Austin Community College District Looking for VIL Program Instructor – Verizon Grant (Hourly) at Aust, TX Full Time

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Austin Community College is a public two-year institution that serves a diverse population
of approximately 41,000 credit students each Fall and Spring semester.  We embrace our identity as a community college, as reflected in our
mission statement.  We promote student success and community development by providing affordable access, through traditional and distance
learning modes, to higher education and workforce training, including appropriate applied baccalaureate degrees, in our service
area. 

As a community college committed to our mission, we seek to recruit and retain a workforce that:

• Reflects the diversity
  of our community
• Values intellectual curiosity and innovative teaching
• Is attracted by the college’s mission to promote
  equitable access to educational opportunities
• Cares about student success and collaborates on strategies to facilitate success for
  under-represented populations
• Welcomes difference and models respectful interaction with others
• Engages with the community
  both within and outside of ACC

Commitment to Equity and Inclusion

ACC is committed to the ongoing systemic changes
needed to ensure the increased recruitment, inclusion, retention, and completion of historically underserved and underrepresented
populations. Through continual strategic community engagement and professional development of administrators, faculty, staff, and students,
the college demonstrates its dedication to fostering a culture and climate for equitable outcomes.

ACC is proud to serve a diverse
student body as an open-access and low-cost institution. Dedicated faculty members are excellent professors who help students achieve their
educational goals and are sensitive to our students’ diverse cultures and socio-economic backgrounds. In 2017 our faculty adopted a
Statement of ACC Faculty Values. This Statement affirms that ACC’s faculty members value collaboration, service, agency, scholarship,
inclusion, and teaching, all of which attest to our commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our
mission.

Job Posting Title:

VIL Program Instructor – Verizon Grant (Hourly)

Job Description
Summary:

To provide specialized, in person short-term instruction for the Verizon Innovative Learning (VIL) STEM Achievers
program. The VIL program is a STEM enrichment program for students in grades 6-8. The program begins with a summer immersion experience and
then offers one full workshop day in the fall and one in the spring for additional STEM learning.
For more information about the VIL
program: https://www.nacce.com/vil

Job
Description:

Description of Duties and Tasks

Essential duties and responsibilities include the following.
Other duties may be assigned.

• Provides specialized, short-term instruction to middle school students.
• Delivers and correlates
  instruction to the standards within the respective content area in a discovery learning format, emphasizing hands-on learning using the
  curriculum developed by Verizon Innovative Learning.
• Utilizes best practices in regard to classroom management in order to foster
  student persistence and success.
• Collaborates closely with program personnel to maximize academic benefits for each
  student.
• Maintains up-to-date records of student progress, attendance, and behavior.
• Attends program meetings and training
  as assigned.
• Assists with additional program duties as assigned.

Knowledge

Must possess the required
knowledge and be able to explain and demonstrate, with or without reasonable accommodations, that the essential functions of the job can be
performed.

•  Knowledge of the subject area.
•  Knowledge of current education and instructional theories, methodologies,
  techniques, and principles.

Skills

Must possess required skills and be able to explain and demonstrate, with
or without reasonable accommodations, that the essential functions of the job can be performed.

• Maintaining an established work
  schedule.
• Maintaining confidentiality of students and other work-related information.
• Effectively using interpersonal and
  communications skills including tact, patience, diplomacy, sensitivity, and flexibility as it relates to working with students from varied
  socioeconomic backgrounds and learning styles.
• Effectively using organizational and planning skills with attention to detail and
  follow-through.
• Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with people of diverse backgrounds, including students,
  instructors, tutors, and staff.
• Ability to apply knowledge of current education and instructional theories, methodologies,
  techniques, and principles.
• Ability to apply knowledge of the subject area.

Technology
Skills

• Demonstrate proficiency using computer applications, online resources, and other technologies for the
  classroom.
• Demonstrate proficiency using an online learning management system such as Canvas to develop and build course content and
  perform administrative duties.

Required Work Experience

• Recent teaching experience, coursework, or other
  activity in the area of primary instruction
• Knowledge of current instructional strategies appropriate for students at the specified
  grade levels

Preferred Work Experience

• At least one year of related experience in STEM.
• Experience
  developing and preparing course materials/syllabi.
• Experience delivering lectures, leading discussions and/or laboratory
  experiments.
• Experience conducting evaluations of student performance and assignment of grades.

Required
Education

• Teaching credentials or experience appropriate for the level of students being taught OR
• Associate’s,
  Bachelor’s, or Master’s Degree in education or related field

Special Requirements

Licenses/Certifications;
Other

•  ACC non-exempt (classified) employees are not eligible for employment consideration.

Other Preferred
Qualifications

• Valid Texas State Board for Educator Certification credential. College-level teaching experience can
  substitute for the teaching certificate.
•  Familiarity with Immersive Media, Digital Product Innovations,Smart Solutions, and
  Artificial Intelligence + Robotics.
• Valid Texas Driver’s License and reliable transportation for travel within the ACC service
  area.

Physical Requirements

•  Work is performed in a learning lab environment on campus in an academic setting.
  Subject to standing, walking, sitting, bending, reaching, kneeling, pushing, and pulling. Occasional lifting of objects up to 20
  pounds.

Safety

• Work safely and follow safety rules. Report unsafe working conditions and behavior. Take
  reasonable and prudent actions to prevent others from engaging in unsafe practices.

Pay Rate

ACC
Benefits Overview

Full-time Faculty and Staffing Table employees who work in full-time and/or part-time positions at the
College are eligible for ACC medical benefits effective the first of the month after their first 60 days of employment. Benefits include
medical, dental, life insurance, short and long term disability, retirement plans and AD&D.

ACC does not participate in Social
Security. ACC participates in the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) and the Optional Retirement Program (ORP-Faculty Only). Part-time
and Hourly employees participate in the ACC Money Purchase Plan (ACCMPP) as a retirement program required by Federal
law.

Disclaimer

The above description is an overview of the job. It is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and
responsibilities of the job, nor is it intended to be an all-inclusive list of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Duties and
responsibilities may change with business needs. ACC reserves the right to add, change, amend, or delete portions of this job description at
any time, with or without notice. Employees may be required to perform other duties as requested, directed, or assigned. In addition,
reasonable accommodations may be made by ACC as its discretion to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential
functions.

Austin Community College provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment
without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics.

As required by the US Department of
Education, employees are required to report violations under the Title IX and, under the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy
and Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act), select individuals are required to report crimes. If this position is identified as a Campus Security
Authority (Clery Act), you will be notified, trained, and provided resources for reporting.

Number of
Openings:

1

Job Posting Close Date:

January 31, 2023Clery Act

As required by the US
Department of Education, employees are required to report violations under Title IX and, under the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus
Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act), select individuals are required to report crimes. If this position is identified as a
Campus Security Authority (Clery Act), you will be notified, trained, and provided resources for
reporting.

Disclaimer

The above description is an overview of the job. It is not intended to be an
all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities of the job, nor is it an all-inclusive list of the skills and abilities required to do the
job. Duties and responsibilities may change with business needs. ACC reserves the right to add, change, amend, or delete portions of this
job description at any time, with or without notice. Employees may be required to perform other duties as requested, directed, or assigned.
In addition, reasonable accommodations may be made by ACC at its discretion to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential
functions of the job.