Faculty, Veterinary Technology

Faculty, Veterinary 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.

• 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, Veterinary Technology

This role is a faculty position that also serves as the department chair of the Veterinary Technology Department at Austin Community College. Provides academic leadership, management, and overall coordination to the Veterinary Technology Department, 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 either May or August of 2026.

The Veterinary Technology Program at Austin Community College prepares students for successful careers as Licensed Veterinary Technicians by providing high-quality education aligned with national and state credentialing standards. The program emphasizes critical thinking, sound decision-making, and the development of essential clinical skills needed to function effectively in veterinary practice, research, and related professional settings. Through a comprehensive curriculum that includes classroom instruction, laboratory training, and supervised clinical experiences, students gain hands‑on preparation in animal care, surgical assistance, medical treatment, and laboratory procedures.

Graduates are well prepared to sit for the Veterinary Technician National Examination and state licensure exams and to enter the veterinary workforce with confidence.

• 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.
• Manage and support the Veterinary Technology clinic and classroom spaces.
• 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 Veterinary 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.
• Partici…