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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:

Coordinator, CE Workforce Institute - Teaching & Learning

Job Description Summary:

Manages the teacher certification programs, Educational Aide/Paraeducator training, and other related programs as assigned.

Job Description:

Description of Duties and Tasks

• Manages, implements, and facilitates the teacher and principal certification programs (i.e. admission, curriculum, field-based experiences, clinical teaching, internship, practicum), Educational Aide/Paraeducator training, Translating and Interpreting program, and other programs as assigned.

• Develops, tracks, and analyzes and implements community needs assessments for new courses and programs. Monitors changing laws and requirements.  Confirms all new course work with relevant state agencies, credentialing, and accreditation organizations for certifications and approval, and required professional continuing education units (CEU) for license/certification and renewal.

• Identifies members of the required advisory committee, schedules and conducts annual meeting.

• Recruits, interviews, hires, assigns, oversees, mentors, and terminates CE instructors. Negotiates CE instructor agreements and evaluates hourly CE instructors in the development and delivery of training programs. Ensures that all CE instructors have required skills and certifications/licenses. Manages instructor payroll.

• Monitors staffing need, supervises staff.

• Analyzes budgets for all programs in the teaching and learning area.

• Monitors the progress of programs and courses. Evaluates the effectiveness of programs and performance of CE instructors to ensure customer satisfaction, program quality, and regulatory compliance.

• Addresses concerns of staff, instructors and candidates.

• Reviews and approves students’ drops, adds transfers, and grade changes.

• Conducts weekly staff meetings;

• Represents the programs in Teaching & Learning area on various committees, meetings, visits.

• Serves as communication liaison with area employers, industry specific professional organizations and advisory boards, potential students, and other groups to support communication flow and promotional efforts. 

• Assists Austin Community College Grant Writing Department to develop, write, revise, edit, and submit grant proposals to funding agencies at a quality level that supports the likelihood of award; ensures grant submission criteria are met in grant proposals.

• Plans and implements special projects.

• Functions as Legal Authority for TEAL access at Texas Education Agency (TEA).

• Completes reports for Title II and Texas Education Agency annual data collection and other as required.

• Researches new developments in teacher preparation.

• Attends the State Board for Educator Certification meetings for rule changes.

• Facilitates Community/Jr. College Consortium for Teacher Certification monthly meetings.

• Ensures compliance with all state and federal laws pertaining to teacher certification.

• Responds to inquiries about teacher certification in Texas.

• Mentor other community college teacher certification programs.

Knowledge ​

• Texas Administrative Code for initial teacher certification and principal certification. 

• Data documentation, manipulation, and reporting processes.

Skills ​

• Maintaining an established work schedule.

• Effectively using interpersonal and communications skills, including using tact and diplomacy.

• Effectively using organizational and planning skills, with attention to detail and follow-through.

• Maintaining confidentiality of work-related information and materials.

• Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships.

• Data collection, analysis, and report writing.

• Working and interacting with diverse groups of people.

• Effectively handling details of multiple projects with varying timelines.

• Ability to work well in a team environment.

Technology Skills ​

• Use a variety of spreadsheet, word processing, database, and presentation software.

Required Work Experience ​

• Two years related work experience (including one year supervisory experience).

• Completion of the ACC Supervisor Certificate Series Program will satisfy the supervisory experience required for this position.

Required Education ​

• Bachelor's degree.
   

Preferred Education 

• Master's degree with minimum 2 years’ experience in higher education.

Other Preferred Qualifications

• Current Texas Teacher Certification or Principal Certification through the Texas Education Agency (TEA)

• Minimum of 5 years of classroom teaching experience

Physical Requirements ​

• Work is performed in a standard office or similar environment.

• Subject to standing, walking, sitting, bending, reaching, pushing, and pulling.

• Occasional lifting of objects up to 10 pounds.

Safety

• Work safely and follow safety rules. Report unsafe working conditions and behavior. Take reasonable and prudent actions to prevent others from engaging in unsafe practices.

Salary Range

$51,822 - $64,777

Number of Openings:

1

Job Posting Close Date:

September 2, 2024

Clery Act

As required by the US Department of Education, employees are required to report violations under Title IX and, under the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act), select individuals are required to report crimes. If this position is identified as a Campus Security Authority (Clery Act), you will be notified, trained, and provided resources for reporting.

Disclaimer

The above description is an overview of the job. It is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities of the job, nor is it an all-inclusive list of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Duties and responsibilities may change with business needs. ACC reserves the right to add, change, amend, or delete portions of this job description at any time, with or without notice. Employees may be required to perform other duties as requested, directed, or assigned. In addition, reasonable accommodations may be made by ACC at its discretion to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions of the job.