Biology Instructor Tenure Track Madera Community College

Biology Instructor (Full-Time, Tenure Track) Madera Community College

Closing Date: 2/11/2026 at 11:55 PM

Campus

Location:

Madera Community College

Start Date:

12/23/2025

At Madera Community 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 an understanding of 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.

• Understand the importance of holding ourselves accountable as educators for closing equity gaps and engaging in equitable practices;
• Reframe inequities as a problem of practice and view the elimination of inequities as an individual and collective responsibility;
• Encourage positive race‑consciousness and embrace human difference;
• Support institutional practices that develop and sustain culturally responsive teaching and learning environments;
• Strategically build support for and participation in equity‑related initiatives across both internal and external communities.

Madera Community College seeks leaders who value placing the student at the center of everything we do, mentorship and working in a collegial, collaborative environment. Leaders should be open and willing to participate in culturally relevant professional development that will help them prepare for the population of students who attend Madera Community College.

• Teach both lecture and laboratory classes in Biology including majors, developmental, and transfer level courses, human anatomy and human physiology;
• Maintain instruments used in teaching Biology and teach the principles and applications of Biology instrumentation;
• Assist in the coordination of laboratory facilities and assure the availability of supplies and equipment;
• Evaluate and mentor part‑time instructors;
• Implement appropriate practices to develop writing skills at all levels;
• Participate in the accreditation process;
• Communicate effectively with students and staff;
• Develop classroom presentations using multimedia tools;
• Advise students participating in college/district committees;
• Cooperate with regard to scheduling classes between colleagues in the same pathway;
• Participate in student recruiting and mentoring activities;
• Participate in curriculum and program review and/or development or revision, student learning outcome development and assessment to improve student learning;
• Serve on and attend department, college, and district committees as needed;
• Teach assignments in a variety of instructional settings and times, including evening and/or weekends, online or off‑campus and large group instruction classes as needed;
• Otherwise fulfill all of the duties and responsibilities of faculty 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.

• 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).

Note:

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

• Experience teaching at the post‑secondary level;
• Broad based academic background in biology;
• Knowledge of current laboratory safety procedures;
• Experience in maintaining instruments used in teaching biology;
• Experience serving on committees;
• Knowledge and experience in the development and assessment of student learning outcomes;
• Commitment to professional growth including…