Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondary
Human Advantage 73%
Significant human skills needed
AI Automation Risk Low Risk
2.2 / 10
This occupation requires complex human judgment, social interaction, and creative problem-solving that are difficult to automate.
Teach courses pertaining to the chemical and physical properties and compositional changes of substances. Work may include providing 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.
Also Known As: Adjunct Chemistry Instructor, Adjunct Instructor, Analytical Chemistry Teacher, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Biochemistry Professor, Chemical Educator, Chemistry Adjunct Instructor +23 more
Core Tasks
- Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as organic chemistry, analytical chemistry, and chemical separation.
- Establish, teach, and monitor students' compliance with safety rules for handling chemicals, equipment, and other hazardous materials.
- Evaluate and grade students' class work, laboratory performance, assignments, and papers.
- Supervise students' laboratory work.
- Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records.
- Supervise undergraduate or graduate teaching, internship, and research work.
- Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others.
- Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.
- Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, and course materials and methods of instruction.
- Maintain regularly scheduled office hours to advise and assist students.
- Conduct research in a particular field of knowledge and publish findings in professional journals, books, or electronic media.
- Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.
- Keep abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional conferences.
- Advise students on academic and vocational curricula and on career issues.
- Write grant proposals to procure external research funding.
- Select, order, and maintain materials and supplies for teaching and research, such as textbooks, chemicals, and laboratory equipment.
- Collaborate with colleagues to address teaching and research issues.
- Write letters of recommendation for students.
- Prepare and submit required reports related to instruction.
- Serve on academic or administrative committees that deal with institutional policies, departmental matters, and academic issues.
- Clean laboratory facilities.
- Participate in student recruitment, registration, and placement activities.
- Serve on committees or in professional societies.
Supplemental Tasks (5)
- Perform administrative duties, such as serving as a department head.
- Participate in campus and community events.
- Act as advisers to student organizations.
- Compile bibliographies of specialized materials for outside reading assignments.
- Provide professional consulting services to government or industry.
Education & Training
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On-the-Job Training: Employees may need some on-the-job training, but most of these occupations assume that the person will already have the required skills, knowledge, work-related experience, and/or training.
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