Upward Bound Summer Program - Instructor: Composition (Hourly)

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Austin Community College is a public two-year institution that serves a multicultural 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:

• 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 populations including; first generation college students, low-income students, and students from underserved communities.

• Focused on student academic achievement and postgraduate outcomes

• Welcomes difference and models respectful interaction with others

• Engages with the community both within and outside of ACC

Job Posting Title:

Upward Bound Summer Program - Instructor: Composition (Hourly)

Job Description Summary:

To provide specialized, short-term instruction to Upward bound students as a way to enhance students' ability to gain content mastery and be successful in the respective content area. This positon is from May 8, 2023 until June 24, 2023.

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 high school students.
• Develops and correlates curriculum and instruction to the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) standards within the respective content area.
• Utilizes best practices in regard to classroom management in order to foster student persistence and success.
• Collaborates closely with other Upward Bound Advisors, tutors, and other appropriate personnel to maximize academic benefits for each individual student.
• Attends program meetings as assigned.
• Manages time and classroom effectively.
• Maintains up-to-date records of student grades and progress.
• Assists with additional summer program duties as assigned.

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

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 work-related information and materials.
• 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 Upward Bound 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

• Demonstrated proficiency using standard office software applications.

Required Work Experience

• At least one year of related experience in the discipline.

Preferred Work Experience

• 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

• Bachelor's degree in the teaching discipline.

Preferred Education

• Master's degree in the teaching discipline.

Other Preferred Qualifications

• Valid Texas State Board for Educator Certification (SBEC) credential. College-level teaching experience can substitute for the teaching certificate.

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

$35.80/Hour

Number of Openings:

1

Job Posting Close Date:

March 4, 2025
Clery 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.