Austin Community College Hiring for Faculty, Art Appreciation at Round Rock Campus 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:

Faculty, Art Appreciation

Job Description Summary:

Responsible for preparing and delivering Art Appreciation coursework in engaging, innovative, and discipline-appropriate ways that reflect a commitment to student success and creating an environment that promotes belonging for all while incorporating culturally responsive teaching practices. This Faculty opportunity will primarily support teaching high school students within our dual credit program.

Job Description:

Current Work of the Department

The Art Department provides quality art education for students pursuing an Associate of Arts degree in Studio Art or Art History. Students prepare for academic transfer or train for entry-level positions in the visual arts. Located at Highland Campus in Central Austin, the Art program provides students with significant opportunities for creative and professional development. Students work in well-equipped, state-of-the-art studios with highly credentialed faculty with active exhibition records. As part of the Arts and Digital Media Division, the Art Department oversees exhibition programming for three on-campus art galleries. Students have opportunities to exhibit their own work and gain professional and technical training in exhibition practices. The Art Department offers off-campus learning opportunities including an Academic Cooperative capstone class where students gain hands-on work experience in professional internships. The ACC Art Department plays a vital role in the Central Texas Arts Community.

Location

The Round Rock Campus (RRC) is the primary teaching location, although other campuses may be assigned based on student and college needs.

Principal Responsibilities and Duties

• Prepare and teach courses in the field of Art Appreciation and Art History to a diverse and multicultural student population based on the department’s approved course learning outcomes, utilizing a variety of instructional strategies appropriate to the needs of community college students and the standards of the discipline.

• Participate actively in departmental responsibilities and departmental governance, including curriculum review and revision, program review, assessment of student learning outcomes at the course and program level, and other departmental activities.

• Evaluate student progress and provide clear, timely feedback reflecting program learning outcomes and departmental expectations.

• Serve as a mentor to students in the Art History and Art Studio programs.

• Provide teaching and mentoring services to students in a manner that does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, political affiliation, or other protected categories.

• Remain current in the field through a variety of professional development activities.

• Support division and department goals through active and collegial engagement in decision-making and unit-level planning.

• Serve on college-wide and departmental committees, councils, work groups, and task forces.

• Perform other related tasks as assigned by the department chair, dean, and/or associate vice president, vice president, or executive vice president.

Additional Duties

• Work with Early College High School and Dual Credit students at the high school level

• Serve as a liaison to and provide oversight of the department’s Early College High School sections.

• Develop and lead art appreciation assessment processes as well as design and update Art Appreciation curricula.

Technology

• Demonstrated proficiency using computer applications, online resources, and other technologies for the classroom. Demonstrated proficiency using an online learning management system such as Blackboard to develop and build course content and perform administrative duties (posting office hours, syllabi, etc.).

Principal Professional Standards

• Appropriate use of the college’s learning management system.

• Meet deadlines for attendance certification and submission of final course grades.

• Participate in graduation, general assembly, and other official college functions.

• Maintain regular office hours to assist students and improve student retention and success.

• Attend and participate in collegewide, campus, department, or other activities and meetings.

• Recognize and reflect standards of civility and collegiality in all interactions.

• Comply with published college policies and procedures and meet professional standards for teaching in a community college.

Required Education

In accordance with Southern Association of College and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) requirements:

• MA in Art History; OR an MFA or MA in Studio Art

• Master’s degree with 18 graduate hours in Art History

SACSCOC requirements may differ depending on the courses taught within the discipline.

For specific requirements by course, please see the current year Faculty Qualifications Table located at http://www.austincc.edu/faculty/credentials/.

Qualities of a Successful Candidate

• Ethics, integrity, and sound professional judgment.

• A commitment to establishing and maintaining positive working relationships with students, colleagues, and staff representing diverse ethnic, cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds.

• Dynamic, non-traditional instructional delivery methods to teach students of widely varying levels of proficiency and from diverse backgrounds and abilities.

• Appropriate and up-to-date knowledge of the discipline and subject matter.

• Experience using technology as an instructional aide where appropriate to enhance learning.

• Documented experience with active and applied teaching and learning methodologies.

• A strong commitment to teaching in a community college setting, including teaching practices that reflect an understanding of the multicultural classroom and the benefits of cultural awareness and sensitivity in the classroom and the workplace.

• Commitment to a diverse workforce.

• Commitment to the comprehensive mission of Austin Community College and to the principles and practices associated with Servant-Leadership.

• Ability to communicate effectively with students with a wide range of skills and backgrounds.

• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work with varied and diverse groups from the community as well as students, staff, faculty, and administration.

• Strength in communication media, both verbal and written, as well as listening.

• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, ability to maintain an established schedule, including evenings and weekends, including possible multiple campus locations that may vary by semester.

• Commitment to maintaining confidentiality of student information.

• Understanding of what it means to teach in a community college environment that serves often underprepared and underrepresented students.

• Understanding of systems of inequality and recognition of the role of community college faculty in promoting equity, equality, and inclusion.

• Other: See Commitment to Equity and Inclusion.

The successful candidate will join a college dedicated to the use of curriculum that is responsive to the students it serves. Such curriculum includes use of pedagogical techniques that draw on a wide range of high-impact and effective practices as well as varying culturally-relevant illustrations and approaches.

Preferred Qualifications

• Teaching experience in the discipline at the college level.

Application Requirements

Document Requirements
1. Upload the following documents to your application:

• Cover Letter – Explain your interest in this particular instructional role.

• Curriculum Vitae or Resume – Ensure your C.V. or resume is up-to-date.

• Unofficial copy of transcripts

OPTIONAL: While this is primarily an art appreciation teaching role, studio MFA candidates may be eligible to lead a foundations-level course as part of their assigned duties. If applicable, you may submit the optional document outlined below:

• A PDF portfolio that includes an artist statement and 10 to 20 examples of your artwork. Label each artwork in your portfolio with its title, medium, scale, and year of production. You may include a link to your website along with your images and statement.

• A PDF portfolio that includes a minimum of 10 student artworks, labeled with the student’s names, and the course in which the artworks were produced.

Please note that studio courses may be assigned based on availability or departmental needs.

2. Request official electronic transcripts to be sent directly from the institution to [email protected]. This email address must be entered as the recipient. Please do not select “Austin Community College” from a menu. It will not be received by ACC Human Resources. If you need assistance, please contact your university’s registrar’s office. If official electronic transcripts are not an option, a hardcopy can be mailed to the following address:

ACC Human Resources

Attn: E.M. Breedlove

6101 Highland Campus Dr., Bldg 3000, Suite 3.2224

Austin, TX 78752

Photocopies of transcripts and transcripts stamped “issued to student” are not accepted.

Working Conditions

• Work is routinely performed in a classroom or laboratory setting.

• Subject to standing, walking, sitting, and reaching for extended periods of time.

• 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.

Salary Range

$67,736 – $92,222 (Based on a 10.5 month contract with a start date of Fall 2024)

Number of Openings:

1

Job Posting Close Date:

November 27, 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.