Paul Kuerbis has been at The Colorado College since 1973 and teaches in both the elementary and secondary science teacher licensure programs. He founded and directs the Master of Arts in Teaching Secondary Science program that leads to Colorado licensure, the Master of Arts in Teaching Integrated Natural Sciences program for experienced K-12 teachers, and the Whiz Bang Science summer program for children. While at Colorado College he has been the recipient and co-principal investigator of two Eisenhower grants and five grants from the National Science Foundation totaling over 10 million dollars. He was Co-Principal Investigator for a National Science Foundation Local Systemic Change Initiative in Colorado Springs.

From 1988-92 he was director of curriculum and instruction for the National Center for Improving Science Education (NCISE) funded initially by the U.S. Department of Education. He is past president of the Association for the Education of Teachers in Science (AETS) and served a three-year term on the editorial board of the Journal of Science Teacher Education. He was a member of the National Research Council's (NRC) Working Group on Science Teaching Standards and a contributing author to the National Science Education Standards. He also has served on the NRC's Committee on Undergraduate Science Education (CUSE) and the NRC's Inquiry Addendum study committee. Further, he contributed to publications produced by those committees.

From 1999-2001 he served as a special consultant to the NRC's Committee on Science and Mathematics Teacher Preparation that produced, Educating Teachers of Science, Mathematics and Technology (2001). Professor Kuerbis received his BA in Biology from St. Mary's College (California) in 1964, his master's in Zoology from UCLA in 1966, and his Ph.D. in science education from the University of California, Berkeley (1976). He has taught science at the middle, high school, and community college levels, and has taught biology and integrated science courses at Colorado College. Currently he serves as the Director of the Crown Teaching and Learning Center, the College's center for faculty development.