Faculty, Health Information Technology

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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:

Faculty, Health Information Technology

Job Description

Summary:

This role is a faculty position that also serves as the department chair of the Health Information Technology department at Austin Community College. Provides academic leadership, management, and overall coordination to the Health Information Technology, serves as the budget authority for the department, represents the department on college councils, committees, and in college processes, as appropriate, uses collegial process to facilitate departmental decision making, and provides a college wide instructional leadership environment conducive to student success.

This position starts August 2026.

Job Description:

The Health Information Technology Program at Austin Community College prepares competent health information technology professionals through high-quality academic instruction and professional training delivered using both traditional and innovative approaches. The program maintains a student-centered philosophy, makes effective use of community and educational resources, engages in ongoing program evaluation, and upholds the highest standards of accreditation. Through a two-year Associate of Applied Science degree program, students gain a strong general education foundation and develop specialized skills that prepare them for employment in the health information field, supported by faculty and staff committed to their academic, personal, and professional success.

Principal Responsibilities and Duties

* Provides leadership in developing, evaluating, and maintaining a curriculum that responds to community needs, prepares students for success, and meets the stated requirements of THECB, SACSCOC, and other accrediting bodies.

* Develops and maintains the departmental budget and instructional supplies.

* Supervise, hire, coach, and evaluate faculty in alignment with College policies and employment laws.

* Ensure that departmental decision-making is informed by data and involves collaboration with key stakeholders within the department and college wide as necessary

* Develop and approve the course schedule, as well as make faculty assignments, and maintain faculty eligibility.

* Prepare and teach courses in the field of Health Information Technology to a 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, using data for closing gaps in program completion.

* Serve as a mentor to students and faculty in the Health Information Technology.

* 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.

* Support professional development and research-related activities to remain current in the field and…