Germanna Community College is a public, open access institution of higher education in the Virginia Community College System. The College is a dynamic learning organization that serves as a Germanna regional leader and preferred partner where quality learning experiences enable students to participate effectively in the social, economic, political, intellectual, and cultural life of their communities. Germanna Community College is centrally located in Fredericksburg, VA between Washington D.C. and Richmond and between the Blue Ridge mountains and the Chesapeake Bay. Full of history, the area offers a community rich with diversity, the arts, technology, vineyards, hiking, canoeing/kayaking, and many other activities.
Germanna Community College seeks an innovative and collaborative individual to join the faculty as an Instructor/Assistant Professor of Biology. The successful candidate will teach anatomy and physiology as well as general biology, with a minimum teaching load of three lecture/lab courses each semester. The position may require teaching both day and evening courses at any college location, as well as online courses.
This is a nine-month, full-time faculty position. Salary is commensurate with rank and credentials plus State benefits. Appointment date: August 16, 2025.
Full-time faculty at Germanna Community College support the College mission, vision, and values, and are an important part of a community and culture designed to meet the community’s diverse and changing educational needs. Faculty are dedicated to student success through teaching, mentoring, and encouraging a diverse student population to think critically and independently with the goal of self-discovery and problem-solving.
Full-time faculty will:
Normally teach 12 credit hours (3 lecture/lab courses) per semester (dependent upon discipline) during the academic year
Be accessible to students outside the classroom and hold a minimum of ten on-campus or virtual office hours per week; if offering online office hours, they are required to provide online synchronous office hours suitable for the needs of all students
Use multiple teaching modalities to engage diverse student populations
When instructing in distance learning modalities, be expected to implement the components of regular and substantive interaction (RSI) and keep documentation of their efforts, either through the learning management system or another method, to ensure that federal guidelines are met after appropriate training is provided by the college
Provide students with timely feedback on assignments and documented formative and summative evaluations of progress
Provide academic advising to students and disseminate current information pertaining to services available to students at the college
Use a learning management system for course information delivery to students
Be involved in curriculum development, academic assessment, and re-accreditation
Participate in commencement; convocation; college-wide, division, department, faculty meetings; assigned committees, task forces, projects; search committees; recruitment/community events; professional development activities; and other tasks as assigned that promote the college’s overall mission, in-person or virtually as required
Create and maintain learning environments that support and engage students in cooperative, collaborative, meaningful and relevant learning experiences
Encourage students to think critically and independently in ways that lead to self-discovery and problem-solving, as individuals and as members of a learning community
Encourage students’ competencies and talents in ways that are consistent with course and program outcomes and lead to careers and transfer opportunities
Work collaboratively with others (including full- and part-time instructors) across the college to ensure consistency of student outcomes and continuity of material through department, division, or cross-disciplinary activities and to advance Germanna’s culture of caring for the whole student
Participate in scholarly and creative engagement as well as service to the college and to the community
Be knowledgeable of and adhere to all applicable college, local, state, and federal guidelines, regulations, and policies pertaining to employment at a state institution
Adhere to all administration and college deadlines
Professionally develop and continuously improve teaching and learning
Incorporate equitable teaching practices in all instruction
Complete other tasks as assigned by the dean or program head
Adhere to the faculty handbook
Teaching duties, in collaboration with a department chair, may include:
Day, evening, and/or weekend courses based on departmental needs, student needs, and faculty availability
Assignment at more than one campus or center
On-campus and instructional laboratory assignments, with potential for online teaching modalities as appropriate and assigned for the discipline
Faculty must be able to work strategically with diverse colleagues, students, and community members and demonstrate commitment to diversity as a learning outcome while being culturally respectful, professionally competent, and civically responsible.
Diversity, equity, and inclusion are core values of Germanna Community College. We recognize our responsibility to create, maintain, and nurture an academic and social environment that respects the diversity of people and ideas. We are committed to being an inclusive community that respects all cultures, experiences, and abilities and that prepares individuals to thrive in a global society. An EEO/AA Employer
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or on the basis of disability. Germanna is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.
Germanna is a federal contractor requesting priority referrals of protected veterans for our job opportunities.
If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, you may request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to access job openings or apply for a job on this site as a result of your disability. You can request reasonable accommodations by contacting Catra Godwin by phone at 540-423-9056 or by email cgodwin@germanna.edu.
If you would like to see a copy of our Affirmative Action Plan please contact Barbara Hall by phone at 540-834-1067 or by email bhall@germanna.edu
Minimum Qualifications:
● Master’s degree in biology or master’s degree in related discipline and 18 hours of graduate credit in teaching discipline, or required credentials specified in the VCCS-29: Normal Criteria for Each Faculty Rank ● College-level teaching experience in biology ● Demonstration of strong communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills. ● Demonstration of ability to facilitate student success in higher education.● Willingness to assume relevant technological skills required for effective teaching. ● Willingness to assume duties to support the strategic goals of Germanna Community College. ● Demonstration of commitment to promoting and enhancing diversity ● Indication of teaching and service furthering the goal of building a culturally diverse educational environment. ● Experience with or willingness to learn artificial intelligence tools.
Additional Considerations:
● Community college teaching experience. ● Experience teaching anatomy and physiology courses. ● Experience with curriculum development and assessment. ● Maintenance of currency in respective professional discipline ● Track record of leadership. ● Experience teaching in an online environment (synchronous/asynchronous) and use of a learning management system such as Canvas ● Bilingual, preferably in English and Spanish.
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