PT Biotechnology Instructor

Salary: $92.79 - $145.02 hourly

Location: 11110 Alondra Blvd., Norwalk, CA

Department: Science, Engineering, Mathematics

About the Role

The Division of Science, Engineering, and Mathematics (SEM) at Cerritos College is committed to promoting equity, providing service excellence, and ensuring student success. The Biology Department offers courses designed to fulfill general education requirements, prepare majors for further study, and prepare students for professional careers in healthcare. The department also offers two Biotechnology certificates focusing on quality and regulatory affairs and biomanufacturing, preparing students for careers as production technicians, quality control technicians, and environmental monitoring technicians in the biomanufacturing field.

Responsibilities

All faculty shall:

• Maintain currency with current information, concepts, laws, and ideas in their disciplines and with best practices in teaching and learning.
• Check mailbox, voicemail, and e-mail regularly.
• Complete the checkout form before leaving campus at the end of the academic term.
• Maintain student confidentiality as required by regulation and Board Policy.

All faculty who are assigned classes shall:

• Teach all assigned classes unless excused under provisions of Board Policy, for all scheduled minutes.
• Notify the Instructional Dean or designee in cases of necessary absence from class and prepare plans for a substitute to maintain continuity of course content.
• Teach courses in accordance with the course outlines of record.
• Provide opportunities for students to be aware of their progress.
• Submit a copy of the syllabus for each class to the Division Office.
• Keep accurate records of student enrollment, attendance, and academic progress and submit them to appropriate offices by the published deadlines.
• Submit end-of-session grades, including supporting documentation, and attendance reports by the published deadlines.
• Submit required information about first-day, no-show students by the published deadlines.
• Submit textbook order information by the published deadlines, ensuring electronic textbooks meet specific conditions (e.g., free tests/exams, accessibility for students with disabilities).
• Meet all classes during the final examination period and give final examinations at the scheduled time unless approved otherwise.
• Keep all corrected final examination papers for at least one year following the close of the semester or summer term.
• Maintain a safe learning environment in classrooms, laboratories, and other instructional spaces.
• Allow the instructional manager and/or Instructional Dean to review any assignments given during the semester upon request.
• Demonstrate understanding of and sensitivity to meeting the needs of a diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, and ethnic background.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in the biological sciences, chemistry, biochemistry, or engineering.
• Two years of full-time related professional experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• College-level teaching experience in Biotechnology lectures and labs.
• Experience in Quality and Regulatory Affairs or Biomanufacturing within the biotechnology field.

Physical Demands

• Requires ambulatory ability to move to various office and classroom-type locations and to stand, bend, stoop, and reach to set up equipment and provide instruction.
• Requires sufficient hand-eye coordination and dexterity to write on a board or type on a computer.
• Requires sufficient visual acuity to read documents and make presentations.
• Requires sufficient auditory ability to project voice to a group, hear questions and prompts, and carry on routine conversations.
• Requires the ability to lift, push, and pull objects of medium weight (less than 30 lbs.) on an occasional basis.

Conditions of Employment

• Assignments are contingent upon sufficient funding and enrollment.
• Assignments may include day, evening, and/or weekend classes.
• Fingerprints for a criminal history clearance through the State Department of Justice are required, along with an original social security card and negative TB test results.
• Faculty must be able to teach on-campus or remotely as assigned.
• Candidates must provide proof of California residency prior to employment.
• Proof of eligibility to work in the United States and signing of a loyalty oath per Government Codes 3100-3109 is required.
• The District does not provide immigration sponsorships such as H1B Visas.