Faculty, Government

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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. Wepromote 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

Faculty, Government

The Government Faculty supports learning on campus, all distance learning modalities. Responsible to prepare and deliver coursework in engaging, innovative, and discipline-appropriate ways that reflect a commitment to student success and creating an environment that promotes belonging for all. The department support opportunities for student center learning and differentiated instruction. This position starts in August 2027

The Government Department offers on campus and online college credit courses across 11 campuses and online, in both synchronous and asynchronous formats. In addition, the department offers dual enrollment courses to area high school students seeking both college and high school credit. Course offerings include U.S. Government, Texas State and Local Government, Mexican-American Politics, Introduction to Political Science, and an academic cooperative in government The department seeks to acquaint all students with basic concepts used in studying politics and government and provide its majors with an educational foundation that will allow them to pursue successfully a baccalaureate degree in political science or government or other fields at a four-year institution.

• Prepare and teach courses in the field of Government to a student population reflective of the service area. The department's course learning outcomes, utilize 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.
• Serve as a mentor to students in the Government program.
• Provide teaching and mentoring services to students in a manner which does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex,…