This is a full-time, tenure-track faculty position that requires the successful candidate to teach a minimum of 30 credit hours per academic year. In addition, faculty schedule weekly conference hours and are otherwise available regularly for student inquiry. Service on college committees and participation in departmental, divisional, shared governance, and college-wide initiatives is required as well.

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MCC instructors are higher education professionals who champion student learning. They engage and inspire students, applying innovative teaching and learning pedagogies to reach a variety of learners. They assess student learning to ensure student success, staying abreast of current and emerging trends in the discipline. Our instructors collaborate within the College as discipline experts, helping the College to reach its strategic goals through active participation in college committees and by promoting the College to future students throughout our community.

Full-time faculty members at MCC are subject to the following expectations:

· Demonstrate content expertise and currency within their academic field

· Develop and maintain an increasingly diverse and effective pedagogical skill set that reflects our philosophy as established in our mission: Our focus is learning. Student success is our goal.

· Possess both the willingness and the ability to share expertise with students, colleagues, and the broader college community in a manner that is engaging and effective

· Engage in continued professional growth, scholarly engagement, and/or creative development

· Demonstrate both the willingness and the ability to embrace technology within the college environment

· Develop and maintain a solid commitment to college service and community engagement

· Engage in professional behavior and participate actively in teamwork while respecting the diversity of values, opinions, and backgrounds both inside and outside the classroom environment

Instructor of Biology are also expected to meet, but are not limited to, the following expectations:

· Participate in program and curriculum review

· Promote the department, and the College as a whole, to future students and community members by coordinating and/or assisting with department-specific programming

· Perform other duties as determined in consultation with the division dean

· Master’s degree in Biology, one of the Biological Sciences or advanced degree in related field with at least 18 graduate hours in Biology from an accredited institution.

· Doctorial degree in Biological Sciences from a regionally accredited institution

· Ability to teach Microbiology and other undergraduate biology courses

· Experience teaching diverse community college students

· Demonstrated use of innovative practices to enhance teaching and learning, including online learning and alternative delivery systems

· Experience using a web-based learning management system such as Canvas