BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE TEACHER

Job Definition:

Job Description:

• Teach courses in biological sciences.

Duties and Tasks:

• 1) Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate and/or graduate students on topics such as molecular biology, marine biology, and botany.

  2) Evaluate and grade students’ class work, laboratory work, assignments, and papers.

• 3) Prepare course materials such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.

  4) Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others.

  5) Supervise students’ laboratory work.

• 6) Keep abreast of developments in their field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional conferences.

  7) Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records.

  8) Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.

• 9) Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, and course materials and methods of instruction.

  10) Advise students on academic and vocational curricula, and on career issues.

  11) Maintain regularly scheduled office hours in order to advise and assist students.

• 12) Supervise undergraduate and/or graduate teaching, internship, and research work.

  13) Select and obtain materials and supplies such as textbooks and laboratory equipment.

  14) Collaborate with colleagues to address teaching and research issues.

• 15) Conduct research in a particular field of knowledge, and publish findings in professional journals, books, and/or electronic media.

  16) Serve on academic or administrative committees that deal with institutional policies, departmental matters, and academic issues.

  17) Participate in student recruitment, registration, and placement activities.

  18) Write grant proposals to procure external research funding.

  19) Perform administrative duties such as serving as department head.

  20) Act as advisers to student organizations.

  21) Compile bibliographies of specialized materials for outside reading assignments.

  22) Participate in campus and community events.

  23) Provide professional consulting services to government and/or industry.

Activities:

• 1) Training and Teaching Others — Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others.
• 2) Getting Information — Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
• 3) Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge — Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
• 4) Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others — Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used.
• 5) Thinking Creatively — Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
• 6) Processing Information — Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
• 7) Analyzing Data or Information — Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.
• 8) Making Decisions and Solving Problems — Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
• 9) Interacting With Computers — Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
• 10) Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates — Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
• 11) Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work — Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
• 12) Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events — Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
• 13) Documenting/Recording Information — Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
• 14) Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships — Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
• 15) Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People — Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.
• 16) Coaching and Developing Others — Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills.
• 17) Developing Objectives and Strategies — Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them.
• 18) Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings — Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
• 19) Scheduling Work and Activities — Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.
• 20) Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information — Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity.
• 21) Communicating with Persons Outside Organization — Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail.
• 22) Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others — Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks.
• 23) Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates — Providing guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance.

Abilities:

• 1) Oral Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
• 2) Written Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
• 3) Written Comprehension — The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
• 4) Speech Clarity — The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
• 5) Oral Comprehension — The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• 6) Inductive Reasoning — The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
• 7) Deductive Reasoning — The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
• 8) Speech Recognition — The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
• 9) Near Vision — The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
• 10) Problem Sensitivity — The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
• 11) Information Ordering — The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
• 12) Category Flexibility — The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
• 13) Originality — The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.

Knowledge:

• 1) Biology — Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.
• 2) Education and Training — Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
• 3) English Language — Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
• 4) Chemistry — Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods.
• 5) Mathematics — Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.