Green River College's student body is made up of approximately 41% Academic Transfer students, 34% Professional-Technical, 15% Adult Basic Education, 3% Applied Bachelor degrees. Green River College has four campuses, including the main campus in Auburn, with satellite campuses in Kent, downtown Auburn, and Enumclaw. Green River programs serve high school graduates, Running Start students (dual enrollment in local high schools and the college), those seeking retraining for the workforce, international students, students learning English, and Continuing Education students. Green River's service areas are increasingly ethnically diverse, comprising African Americans, African immigrants, Asian Americans, Asians, Latinx, Native Americans, Pacific Islanders, and Middle Eastern Americans, among other communities.

COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION:

Green River College is committed to enhancing and supporting a diverse campus environment, incorporating principles of equity in order to promote inclusive practices. Diversity is understood in terms of intersectional identities defined by culture, race, ethnicity, sex, gender, sexual orientation, social class, disability, religion, veteran status, immigration status, and age. Given the diversity of our student population and service areas, we encourage applications from faculty, staff, and administrators with demonstrated experience and expertise in supporting, sustaining and serving people from a wide range of backgrounds and collaborating effectively with others.

PURPOSE OF POSITION:

Green River College encourages applications from individuals committed to building, strengthening, and maintaining academic excellence of Science Education courses in the Science Division. Green River College welcomes individuals with a commitment to teach and the ability to utilize a variety of methods and modes of instruction to ensure student engagement and student success. As our department grows, we will continue to retain and support students pursuing their educational and professional goals by maintaining an inclusive culture of academic excellence. Full-time faculty members are committed to teaching a broad range of science courses using various methods and modes of instruction to support student engagement and promote student success. We encourage applications from individuals who can adapt instructional methods to meet a wide range of student backgrounds and interests. We seek an additional team member who can adapt instructional methods to meet the needs of our diverse students who come to GRC from a wide span of cultural and experiential backgrounds and have a variety of professional and personal interests.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

• A strong desire to teach and a great enjoyment of teaching.
• Willingness to teach a wide range of Anatomy & Physiology and Microbiology courses.
• Demonstrated experience, expertise, cultural competencies, and commitment to equity in working with students, communities, and colleagues from diverse backgrounds and identities.
• Computer skills competent for an educational environment and ability to continue to learn new technologies.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills in the classroom and with other professionals.
• Ability to establish and maintain positive working relationships with students, colleagues, staff, and administrators as well as the ability to work as part of a team.
• Ability to effectively contribute in student advising, curriculum development and revision, collaboration with colleagues, and participation in other college and division professional activities.
• Ethics, integrity, and sound judgment.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master's degree in the Biological sciences.
• Minimum two years' full-time equivalent teaching in anatomy/physiology or a related field.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with students, faculty, and staff, both orally and in writing.

• Ability to teach Human Anatomy & Physiology
• Interest in teaching life science disciplines such as Cellular Biology and/or Microbiology
• Demonstrated ability to foster an effective learning environment in a college classroom.
• Demonstrated ability to evaluate students effectively in a college classroom.
• Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain positive working relationships with students, colleagues, staff, and administrators.
• Demonstrated interest and experience in the use of technology in the classroom.
• Experience in using a variety of instructional methods to facilitate student learning.
• Familiarity and willingness to teach with different teaching modalities including face-to-face, hybrid, and online.
• Ability to teach effectively using student-centered active learning and critical thinking approaches, and/or inquiry-based learning approaches
• Demonstrated commitment to continued development of successful teaching strategies.
• Collaborating with colleagues on projects and/or experience serving on college committees

Attach the following with your completed on line application and responses to the Supplemental Questions (located under the tab titled "Supplemental Questions") to be considered for this position. Should you have any difficulties uploading the below documents, please contact Neogov tech support at 1-855-524-5627 Mon-Fri 6 a.m. – 6 p.m. pacific time.

• A cover letter which specifically describes how you meet each QUALIFICATION
• Resume
• Supplemental Questions

All offers of employment are subject to background checks. (Prior to a new hire, a background check including criminal record history will be conducted. Information from the background check will not necessarily preclude employment but will be considered in determining the applicant’s suitability and competence to perform in the position.)

Green River College is a tobacco free campus. For more information on the tobacco policy, please visit the following link: https://www.greenriver.edu/campus/policies-and-procedures/general-administrative-policies/ga-2-tobacco-use-policy/

Jeanne Clery Statement: Notice of Availability of Annual Security and Fire Safety Report— Green River College’s Annual Safety and Fire Report is available online at www.greenriver.edu/CleryASFR, containing mandated information about current campus policies concerning safety and security issues, required statistics, and other related information for the past three calendar years. To obtain a paper copy of the report, please call 253-288-3350.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER: Green River College does not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, national origin, gender, gender orientation, age, marital status, religion, disability, genetic information or on any other unlawful basis. The college is committed to preventing and stopping discrimination, including harassment of any kind and any associated retaliatory behavior.

The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding the non-discrimination policies: Senior Director of Human Resources, 12401 SE 320th Street, Auburn, WA 98092-3622, (253) 351-3350. To receive this information in an alternate format, please contact Disability Support Services at (253) 833-9111, ext. 2631; TTY (253) 288-3359.