Adjunct Faculty, Cardiac Sonography

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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:

Adjunct Faculty, Cardiac Sonography

Job Description Summary:

Responsible to prepare and deliver cardiac sonography clinical coursework in engaging, innovative, and discipline-appropriate ways that reflect a commitment to success equity, respect for diversity, an understanding of culturally responsive teaching, and knowledge of the teaching field. Meets professional standards for faculty in accordance with college policies and procedures.

Job Description:

Principal Responsibilities and Duties

• Prepare and teach courses in the field of Adult Cardiac Sonography to a diverse 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.
  
  
• Evaluate student progress and provide clear, timely feedback reflecting program learning outcomes and departmental expectations.
  
  
• Provide teaching and mentoring services to students in a manner which 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.
  
  
• Perform other related tasks as assigned by the department chair, dean, and/or associate vice president, vice president, executive vice president.
  
  

Additional Duties

• Occasional evening/weekend duties as assigned, such as open lab and outreach opportunities.
  
  

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.)
  
  
• Preferred experience using PACS- Picture Archiving and Communication System.
  
  

Principal Professional Standards

• Meet deadlines for attendance certification and submission of final course grades.
  
  
• Maintain regular office hours to assist students and improve student retention and success.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• Appropriate use of the college's learning management system.
  
  

Required Education

• Associate of Science or Associate of Applied Science in Diagnostic Medical Sonography.
  
  
• Educational requirements in accordance with SACSCOC accreditation standards. https://www.austincc.edu/employment-at-acc/full-time-and-adjunct-faculty-position-information/minimum-credential-qualification-requirements . No substitution for educational requirements.
  
  

Required Work Experience

• In accordance with Southern Association of College and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) requirements: Three years of non-teaching, industry-related work experience in the field of cardiac sonography.
  
  

Other Requirements

• Active Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer - Adult Echocardiography (RDCS - AE) or Registered Cardiac Sonographer (RCS).
  
  

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.
  
  

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.
  
  

Number of Openings:

1

Job Posting Close Date:

August 31, 2023 Clery Act

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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.

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