Assistant Professor, Biology (Tenure Track)
for headings. Use - for lists,
for prose.
We need to parse the posting.
Key info:
- Position: Biology full-time tenure track faculty position.
- Teach biology majors (Biosc21 Principles of Biology: Organismal) and non-major courses (Biosc7: Ecology and the Environment) on Pittsburg campus starting Fall 2027.
- For Bio7: course lead who establishes and maintains course schedule, coordinates field trips, maintains relationships with community partners.
- For Bio21: coordinate and collaborate with department's course lead on embedded course research, participate in STEM symposium planning, be a MESA liaison for biology majors.
- As member: involvement in biology department business/meetings, professional development, committee work, other parts of campus culture.
- Inquiries: Contact Nicole Acosta at nacosta@losmedanos.edu (maybe we can include in a short paragraph).
- Position Status: Tenure-Track.
- EEO Job Category: Faculty & Other Instructional Staff.
- Employee Group: Full-Time Faculty.
- Department: L5010-Biological Sciences.
- Duties and Responsibilities: list (starting with "In addition to contractual duties...").
- Minimum Qualification-Education/Experience: Master's degree in any biological science OR Bachelor's degree in any biological science AND master's degree in biochemistry, biophysics, or marine science OR The equivalent.
- Understanding of and sensitivity to diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, sexual orientation and ethnic backgrounds.
- Desirable Qualifications: list (1-5).
- Job Open Date: 09/22/2026
- Job Close Date: 11/13/2026
- Open Until Filled: No
- Employment Begins: Fall 2027
- # of Months: 12
- To apply: URL (but we should remove application instructions? The instruction says: remove application instructions. So we should not include the link? It says "remove ... application instructions." So we should drop the "To apply, visit:" line. Probably we should not include that.
- Salary: not provided (just "Salary:" line with nothing). So we should not create Pay section because no actual salary info.
- Benefits: not mentioned. So no Benefits section.
- Schedule: maybe mention part of teaching assignment may be in the evening and/or online. That's schedule info. So we can include a Schedule section with that detail.
- Also maybe mention # of Months: 12 (full-time). Could be part of Schedule or maybe not needed. But we can include schedule info: part-time? Actually it's full-time 12 months. Could be schedule.
We need to decide sections:
- About the role: could include overview of position, teaching courses, start date, location, tenure-track, department, etc.
- Responsibilities: list of duties (the Duties and Responsibilities section plus specific course lead responsibilities).
- Requirements: Minimum Qualification-Education/Experience plus understanding/sensitivity.
- Qualifications: Desirable Qualifications list.
- Skills: maybe we can extract from desirable qualifications: excellent teaching ability, experience teaching majors/non-majors, teaching labs with hypothesis-based hands-on lab curricula and field-based experiences, strong interpersonal and organizational skills, attitude putting students/colleagues at ease (intellectual humility, kindness, acceptance, patience, generosity). Could be a Skills section.
- Benefits: none.
- Pay: none.
- Schedule: mention evening/online possibility, 12-month appointment, start Fall 2027.
We must not invent or summarize away detail. Must preserve all substantive information. So we need to include all specifics.
Let's extract all substantive info:
- Position: Biology full-time tenure track faculty position.
- Location: Los Medanos College, Pittsburg campus.
- Start: Fall 2027.
- Teach: Biosc21 Principles of Biology: Organismal (majors) and Biosc7: Ecology and the Environment (non-majors).
- For Biosc7: course lead responsibilities: establish and maintain course schedule, coordinate field trips, maintain relationships with community partners.
- For Biosc21: coordinate and collaborate with department's course lead on embedded course research, participate in STEM symposium planning, be a MESA liaison for biology majors.
- Department involvement: biology department business/meetings, professional development, committee work, other parts of campus culture.
- Inquiries: Contact Nicole Acosta at nacosta@losmedanos.edu (maybe we keep as contact info).
- Position Status: Tenure-Track.
- EEO Job Category: Faculty & Other Instructional Staff.
- Employee Group: Full-Time Faculty.
- Department: L5010-Biological Sciences.
- Duties and Responsibilities (list):
- advancing equitable student learning through dedicated, exemplary instruction in accordance with established course outlines;
- participating in the assessment of student learning outcomes for courses and programs;
- developing and implementing student learning outcomes assessment processes for courses and programs;
- collaborating in the development and revision of curriculum and in program review;
- engaging in department program improvement initiatives;
- participating in department, division, and college committees;
- participating in professional development activities, both departmental and college-wide;
- maintaining current knowledge in the subject matter area and effective teaching/learning strategies;
- maintaining appropriate standards of professional conduct and ethics;
- informing students of course requirements, evaluation procedures and attendance requirements;
- preparing and grading class assignments and examinations and informing students of their academic progress;
- maintaining attendance, scholastic, and personnel records and submitting them according to published deadlines;
- posting and holding sufficient and regular office hours in accordance with prevailing policy;
- participating in College's shared governance processes.
- Minimum Qualification-Education/Experience:
- Master's degree in any biological science OR
- Bachelor's degree in any biological science AND master's degree in biochemistry, biophysics, or marine science OR
- The equivalent (with equivalency form).
- Understanding of and sensitivity to the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, sexual orientation and ethnic backgrounds of community college students, staff and faculty.
- Desirable Qualifications:
1. Excellent teaching ability and enthusiasm for working with the LMC student population.
2. Experience and/or ability to teach an engaging yet rigorous course for both majors and non-majors biology, requiring an understanding of the needs and challenges at both levels.
3. Experience and/or ability for teaching biology labs that include hypothesis based hands-on lab curricula, as well as field-based experiences.
4. Strong interpersonal and organizational skills, while working collaboratively with our diverse community of coworkers and students.
5. An attitude that will put students and colleagues at ease, characterized by intellectual humility, kindness, acceptance of varying points of view, patience, and a generosity of spirit.
- Job Open Date: 09/22/2026
- Job Close Date: 11/13/2026
- Open Until Filled: No
- Employment Begins: Fall 2027
- # of Months: 12
- Application URL (to be removed per instruction).
- EEO statement (boilerplate) to remove.
- Copyright etc to remove.
We need to avoid repeating job title as heading. So we don't put "Biology full-time tenure track faculty position" as heading. We'll just have sections.
We need to decide which sections to include:
- About the role: could include overview: position type, location, start date, courses taught, tenure-track, department, etc.
- Responsibilities: combine specific course lead responsibilities and general duties list.
- Requirements: minimum qualifications + understanding/sensitivity.
- Qualifications: desirable qualifications.
- Skills: maybe we can pull from desirable qualifications (teaching ability, interpersonal skills, etc.) but we might combine with Qualifications. The instruction says prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So maybe we combine Qualifications and Skills into one "Qualifications" section that includes both minimum and desirable? But we already have Requirements for minimum. Could have Qualifications for desirable. Skills maybe not needed separately if we can incorporate into Qualifications. However we need to follow the rule: include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it. So we can have sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications. That's four sections. We can omit Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule if we can embed schedule info elsewhere (maybe in About the role or Responsibilities). But schedule info includes evening/online possibility and 12-month appointment. That is substantive; we could put it in About the role or Responsibilities. Since we have a Schedule section possible, but we might avoid creating a thin section. However the instruction says prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we could embed schedule details in About the role or Responsibilities. Let's see: About the role could include start date, employment length (12 months), possibility of evening/online teaching. That seems appropriate.
Thus we will have:
About the role
...
Responsibilities
- ...
Requirements
- ...
(maybe include minimum qualification and sensitivity as list items)
Qualifications
- ...
(desirable qualifications)
We need to ensure we preserve all substantive info. Let's craft each.
About the role paragraph: Should include:
- Los Medanos College is recruiting to fill a Biology full-time tenure track faculty position.
- Location: Pittsburg campus of Los Medanos College.
- Start date: Fall 2027.
- Teaching assignments: Biosc21 Principles of Biology: Organismal (majors) and Biosc7: Ecology and the Environment (non-majors).
- For Biosc7: course lead responsibilities (establish/maintain course schedule, coordinate field trips, maintain community partner relationships).
- For Biosc21: coordinate/collaborate with department's course lead on embedded course research, participate in STEM symposium planning, serve as MESA liaison for biology majors.
- Department involvement: biology department business/meetings, professional development, committee work, campus culture.
- Position is tenure-track, full-time, 12-month appointment.
- Some teaching may be in the evening and/or online.
- Inquiries: contact Nicole Acosta at nacosta@losmedanos.edu.
We should not include the application URL.
Responsibilities: Should include the Duties and Responsibilities list (the bullet points). Also maybe include the specific course lead responsibilities? But those are already in About the role; we could keep them there. To avoid duplication, we could keep course lead specifics in About the role and responsibilities list for general faculty duties. That's fine.
Thus Responsibilities with each duty as - .
Requirements: Minimum qualification education/experience plus understanding/sensitivity. Could be two
- items: one for education/experience options, one for understanding/sensitivity.
Qualifications: Desirable qualifications list (1-5). Each as
- .
We must not include boilerplate like EEO, copyright, etc.
Check for any other substantive info: Job Open Date, Job Close Date, Open Until Filled: No. Should we include that? It's substantive metadata about posting timeline. The instruction says do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it. So we could include a short paragraph under About the role or maybe a separate small paragraph? But we should not create a new heading for metadata. Could add a
after About the role: "Position posted 09/22/2026; applications accepted through 11/13/2026."
for prose. We need to parse the posting. Key info: - Position: Biology full-time tenure track faculty position. - Teach biology majors (Biosc21 Principles of Biology: Organismal) and non-major courses (Biosc7: Ecology and the Environment) on Pittsburg campus starting Fall 2027. - For Bio7: course lead who establishes and maintains course schedule, coordinates field trips, maintains relationships with community partners. - For Bio21: coordinate and collaborate with department's course lead on embedded course research, participate in STEM symposium planning, be a MESA liaison for biology majors. - As member: involvement in biology department business/meetings, professional development, committee work, other parts of campus culture. - Inquiries: Contact Nicole Acosta at nacosta@losmedanos.edu (maybe we can include in a short paragraph). - Position Status: Tenure-Track. - EEO Job Category: Faculty & Other Instructional Staff. - Employee Group: Full-Time Faculty. - Department: L5010-Biological Sciences. - Duties and Responsibilities: list (starting with "In addition to contractual duties..."). - Minimum Qualification-Education/Experience: Master's degree in any biological science OR Bachelor's degree in any biological science AND master's degree in biochemistry, biophysics, or marine science OR The equivalent. - Understanding of and sensitivity to diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, sexual orientation and ethnic backgrounds. - Desirable Qualifications: list (1-5). - Job Open Date: 09/22/2026 - Job Close Date: 11/13/2026 - Open Until Filled: No - Employment Begins: Fall 2027 - # of Months: 12 - To apply: URL (but we should remove application instructions? The instruction says: remove application instructions. So we should not include the link? It says "remove ... application instructions." So we should drop the "To apply, visit:" line. Probably we should not include that. - Salary: not provided (just "Salary:" line with nothing). So we should not create Pay section because no actual salary info. - Benefits: not mentioned. So no Benefits section. - Schedule: maybe mention part of teaching assignment may be in the evening and/or online. That's schedule info. So we can include a Schedule section with that detail. - Also maybe mention # of Months: 12 (full-time). Could be part of Schedule or maybe not needed. But we can include schedule info: part-time? Actually it's full-time 12 months. Could be schedule. We need to decide sections: - About the role: could include overview of position, teaching courses, start date, location, tenure-track, department, etc. - Responsibilities: list of duties (the Duties and Responsibilities section plus specific course lead responsibilities). - Requirements: Minimum Qualification-Education/Experience plus understanding/sensitivity. - Qualifications: Desirable Qualifications list. - Skills: maybe we can extract from desirable qualifications: excellent teaching ability, experience teaching majors/non-majors, teaching labs with hypothesis-based hands-on lab curricula and field-based experiences, strong interpersonal and organizational skills, attitude putting students/colleagues at ease (intellectual humility, kindness, acceptance, patience, generosity). Could be a Skills section. - Benefits: none. - Pay: none. - Schedule: mention evening/online possibility, 12-month appointment, start Fall 2027. We must not invent or summarize away detail. Must preserve all substantive information. So we need to include all specifics. Let's extract all substantive info: - Position: Biology full-time tenure track faculty position. - Location: Los Medanos College, Pittsburg campus. - Start: Fall 2027. - Teach: Biosc21 Principles of Biology: Organismal (majors) and Biosc7: Ecology and the Environment (non-majors). - For Biosc7: course lead responsibilities: establish and maintain course schedule, coordinate field trips, maintain relationships with community partners. - For Biosc21: coordinate and collaborate with department's course lead on embedded course research, participate in STEM symposium planning, be a MESA liaison for biology majors. - Department involvement: biology department business/meetings, professional development, committee work, other parts of campus culture. - Inquiries: Contact Nicole Acosta at nacosta@losmedanos.edu (maybe we keep as contact info). - Position Status: Tenure-Track. - EEO Job Category: Faculty & Other Instructional Staff. - Employee Group: Full-Time Faculty. - Department: L5010-Biological Sciences. - Duties and Responsibilities (list): - advancing equitable student learning through dedicated, exemplary instruction in accordance with established course outlines; - participating in the assessment of student learning outcomes for courses and programs; - developing and implementing student learning outcomes assessment processes for courses and programs; - collaborating in the development and revision of curriculum and in program review; - engaging in department program improvement initiatives; - participating in department, division, and college committees; - participating in professional development activities, both departmental and college-wide; - maintaining current knowledge in the subject matter area and effective teaching/learning strategies; - maintaining appropriate standards of professional conduct and ethics; - informing students of course requirements, evaluation procedures and attendance requirements; - preparing and grading class assignments and examinations and informing students of their academic progress; - maintaining attendance, scholastic, and personnel records and submitting them according to published deadlines; - posting and holding sufficient and regular office hours in accordance with prevailing policy; - participating in College's shared governance processes. - Minimum Qualification-Education/Experience: - Master's degree in any biological science OR - Bachelor's degree in any biological science AND master's degree in biochemistry, biophysics, or marine science OR - The equivalent (with equivalency form). - Understanding of and sensitivity to the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, sexual orientation and ethnic backgrounds of community college students, staff and faculty. - Desirable Qualifications: 1. Excellent teaching ability and enthusiasm for working with the LMC student population. 2. Experience and/or ability to teach an engaging yet rigorous course for both majors and non-majors biology, requiring an understanding of the needs and challenges at both levels. 3. Experience and/or ability for teaching biology labs that include hypothesis based hands-on lab curricula, as well as field-based experiences. 4. Strong interpersonal and organizational skills, while working collaboratively with our diverse community of coworkers and students. 5. An attitude that will put students and colleagues at ease, characterized by intellectual humility, kindness, acceptance of varying points of view, patience, and a generosity of spirit. - Job Open Date: 09/22/2026 - Job Close Date: 11/13/2026 - Open Until Filled: No - Employment Begins: Fall 2027 - # of Months: 12 - Application URL (to be removed per instruction). - EEO statement (boilerplate) to remove. - Copyright etc to remove. We need to avoid repeating job title as heading. So we don't put "Biology full-time tenure track faculty position" as heading. We'll just have sections. We need to decide which sections to include: - About the role: could include overview: position type, location, start date, courses taught, tenure-track, department, etc. - Responsibilities: combine specific course lead responsibilities and general duties list. - Requirements: minimum qualifications + understanding/sensitivity. - Qualifications: desirable qualifications. - Skills: maybe we can pull from desirable qualifications (teaching ability, interpersonal skills, etc.) but we might combine with Qualifications. The instruction says prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So maybe we combine Qualifications and Skills into one "Qualifications" section that includes both minimum and desirable? But we already have Requirements for minimum. Could have Qualifications for desirable. Skills maybe not needed separately if we can incorporate into Qualifications. However we need to follow the rule: include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it. So we can have sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications. That's four sections. We can omit Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule if we can embed schedule info elsewhere (maybe in About the role or Responsibilities). But schedule info includes evening/online possibility and 12-month appointment. That is substantive; we could put it in About the role or Responsibilities. Since we have a Schedule section possible, but we might avoid creating a thin section. However the instruction says prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we could embed schedule details in About the role or Responsibilities. Let's see: About the role could include start date, employment length (12 months), possibility of evening/online teaching. That seems appropriate. Thus we will have:
About the role
...
Responsibilities
- ...
Requirements
- ...
Qualifications
- ...
- with each duty as
- . Requirements: Minimum qualification education/experience plus understanding/sensitivity. Could be two
- items: one for education/experience options, one for understanding/sensitivity. Qualifications: Desirable qualifications list (1-5). Each as
- .
We must not include boilerplate like EEO, copyright, etc.
Check for any other substantive info: Job Open Date, Job Close Date, Open Until Filled: No. Should we include that? It's substantive metadata about posting timeline. The instruction says do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it. So we could include a short paragraph under About the role or maybe a separate small paragraph? But we should not create a new heading for metadata. Could add a
after About the role: "Position posted 09/22/2026; applications accepted through 11/13/2026."