Biology Instructor Tenure-Track Fresno City College

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

State Center Community College District

Closing Date: 2/24/2026 at 11:55 PM

Campus

Location:

Fresno City College

Start Date: 01/07/2026

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.

Fresno City 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 Fresno City College.

The ideal candidate will share Fresno City College's commitment to educating its racially and socioeconomically diverse student population. For the  academic year, we enrolled over 45,000 students in which 68% identify as Latinx, 11% as Asian/Pacific Islander, 4% as Black/African American, 14% as White, 1% as American Indian/Alaska Native, and 2% as multiracial. Fresno City College is a Hispanic-Serving Institution, reflecting the great responsibility that the College has to the educational attainment and economic well-being of the surrounding community.

The successful candidate will join a department dedicated to the use of a curriculum responsive to the students it serves.

Providing instruction in General Biology, Human Biology, Anatomy and Physiology on the Fresno City College campus and/or at off-site community campus locations, the instructor will be responsible for:

• Teaching a full schedule of developmental and transfer level Biology, Anatomy, and Physiology courses as assigned;
• Participating in student recruiting, mentoring, and advising;
• Serving on and attending department, college, and district committees as needed;
• Participating in program review, student learning outcome development, and assessment to improve student learning;
• Teaching assignments in a variety of instructional settings and times, including evening and/or weekends, on-line or off-campus, and large group instruction classes as needed, may include off-campus instruction at local high schools for dual enrollment;
• Otherwise fulfilling all of the duties and responsibilities of instructors as required by Administrative Regulation 7122; and
• 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 and skill incorporating elements of diversity, equity, and…