Adjunct Faculty, Culinary Arts

Austin Community College; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 25,000 - 42,000; Part time

Job summary

Austin Community College invites applications for Adjunct Faculty in Culinary Arts. The role involves preparing and delivering coursework in Culinary Arts or Pastry/Baking to a diverse student body, ensuring alignment with department learning outcomes and college policies.

Responsibilities include evaluating student progress, providing feedback, staying current in the field, and mentoring students while adhering to inclusive teaching practices and college standards.

Qualifications

• Educational credentials aligned with SACSCOC accreditation standards.
• Ability to design and deliver料理 curriculum in Culinary Arts or Pastry/Baking.
• Commitment to equitable student outcomes and inclusive teaching.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and teach Culinary Arts and/or Pastry/Baking courses to a diverse student population.
• Evaluate student progress and provide timely feedback aligned with learning outcomes.
• Mentor and support students without discrimination based on protected characteristics.
• Stay current in the field through professional development activities.
• Perform related duties as assigned by department chair or dean.

Skills

Culinary Arts

Pastry/Baking

Instructional skills

Education

SACSCOC accreditation standards

Tools

Blackboard

Online LMS

Job description

Adjunct Faculty, Culinary Arts

Job Posting Closing Times: Job postings are removed from advertising at 12:00 A.M. on the closing date e.g., at midnight on the day before the closing date.

Austin Community College employees are required to maintain a domicile in the State of Texas while working for the college and throughout the duration of employment.

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 equitableaccess to educational opportunities
• Cares about student success and collaborates on strategies tofacilitate success for populations including; first generationcollege students, low-income students, and students fromunderserved communities.
• Focused on student academic achievement and postgraduateoutcomes
• Welcomes difference and models respectful interaction withothers
• Engages with the community both within and outside of ACC

Job Posting Title:

Adjunct Faculty, Culinary Arts

Job Description Summary:

Responsible to prepare and deliver coursework in engaging,innovative, and discipline-appropriate ways. Meets professionalstandards for faculty in accordance with college policies andprocedures.

Job Description:

Principal Responsibilities and Duties

• Prepare and teach courses in the field of Culinary andor Pastry/Baking 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 otherprotected categories.
• Remain current in the field through a variety of professionaldevelopment activities.
• Perform other related tasks as assigned by the departmentchair, dean, and/or associate vice president, vice president,executive vice president.

Technology

• Demonstrated proficiency using computer applications, onlineresources, and other technologies for the classroom. Demonstratedproficiency using an online learning management system such asBlackboard to develop and build course content and performadministrative duties (posting office hours, syllabi, etc.)

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 inall interactions.
• Comply with published college policies and procedures and meetprofessional standards for teaching in a community college.
• Appropriate use of the college's learning managementsystem.

Required Education

• Educational requirements in accordance with SACSCOCaccreditation standards. See Faculty Credentials atwww.austincc.edu/facstaff/faculty-credentials. No substitution foreducational requirements.

Application Requirements

Application must be submitted by the closing date for this position.

Working Conditions

• Work is routinely performed in an office/classroomenvironment.
• Subject to standing, walking, sitting, bending, reaching,kneeling, pushing, and pulling.
• Ability to lift up to 10 pounds.
• Work safely and follow safety rules. Report unsafe workingconditions and behavior. Take reasonable and prudent actions toprevent others from engaging in unsafe practices.

Number of Openings: 2

Job Posting Close Date: May 31, 2027

Clery Act

As required by the US Department of Education, employees arerequired to report violations under Title IX and, under the JeanneClery Campus Safety Act (Clery Act), select individuals arerequired to report crimes. If this position is identified as aCampus Security Authority (Clery Act), you will be notified,trained, and provided resources for reporting.

Austin Community College produces an Annual Security Report asrequired by the Clery Act. This report includes statistics from theprevious three years concerning reported crime that occurred oncampus; public property adjacent to and accessible from campus; andin certain non-campus buildings/property owned or controlled byACC. The report includes institutional policies concerning campussecurity and other safety information.

For direct access to the current Annual Security Report, visit www.austincc.edu/asr . You mayobtain a hard copy by contacting the Clery Compliance Officer ([e-mail] ). For an overview, see ACC'sClery Act website.

Disclaimer

The above description is an overview of the job. It is not intendedto be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities of thejob, nor is it an all-inclusive list of the skills and abilitiesrequired to do the job. Duties and responsibilities may change withbusiness needs. ACC reserves the right to add, change, amend, ordelete portions of this job description at any time, with orwithout notice. Employees may be required to perform other dutiesas requested, directed, or assigned. In addition, reasonableaccommodations may be made by ACC at its discretion to enableindividuals with disabilities to perform essential functions of thejob.