Instructor, Continuing Education (Hourly)

Austin Community College • Austin, TX

2d

About The Position

STEPS Instructors are responsible for vocational and academic instruction in a variety of fields and topics. STEPS Instructors play a pivotal role in creating an environment where students are treated with respect, encouragement, and integrity. Instructors in this position understand that the STEPS students are adults who have a right to privacy and autonomy. Instructors set the classroom expectation as a supervisor/employee relationship. Instructors are responsible for instruction in all levels of post-secondary vocational training, literacy, basic skills, and adult secondary skills preparation including all subject areas (writing skills, social skills, interpreting literature, entry-level job skills, and mathematics).

Requirements

• Maintaining an established work schedule, including some evenings and weekends.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Maintaining confidentiality of work-related information and materials.
• Effectively using interpersonal and written communications skills, including the use of tact, diplomacy, understanding, and valuing all contributions.
• Use a variety of spreadsheet, word processing, database, and presentation software.
• Valid Texas Driver's License and reliable transportation for local Austin area travel.

Responsibilities

• Instructs students in academic and vocational subjects using a variety of techniques such as phonetics, multi-sensory learning, and repetition to reinforce learning and to meet students' varying needs and interests.
• Uses intake interviews, disability documentation, under the supervision of the Workforce Specialist and Coordinator to identify and implement accommodation needs.
• Provides direct and indirect instructional support to students in a positive environment.
• Employs special educational strategies and techniques during instruction to improve the development of sensory- and perceptual-motor skills, language, cognition, and memory.
• Teaches socially acceptable behavior, employing techniques in an overall positive behavioral support system such as modeling.
• Modifies curriculum for students with disabilities based upon a variety of instructional techniques and technologies.
• Plans and conducts activities for a balanced program of instruction, demonstration, and work time that provides students with opportunities to observe, question, and investigate.
• Establishes and enforces clear rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining an environment conducive to learning for all students.
• Meets with students to discuss progress and to determine priorities and their individualized educational needs.
• Maintains accurate and complete student records.
• Establishes clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects and communicate those objectives to students.
• Maintains professional competence by participating in staff development activities, curriculum development meetings, and other professional opportunities.

Benefits

• Full-time faculty and staff employees who work in full-time and/or part-time positions at the college are eligible for ACC medical benefits effective the first of the month after their first 60 days of employment. Benefits include medical, dental, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, retirement plans, and AD&D.
• ACC does not participate in Social Security.
• ACC participates in the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) and the Optional Retirement Program (ORP-Faculty and Administrators Only).
• Hourly employees participate in the ACC Money Purchase Plan (ACCMPP) as a retirement program required by federal law.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees