Faculty, Spanish

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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, Spanish

Job Description

Summary:

The Department of World Languages faculty supports learning on campus and all distance learning modalities. This is a Spanish language teaching role with opportunity to teach additional languages offered within the department. Faculty prepare and deliver coursework in engaging and innovative ways in keeping with the ACTFL World-Readiness Standards. A successful candidate will reflect a commitment to student success in an environment that promotes belonging for all.

This position starts in August 2026.

Job Description:

The World Language Department offers on-campus and distance learning credit courses across the 10 languages of instruction leading to an Associate's degree. The department has received an Exemplary assessment rating for the past 10 years and boasts several award-winning faculty members. Faculty actively engage in conversations surrounding current and emerging practices in language teaching and learning and language variance. Advancing a deeper understanding of global cultures remains a foundational commitment of the department.

Principal Responsibilities and Duties

* Prepare and teach courses in the field of Spanish language 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.

* Serve as a mentor to students in the Spanish program.

* 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 other protected categories.

* Remain current in the field through a variety of professional development activities.

* Support division and department goals through active and collegial engagement in decision-making and unit-level planning.

* Serve on college wide and departmental committees, councils, work groups, and task forces.

* Perform other related tasks as assigned by the department chair, dean, and/or associate vice chancellor, vice chancellor, executive vice chancellor.

Technology

* Demonstrated proficiency using computer applications, online resources, and other technologies for the classroom.

* Demonstrated proficiency using an online learning management system such as Blackboard to develop and build course content and perform administrative duties (posting office hours, syllabi, etc.)

Principal Professional Standards

* Appropriate use of the college's learning management system.

* Meet deadlines for attendance certification and submission of final course grades.

* Participate in graduation, general assembly, and other official college functions.

* Maintain regular office hours to assist students and improve student retention and success.

* Attend and participate in college wide, campus, department, or other activities and meetings.

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