Adjunct Faculty, Music

Austin Community College; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 48,000 - 83,000; Part time

Job summary

Austin Community College seeks an Adjunct Faculty member to prepare and deliver Music coursework to a multicultural student population, reflecting culturally responsive teaching and commitment to student success.

You will utilize Blackboard for course content and perform related duties within the department, maintaining office hours and meeting professional standards for teaching in a community college.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Music or Master's degree with 18 graduate hours in the teaching discipline.
• Experience teaching music to a diverse student population.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and teach music courses to a multicultural student population based on approved course learning outcomes.
• Evaluate student progress and provide timely feedback.
• Remain current in the field through professional development activities.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the department chair, dean, or executive vice chancellor.

Skills

Computer applications proficiency

Blackboard

Education

Master's degree in Music

Master's degree with 18 graduate hours in teaching discipline

Tools

Blackboard LMS

Job description

Adjunct Faculty, Music

Austin Community College

Job Posting Closing Times

Job postings are removed fromadvertising at 12:00 A.M. on the closing date e.g., atmidnight on the day before the closing date.

Austin Community College employees are required to maintain adomicile in the State of Texas while working for the college andthroughout the duration of employment. - AR 4.0300.01

Austin Community College is a public two-year institution thatserves a multicultural population of approximately 41,000 creditstudents each Fall and Spring semester. We embrace our identity asa community college, as reflected in our mission statement. Wepromote student success and community development by providingaffordable access, through traditional and distance learning modes,to higher education and workforce training, including appropriateapplied baccalaureate degrees, in our service area.

Mission and Workforce Recruitment

As a community college committed to our mission, we seek to recruitand 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 Description Summary

Responsible to prepare and deliver Music coursework in engaging,innovative, and discipline-appropriate ways that reflect acommitment to student success, an understanding of culturallyresponsive teaching, and knowledge of the teaching field. Meetsprofessional standards for faculty in accordance with collegepolicies and procedures.

Job Description

Principal Responsibilities and Duties

• Prepare and teach courses in the field of Music to amulticultural student population based on the department's approvedcourse learning outcomes, utilizing a variety of instructionalstrategies appropriate to the needs of community college studentsand the standards of the discipline.
• Evaluate student progress and provide clear, timeliness feedbackreflecting program learning outcomes and departmentalexpectations.
• Provide teaching and mentoring services to students in a mannerwhich 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 chancellor, vice chancellor,executive vice chancellor.

Technology

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

Principal Professional Standards

• Meet deadlines for attendance certification and submission offinal course grades.
• Maintain regular office hours to assist students and improvestudent 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

• Master's degree in Music; or
• Master's degree with 18 graduate hours in the teachingdiscipline

Application Requirements

• Unofficial/copy of transcripts
• Updated Curriculum Vitae (C.V.) or Résumé

If get selected for the position then please request officialelectronic transcripts to be sent directly from the institution to [e-mail]. This email address must beentered as the recipient. Please do not select "Austin CommunityCollege" from a menu. It will not be received by ACC HumanResources. If you need assistance, please contact your university'sregistrar's office. If official electronic transcripts are not anoption, a hardcopy can be mailed to the following address: ACC Human Resources Attn: Prisca M. Baker 6101 Highland Campus Dr., Bldg 3000, Suite 3.2224 Austin, TX 78752 Photocopies of transcripts or transcripts stamped "issued tostudent" are not accepted.

Working Conditions

• Work is routinely performed in a classroom or laboratorysetting.
• Subject to standing, walking, sitting, and reaching forextended periods of time.
• 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

15

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 Jeanne Clery 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. The 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 or without 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.