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Summary Job Description | Tasks | |||
Teach courses pertaining to the chemical and physical properties and compositional changes of substances. Work may include instruction in the methods of qualitative and quantitative chemical analysis. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching, and those who do a combination of teaching and research. | Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as organic chemistry, analytical chemistry, and chemical separation. | |||
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Supervise students' laboratory work. | ||||
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Evaluate and grade students' class work, laboratory performance, assignments, and papers. | ||||
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Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others. | ||||
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Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records. | ||||
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Prepare course materials such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts. | ||||
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Maintain regularly scheduled office hours to advise and assist students. | ||||
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Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, and course materials and methods of instruction. | ||||
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Supervise undergraduate or graduate teaching, internship, and research work. | ||||
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Keep abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional conferences. | ||||
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Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions. | ||||
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Select and obtain materials and supplies such as textbooks and laboratory equipment. | ||||
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Conduct research in a particular field of knowledge and publish findings in professional journals, books, or electronic media. | ||||
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Advise students on academic and vocational curricula and on career issues. | ||||
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Collaborate with colleagues to address teaching and research issues. | ||||
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Serve on academic or administrative committees that deal with institutional policies, departmental matters, and academic issues. | ||||
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Write grant proposals to procure external research funding. | ||||
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Participate in student recruitment, registration, and placement activities. | ||||
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Prepare and submit required reports related to instruction. | ||||
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Perform administrative duties such as serving as a department head. | ||||
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Act as advisers to student organizations. | ||||
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Compile bibliographies of specialized materials for outside reading assignments. | ||||
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Participate in campus and community events. | ||||
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Provide professional consulting services to government or industry. | ||||
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CompGeo Salary Survey Benchmark Job Summary and Competencies
Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondary
The Benchmark Job Description below represents the specific Position Characteristics of the job used in the Salary Survey. Benchmark Job Descriptions should be inspected carefully to review the degree of matching between an organizations' Job and the Salary Survey Benchmark. Matching internal Jobs to Salary Survey Benchmark Jobs should not be done on Job Title alone. A thorough comparison of Salary Survey Benchmark to Internal Job Descriptions is recommended. A good overlap should exist on any comparisons used on critical Job Dimensions and Competencies.- Job Description
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Important Knowledge Competencies | Competency Description | |||
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. | |||
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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. | |||
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English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. | |||
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Mathematics | Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. | |||
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Physics | Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub- atomic structures and processes. | |||
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Biology | Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment. | |||
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Computers and Electronics | Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming. | |||
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Engineering and Technology | Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services. | |||
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Communications and Media | Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media. | |||
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Clerical | Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology. | |||
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Important Skill Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. | |||
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Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents. | |||
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Instructing | Teaching others how to do something. | |||
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Writing | Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. | |||
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Science | Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems. | |||
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Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems. | |||
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Learning Strategies | Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things. | |||
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Active Listening | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. | |||
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Active Learning | Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. | |||
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Complex Problem Solving | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. | |||
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Judgment and Decision Making | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. | |||
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Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. | |||
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Time Management | Managing one's own time and the time of others. | |||
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Social Perceptiveness | Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. | |||
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Coordination | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. | |||
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Systems Analysis | Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes. | |||
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Systems Evaluation | Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system. | |||
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Management of Personnel Resources | Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job. | |||
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Service Orientation | Actively looking for ways to help people. | |||
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Operations Analysis | Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design. | |||
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Important Ability Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. | |||
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Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. | |||
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Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. | |||
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Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. | |||
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Written Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. | |||
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Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. | |||
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Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). | |||
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Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). | |||
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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. | |||
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Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. | |||
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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. | |||
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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). | |||
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Mathematical Reasoning | The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem. | |||
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Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. | |||
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Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. | |||
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Fluency of Ideas | The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity). | |||
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Memorization | The ability to remember information such as words, numbers, pictures, and procedures. | |||
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Prerequisite Qualification Category | Education and Experience Level | |||
On-Site or In-Plant Training | None | |||
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On-the-Job Training | None or short demonstration | |||
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Required Level of Education | Post-Doctoral Training | |||
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Required Level of Education | Doctoral Degree | |||
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Related Work Experience | None | |||
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Alternate Job Title(s) | |||
Analytical Chemistry Teacher | |||
Chemical Educator | |||
Chemistry Department Chair | |||
Chemistry Faculty Member | |||
Chemistry Instructor | |||
Chemistry Lecturer | |||
Chemistry Professor | |||
College Professor | |||
College or University Faculty Member | |||
Food Technology Teacher | |||
Industrial Chemistry Teacher | |||
Inorganic Chemistry Professor | |||
Inorganic Chemistry Teacher | |||
Instructor | |||
Math and Science Division Chair | |||
Natural Sciences Professor | |||
Organic Chemistry Professor | |||
Organic Chemistry Teacher | |||
Pharmacognosy Teacher | |||
Physical Chemistry Professor | |||
Physical Chemistry Teacher | |||
Phytochemistry Professor | |||
Professor | |||
Science Professor | |||
Sciences Dean | |||
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