laboratory techniques, including recombinant DNA technology, protein purification, HPLC, gel electrophoresis, aseptic techniques, mammalian cell culture, immunocytochemistry, and immunological techniques required. Experience with cGMPs, SOPs, or other FDA-regulated documentation.

• Bachelor's degree or master's degree in the biological sciences, chemistry, biochemistry, or engineering
• Two or more years teaching biotechnology and Life Sciences courses in the disciplines of biology, microbiology, physiology, and/or anatomy in the classroom and laboratory at the community college and/or university level
• Knowledge of the skill set requirements of the biotechnology industry
• Sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds of community college students, including those with physical and/or learning disabilities
• Experience with problem and project-based learning and the implementation of new instructional technologies to enhance student success
• Experience with and sensitivity to the learning needs of students who are underrepresented in science academic programs and careers
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Experience with the development of Student Learning Outcomes, their assessment, and the creation of improvement plans
• A strong commitment to professional growth
• Ability to work as a member of a team with faculty, laboratory staff, and student workers

COMMITMENT TO EQUITY AND DIVERSITY

With the goal of ensuring the equal educational opportunity of all students, Santa Monica College embraces diversity among students, faculty, staff, and the communities we serve as an integral part of our history, a recognition of the complexity of our present state, and a call to action for a better future. Embracing diversity means that we must intentionally practice equity and respect toward one another, and understand that discrimination and prejudices create and sustain privileges for some while creating and sustaining barriers for others.

In order to embrace diversity, we also acknowledge that institutional discrimination and implicit bias exist, and that our goal is to eradicate those vestiges from our system. Our commitment to diversity requires that we strive to eliminate those barriers to equity, and that we act deliberately to create a safe and positive environment where individual and group differences are valued and leveraged for our growth and understanding as an educational community.

To advance the goals of diversity, equity, inclusion, and social justice for the success of students and employees, we must honor that each individual is unique and that our individual differences contribute to the ability of the college to prepare students on their educational journeys. This requires that we develop and implement policies and procedures, encourage individual and systemic change, continually reflect on our efforts, and hold ourselves accountable for the results of our efforts in accomplishing our goals.

We are invested as a community in cultivating and maintaining a climate where equity and mutual respect are both intrinsic and explicit by valuing individuals and groups from all backgrounds,…