chemistry teacher responsibilities are to evaluate and grade students' class work, laboratory performance, assignments, and papers; maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records; plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, and course materials and methods of instruction; prepare course materials such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts; maintain regularly scheduled office hours to advise and assist students; compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others; keep abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional conferences; initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions; collaborate with colleagues to address teaching and research issues; advise students on academic and vocational curricula and on career issues; participate in campus and community events; establish, teach, and monitor students' compliance with safety rules for handling chemicals, equipment, and other hazardous materials; select, order, and maintain materials and supplies for teaching and research, such as textbooks, chemicals, and laboratory equipment; supervise students' laboratory work; serve on committees or in professional societies; prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as organic chemistry, analytical chemistry, and chemical separation; participate in student recruitment, registration, and placement activities; serve on academic or administrative committees that deal with institutional policies, departmental matters, and academic issues; prepare and submit required reports related to instruction; act as advisers to student organizations; write grant proposals to procure external research funding; compile bibliographies of specialized materials for outside reading assignments; conduct research in a particular field of knowledge and publish findings in professional journals, books, or electronic media; supervise undergraduate or graduate teaching, internship, and research work; perform administrative duties such as serving as a department head; provide professional consulting services to government or industry.