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Summary Job Description | Tasks | |||
Teach courses in biological sciences. 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 molecular biology, marine biology, and botany. | |||
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Evaluate and grade students' class work, laboratory work, assignments, and papers. | ||||
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Prepare course materials such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts. | ||||
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Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others. | ||||
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Supervise students' laboratory 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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Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records. | ||||
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Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions. | ||||
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Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, and course materials and methods of instruction. | ||||
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Advise students on academic and vocational curricula and on career issues. | ||||
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Maintain regularly scheduled office hours to advise and assist students. | ||||
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Supervise undergraduate or graduate teaching, internship, and research work. | ||||
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Select and obtain materials and supplies such as textbooks and laboratory equipment. | ||||
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Collaborate with colleagues to address teaching and research issues. | ||||
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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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Serve on academic or administrative committees that deal with institutional policies, departmental matters, and academic issues. | ||||
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Participate in student recruitment, registration, and placement activities. | ||||
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Write grant proposals to procure external research funding. | ||||
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Perform administrative duties such as serving as 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
Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary
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Important Knowledge Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Biology | Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment. | |||
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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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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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Mathematics | Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. | |||
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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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Medicine and Dentistry | Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures. | |||
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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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Psychology | Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders. | |||
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Administration and Management | Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources. | |||
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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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Important Skill Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. | |||
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Instructing | Teaching others how to do something. | |||
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Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents. | |||
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Writing | Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. | |||
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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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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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Learning Strategies | Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things. | |||
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Science | Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems. | |||
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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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Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. | |||
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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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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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Service Orientation | Actively looking for ways to help people. | |||
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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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Operations Analysis | Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design. | |||
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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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Important Ability Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. | |||
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Written Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing 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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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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Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. | |||
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Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. | |||
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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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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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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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Prerequisite Qualification Category | Education and Experience Level | |||
On-the-Job Training | None or short demonstration | |||
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On-Site or In-Plant Training | None | |||
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Required Level of Education | Doctoral Degree | |||
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Alternate Job Title(s) | |||
Algology Teacher | |||
Anatomy Professor | |||
Anatomy and Physiology Instructor | |||
Apiculture Teacher | |||
Applied Biology Professor | |||
Arboriculture Teacher | |||
Bacteriology Professor | |||
Bacteriology Teacher | |||
Basic Sciences Professor | |||
Biochemistry Professor | |||
Biochemistry Teacher | |||
Biological Sciences Instructor | |||
Biological Sciences Professor | |||
Biology Department Chair | |||
Biology Faculty Member | |||
Biology Instructor | |||
Biology Professor | |||
Biology Teacher | |||
Biophysics Professor | |||
Biophysics Teacher | |||
Botany Professor | |||
Botany Teacher | |||
Cardiology Teacher | |||
Chemistry Professor | |||
College Professor | |||
College or University Faculty Member | |||
Cytology Teacher | |||
Ecology Teacher | |||
Embryology Professor | |||
Embryology Teacher | |||
Endocrinology Teacher | |||
Entomology Teacher | |||
Environmental Science Professor | |||
Etiology Teacher | |||
Faculty Member | |||
Genetics Teacher | |||
Helminthology Teacher | |||
Herpetology Teacher | |||
Human Anatomy Teacher | |||
Ichthyology Teacher | |||
Instructor | |||
Lab Coordinator | |||
Lab Instructor | |||
Lecturer | |||
Life Sciences Teacher | |||
Limnology Teacher | |||
Mammalogy Teacher | |||
Math and Science Instructor | |||
Microbiology Professor | |||
Microbiology Teacher | |||
Morphology Teacher | |||
Mycology Teacher | |||
Natural Sciences Department Chair | |||
Nematology Teacher | |||
Ornithology Teacher | |||
Osteology Teacher | |||
Parasitology Teacher | |||
Physical and Life Sciences Department Chair | |||
Phytopathology Teacher | |||
Plant Anatomy Teacher | |||
Plant Physiology Teacher | |||
Plant Taxonomy Teacher | |||
Professor | |||
Protozoology Teacher | |||
Research Professor | |||
Science Faculty Member | |||
Science Instructor | |||
Science Professor | |||
Taxonomy Teacher | |||
Zoology Professor | |||
Zoology Teacher | |||
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