Faculty, Occupational Therapy

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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, Occupational Therapy

Job Description Summary:

The Occupational Therapy Faculty support face to face learning on campus through experiential learning, simulation and through clinical experiences. Faculty are responsible for preparing and delivering coursework in engaging, innovative, and discipline-appropriate ways that reflect a commitment to success, an understanding of culturally responsive teaching, and knowledge of the teaching field.

Job Description:

The Occupational Therapy Assistant Program teaches the practices, techniques, and equipment needed to help clients of all ages take part in educational, vocational, and leisure skills. Expert faculty and hands-on clinical experience will prepare our students complete an associate degree and pass the national certification exam.
 

Principal Responsibilities and Duties

• Prepare and teach courses in the field of Occupational Therapy to a diverse and 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 and faculty advisor to students in the Occupational Therapy 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 collegewide 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.

Additional Duties

• Assist in development of and student placement in fieldwork sites.

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.)

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