Biology Instructor Tenure-Track Fresno City College

Biology Instructor (Full-Time, Tenure-Track) Fresno City College

Posting Number: AA.

Start Date:

08/05/2026.

At Fresno City College we value the ability to serve students from a broad range of cultural heritages, socioeconomic backgrounds, genders, abilities, and orientations. We prioritize applicants who demonstrate they understand the benefits a diverse student population brings to a community college. The successful candidate will be an equity‑minded leader committed to student success achieved through collaboration with faculty, classified staff, administration, students, and community partners who are also dedicated to closing equity gaps.

• Understands the importance of holding ourselves accountable as educators for closing equity gaps and engaging in equitable practices;
• Reframes inequities as a problem of practice and views the elimination of inequities as an individual and collective responsibility;
• Encourages positive race-consciousness and embraces human difference;
• Supports institutional practices that both develop and sustain culturally responsive teaching and learning environments;
• Strategically builds support for and participation in equity‑related initiatives across both our internal and external communities.

• Teach a full schedule of developmental and transfer level Biology, Anatomy, and Physiology courses as assigned;
• Participate in student recruiting, mentoring, and advising;
• Serve on and attend department, college, and district committees as needed;
• Participate in program review, student learning outcome development, and assessment to improve student learning;
• Teach in a variety of instructional settings and times, including evening and/or weekends, online or off‑campus, and large‑group instruction classes as needed; may include off‑campus instruction at local high schools for dual enrollment;
• Otherwise fulfill all duties and responsibilities of instructors as required by Administrative Regulation 7122;
• Other duties as assigned.

All candidates must have evidence of responsiveness to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students, as these factors relate to the need for equity‑minded practice within the classroom; and

• Master’s in any biological science; or
• Bachelor’s in any biological science and master’s in biochemistry, biophysics, or marine science; or
• A valid California Community College Credential; or
• The equivalent education and/or experience (requires an equivalency).

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Note:

If the degrees posted on your transcript(s) do not match exactly as stated above, you must petition for equivalency.)

• Experience and skill incorporating elements of diversity, equity, and inclusion into all areas of responsibility;
• Recent experience working with African American, Asian/Pacific Islander, Latinx, Native American, and other racially minoritized students in the classroom and an understanding of how historical patterns of exclusion shape patterns of participation and outcomes;
• Willingness to examine and remediate one’s instructional, relational, and classroom practices to more effectively engage and support racially minoritized students;
• Related work and professional experience;
• Experience working with students of various cultural, gender, age, socioeconomic, and ethnic backgrounds, students with disabilities;
• Demonstrated ability to work with computers and other technologies utilized in providing high‑quality instruction and support to students;
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with students and staff;
• Experience teaching microbiology, human anatomy, and physiology;
• Knowledge and awareness of current theories and methodology for teaching biology;
• Knowledge of the community college and its mission and goals.

• 178 duty days per year.

Starting annual salary is $71,054 – $106,970 based on education and experience. An annual doctoral stipend of $2,419 is available. The District offers a fringe benefit package including medical,…