Job Description

Las Positas College

Livermore, CA

 

PT Instructor, Botany

Salary: $1,956.17/CAH - $2,189.16/CAH

http://districtazure.clpccd.org/hr/files/docs/salary/FacultySalarySchedule070122_approved10.2022.pdf

Start Date: Fall 2023
bOpen Until Filled

Location: Las Positas College, 3000 Campus Hill Dr., Livermore, CA  94551

 

The Chabot-Las Positas Community College District is seeking a Part-Time Instructor, Botany for the Biology Department at Las Positas College, a community college located in Livermore, CA. This class will be offered in a hybrid modality.  Lectures will be half asynchronous online, and half in person.  Labs will be fully in-person.

 

Course Description:

Diversity, structure and function of plant, fungal, and protistan phyla. Topics include development, morphology, physiology and systematics. Principles of population and community ecology and ecosystem interactions.

 

Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Instructor responsible for 3 hours of lecture and 6 hours of lab per week. The class would have up to 24 students.
2. Responsible for using the assigned textbook and delivering the content as specified in the course outline.
3. Responsible for working with other Botany faculty and Lab Tech staff to coordinate multiple sections on the same lab schedule.

 

Minimum Qualifications:

Master’s in any biological science OR Bachelor’s in any biological science AND Master’s in biochemistry, biophysics, or marine science OR the equivalent.

Evidence of understanding of and responsiveness to the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, racial and ethnic backgrounds of community college students, as these factors relate to the need for equity-minded practices within the classroom.

Applicants applying under the “Equivalent” provision must provide details that explain at time of application how their academic preparation is the equivalent of the degree listed above.

 

Desirable Qualifications:

1. Ideal candidates will have community college experience or experience being the instructor of record in lower division courses.
2. Experience teaching botany at a community college.

 

Physical Demands and Working Environment:

Individuals with disabilities who are unable to carry out the physical activities of the position will receive reasonable accommodations to enable them to perform the essential functions of the positions.

 

Notification to Applicants

The Chabot-Las Positas Community College District reserves the right to close or not fill any advertised position.

 

TO APPLY, please send the following application materials to the contact listed below:

1. Cover Letter

2. Resume

3. Transcripts (Unofficial copies accepted for application purposes; however, official copies must be submitted if hired.) Any degrees earned outside of the United States must have a U.S. evaluation (course by course) of the transcripts and must be submitted with the application.

4. List of courses previously taught

 

Name:  Nan Ho, STEM Dean

Email:  nho@laspositascollege.edu

Phone: 925 424-1182

Department: Biology

 

Special Instructions to Applicants:

The Board of Trustees has updated Board Policy 7330 to incorporate information on COVID vaccination requirements, which are currently suspended.  Accordingly, employee(s) must comply with the Board Policy found at: http://districtazure.clpccd.org/policies/files/docs/BP7330.pdf.

 

It is the policy of this District to provide equal opportunity in all areas of employment practices and to assure that there shall be no discrimination against any person on the basis of sex, ancestry, age, marital status, race, religious creed, mental disability, medical condition (including HIV and AIDS), color, national origin, physical disability, family or sexual preference status and other similar factors in compliance with Title IX, Sections 503 and 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, other federal and state non-discrimination regulations, and its own statements of philosophy of objectives.  The District encourages the filing of applications by both sexes, ethnic minorities, and the disabled.

 

Joining Our College Community

We seek equity-minded applicants who demonstrate they understand the benefits diversity brings to an educational community. We look for applicants who:

1. Value and intentionally promote diversity and consciousness of difference
2. Demonstrate cultural humility and an ongoing desire to improve cultural competence
3. Are dedicated to addressing issues of social justice
4. Accept their shared role and responsibility in addressing opportunity and achievement gaps experienced by students
5. Have experience and success in closing student equity gaps and engaging in equitable practices, or are knowledgeable and enthusiastic about implementing practices that achieve these goals
6. Actively seek to identify, disrupt, and remove institutional and/or systemic barriers that adversely impact historically marginalized communities
7. Empower the underrepresented and underserved
8. Foster students’ potential to become global citizens and socially responsible leaders
9. Believe that all people have the right to an education and work environment free from fear, harassment, or discrimination.

 

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