POSITION SPECIFICS

The Biology Department at Penn State’s University Park campus is committed to supporting our undergraduate program and delivering an innovative and engaging laboratory curriculum to our students. We are seeking someone who can contribute to our instructional mission as an Academic Program Coordinator – Senior Support in our anatomy and physiology laboratory courses.
This Academic Program Coordinator will work closely with biology faculty in charge of large multi-section anatomy and physiology laboratory courses to lead, plan, coordinate, and implement the preparation required by the course curricula. The Academic Program Coordinator ensures that all teaching laboratories are organized and ready for each week’s activities. This person may also help lead 1-2 laboratory sections per semester, supervise undergraduate wage-payroll assistants, and coordinate/schedule teaching resources within a single course or those shared between multiple courses. The Academic Program Coordinator is expected to help collect feedback from lab instructors and students, as well as assist with curricular improvements for both resident instruction and online courses. Additionally, the Academic Program Coordinator working in the anatomy and physiology laboratory courses will be trained to help provide care to laboratory animals, as well as maintain human cadaver and other preserved specimens, and ensure that teaching facilities and employees are in compliance with safety regulations.
The candidate must be comfortable working with laboratory animals, preserved animal and human organ specimens, as well as human cadavers. The ideal candidate will also have experience working in a science laboratory environment and have some dissection experience. Strong interpersonal and communication skills are required. Attention to detail and the ability to work with minimal supervision is a must. An interest in pedagogy and the application of research-based teaching methods is highly desirable.

MINIMUM EDUCATION, WORK EXPERIENCE & REQUIRED CERTIFICATIONS

Associate Degree 4+ years of relevant experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience accepted Required Certifications: None
This position offers a flexible work arrangement that combines remote and on-campus work. Questions related to flexible work should be directed to the hiring manager during the interview process.

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