Anatomy & Physiology Instructor - Tenure Track
Apply NowCompany: Green River College
Location: Auburn, WA 98092
Description:
Salary: $67,000.00 - $97,000.00 Annually
Location : Main Campus - 12401 SE 320th Street Auburn, WA
Job Type: Tenure Track Faculty
Job Number: 25f-007
Department: Instruction
Opening Date: 03/21/2025
Closing Date: 4/27/2025 11:59 PM Pacific
Position Summary
ABOUT THE COLLEGE:
Green River College has four campuses, including the main campus in Auburn, with satellite campuses in Kent, downtown Auburn, and Enumclaw. Green River programs serve high school graduates, Running Start students (dual enrollment in local high schools and the college), those seeking retraining for the workforce, international students, learning English as a second language, and Continuing
Education students. Green River's service areas are increasingly ethnically diverse, comprising African Americans, African immigrants, Asian Americans, Asians, Latinos/as, Native Americans, Pacific Islanders, and Middle Eastern Americans, among other communities.
COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION:
Green River College is committed to enhancing and supporting a diverse campus environment, incorporating principles of equity in order to promote inclusive practices. Diversity is understood in terms of intersectional identities defined by culture, race, ethnicity, sex, gender, sexual orientation, social class, disability, religion, veteran status, immigration status, and age. Given the diversity of our student population and service areas, we encourage applications from faculty, staff, and administrators with demonstrated experience and expertise in supporting, sustaining and serving people from a wide range of backgrounds and collaborating effectively with others.
DIVISION/DEPARTMENT STATEMENT:
Green River College encourages applications from individuals committed to building, strengthening, and maintaining academic excellence of Science Education courses in the Science Division. Green River College welcomes individuals with a commitment to teach and the ability to utilize a variety of methods and modes of instruction to ensure student engagement and student success. As our department grows, we will continue to retain and support students pursuing their educational and professional goals by maintaining an inclusive culture of academic excellence. Full-time faculty members are committed to teaching a broad range of science courses using various methods and modes of instruction to support student engagement and promote student success. We encourage applications from individuals who can adapt instructional methods to meet a wide range of student backgrounds and interests. We seek an additional team member who can adapt instructional methods to meet the needs of our diverse students who come to GRC from a wide span of cultural and experiential backgrounds and have a variety of professional and personal interests.
Position Responsibilities
Qualifications
MINIMUM Qualifications:
Supplemental Information
At this time, Green River College is not sponsoring for H1-B Visas.
All offers of employment are subject to background checks. (Prior to a new hire, a background check including criminal record history will be conducted. Information from the background check will not necessarily preclude employment but will be considered in determining the applicant's suitability and competence to perform in the position.)
Applicants considered for this position will be required to disclose if they are the subject of any substantiated findings or current investigations related to sexual misconduct at their current employment and past employment. Disclosure is required under Washington state law RCW 28B.112.080.
Green River College is a tobacco free campus. For more information on the tobacco policy, please visit the following link:
Jeanne Clery Statement: Notice of Availability of Annual Security and Fire Safety Report- Green River College's Annual Safety and Fire Report is available online at , containing mandated information about current campus policies concerning safety and security issues, required statistics, and other related information for the past three calendar years. To obtain a paper copy of the report, please call 253-288-3350.
The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding the non-discrimination policies: Executive Director of Human Resources, 12401 SE 320th Street, Auburn, WA 98092-3622, (253) 288-3320.
To request disability accommodation in the application process, contact the Disability Support Services at (253) 833-9111, ext. 2631; TTY (253) 288-3359.
Equal Opportunity Employer and Statement of Non-Discrimination: Green River College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, citizenship or immigration status age, perceived or actual sensory, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, creed, religion, honorably discharged veteran or military status, or the use of a trained guide dog or service animal.
Green River College prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex, including sex-based harassment, and sex discrimination in any education program or activity that it operates, as required by Title IX and its regulations, including in admission and employment. Inquiries about Title IX may be referred to Green River College's Title IX Coordinator, the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights, or both.
Reporting
Any employee, student, applicant, or visitor who believes that he, she or they have been the subject of discrimination or harassment should report the incident or incidents to the College's appropriate Title IX Coordinator identified below. If the complaint is against that Coordinator, the complainant should report the matter to the President's office for referral to an alternate designee.
For students/employees/public/visitors/applicants:Korland Simmons, Title IX Coordinator Equity, Diversity, Inclusion
More than Just a Paycheck!
Washington State offers one of the most competitive benefits packages in the nation. We understand that your life revolves around more than just your career and that your priority is making sure that you and your family will maintain health and financial security. That's why choice is a key component of our benefits package. We have a selection of health and retirement plans, three paid personal days, sick days and professional leave. Other fringe benefits include a tuition waiver program, in-service training, faculty development program, faculty excellence awards, and on-campus fitness center.
Health Benefits:
Medical, dental, life and long term disability insurance benefits are provided as currently administered under the
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Describe your understanding of and experience, education, and professional development regarding diversity, equity, and inclusion.
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How do you believe you would contribute to Green River's commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion?
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List your college-level teaching experience in biological sciences. Include course titles, descriptions, where courses were taught and the dates they were taught. DO NOT include teaching assistantships unless you were the ONLY instructor for the course (Ex. you taught a lab component of a class for which lecture was taught by another instructor).
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Describe the methods you use to foster an effective learning environment in a college classroom. Include the following: Two examples of handouts, assignments, or projects that you have created
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Location : Main Campus - 12401 SE 320th Street Auburn, WA
Job Type: Tenure Track Faculty
Job Number: 25f-007
Department: Instruction
Opening Date: 03/21/2025
Closing Date: 4/27/2025 11:59 PM Pacific
Position Summary
ABOUT THE COLLEGE:
Green River College has four campuses, including the main campus in Auburn, with satellite campuses in Kent, downtown Auburn, and Enumclaw. Green River programs serve high school graduates, Running Start students (dual enrollment in local high schools and the college), those seeking retraining for the workforce, international students, learning English as a second language, and Continuing
Education students. Green River's service areas are increasingly ethnically diverse, comprising African Americans, African immigrants, Asian Americans, Asians, Latinos/as, Native Americans, Pacific Islanders, and Middle Eastern Americans, among other communities.
COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION:
Green River College is committed to enhancing and supporting a diverse campus environment, incorporating principles of equity in order to promote inclusive practices. Diversity is understood in terms of intersectional identities defined by culture, race, ethnicity, sex, gender, sexual orientation, social class, disability, religion, veteran status, immigration status, and age. Given the diversity of our student population and service areas, we encourage applications from faculty, staff, and administrators with demonstrated experience and expertise in supporting, sustaining and serving people from a wide range of backgrounds and collaborating effectively with others.
DIVISION/DEPARTMENT STATEMENT:
Green River College encourages applications from individuals committed to building, strengthening, and maintaining academic excellence of Science Education courses in the Science Division. Green River College welcomes individuals with a commitment to teach and the ability to utilize a variety of methods and modes of instruction to ensure student engagement and student success. As our department grows, we will continue to retain and support students pursuing their educational and professional goals by maintaining an inclusive culture of academic excellence. Full-time faculty members are committed to teaching a broad range of science courses using various methods and modes of instruction to support student engagement and promote student success. We encourage applications from individuals who can adapt instructional methods to meet a wide range of student backgrounds and interests. We seek an additional team member who can adapt instructional methods to meet the needs of our diverse students who come to GRC from a wide span of cultural and experiential backgrounds and have a variety of professional and personal interests.
Position Responsibilities
- A strong commitment to and enthusiasm for teaching.
- Willingness to teach a wide range of Anatomy & Physiology and Microbiology courses.
- Demonstratedabilitytofosteraneffectivelearningenvironmentinacollege classroom.
- Demonstratedabilitytoevaluatestudentseffectivelyinacollegeclassroom.
- Experienceinusingavarietyofinstructionalmethodstofacilitatestudentlearning.
- Demonstrated experience, expertise, cultural competencies, and commitment to equity in working with students, communities, and colleagues from diverse backgrounds and identities.
- Technological skills competent for an educational environment.
- Effective written and verbal communication skills in the classroom and with other professionals.
- Ability to establish and maintain positive working relationships with students, colleagues, staff, and administrators as well as the ability to work as part of a team.
- Ability to effectively contribute to student advising, curriculum development and revision, collaboration with colleagues, and participation in other college and division professional activities.
- Ethics, integrity, and sound judgment.
Qualifications
MINIMUM Qualifications:
- Master's degree in the biological sciences with demonstrated excellence in teaching majors and non-majors biology.
- One year of experience teaching college level biology courses (lecture and laboratory) as the instructor of record.
- Course work in Anatomy & Physiology and/or ability to teach microbiology.
- One year or more additional instructional experience in college settings.
- Familiarity and willingness to teach with different teaching modalities including online, hybrid, with an emphasis on face-to-face teaching.
- Demonstratedcommitmenttocontinueddevelopmentofsuccessfulteachingstrategies.
- Ability to be flexible to the department's needs in schedule and location. Classes could include occasional night or branch campus offerings.
Supplemental Information
At this time, Green River College is not sponsoring for H1-B Visas.
All offers of employment are subject to background checks. (Prior to a new hire, a background check including criminal record history will be conducted. Information from the background check will not necessarily preclude employment but will be considered in determining the applicant's suitability and competence to perform in the position.)
Applicants considered for this position will be required to disclose if they are the subject of any substantiated findings or current investigations related to sexual misconduct at their current employment and past employment. Disclosure is required under Washington state law RCW 28B.112.080.
Green River College is a tobacco free campus. For more information on the tobacco policy, please visit the following link:
Jeanne Clery Statement: Notice of Availability of Annual Security and Fire Safety Report- Green River College's Annual Safety and Fire Report is available online at , containing mandated information about current campus policies concerning safety and security issues, required statistics, and other related information for the past three calendar years. To obtain a paper copy of the report, please call 253-288-3350.
The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding the non-discrimination policies: Executive Director of Human Resources, 12401 SE 320th Street, Auburn, WA 98092-3622, (253) 288-3320.
To request disability accommodation in the application process, contact the Disability Support Services at (253) 833-9111, ext. 2631; TTY (253) 288-3359.
Equal Opportunity Employer and Statement of Non-Discrimination: Green River College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, citizenship or immigration status age, perceived or actual sensory, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, creed, religion, honorably discharged veteran or military status, or the use of a trained guide dog or service animal.
Green River College prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex, including sex-based harassment, and sex discrimination in any education program or activity that it operates, as required by Title IX and its regulations, including in admission and employment. Inquiries about Title IX may be referred to Green River College's Title IX Coordinator, the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights, or both.
Reporting
Any employee, student, applicant, or visitor who believes that he, she or they have been the subject of discrimination or harassment should report the incident or incidents to the College's appropriate Title IX Coordinator identified below. If the complaint is against that Coordinator, the complainant should report the matter to the President's office for referral to an alternate designee.
For students/employees/public/visitors/applicants:Korland Simmons, Title IX Coordinator Equity, Diversity, Inclusion
- Email: titleixcoordinator@greenriver.edu
More than Just a Paycheck!
Washington State offers one of the most competitive benefits packages in the nation. We understand that your life revolves around more than just your career and that your priority is making sure that you and your family will maintain health and financial security. That's why choice is a key component of our benefits package. We have a selection of health and retirement plans, three paid personal days, sick days and professional leave. Other fringe benefits include a tuition waiver program, in-service training, faculty development program, faculty excellence awards, and on-campus fitness center.
Health Benefits:
Medical, dental, life and long term disability insurance benefits are provided as currently administered under the
01
Describe your understanding of and experience, education, and professional development regarding diversity, equity, and inclusion.
02
How do you believe you would contribute to Green River's commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion?
03
List your college-level teaching experience in biological sciences. Include course titles, descriptions, where courses were taught and the dates they were taught. DO NOT include teaching assistantships unless you were the ONLY instructor for the course (Ex. you taught a lab component of a class for which lecture was taught by another instructor).
04
Describe the methods you use to foster an effective learning environment in a college classroom. Include the following: Two examples of handouts, assignments, or projects that you have created
Required Question