EOPS Counselor, Faculty, Non-Tenure Track

Position Description

• Provide a professional program of academic, career and vocational counseling and planning for student success in meeting student educational goals.
• Work closely with faculty, staff, administrators, and the community.
• Use computer technology as appropriate.
• Attend regional counseling meetings.
• Prepare and submit appropriate reports.
• Respect student rights as specified in District policy and applicable federal and state laws or regulations.
• Maintain a professional and effective relationship among the counselors and other segments of the educational community, including the local school district and other institutions.
• Monitor students' progress and prescribe interventions, as needed, for continued success.
• Accept credit from all regionally accredited colleges and universities. Accept military, CLEP, Advanced Placement, and American Council on Education guide Non-Traditional credit (General Counselors only).
• Complete formal and informal requests for evaluation of credit, including Student Education Plans.

• Continue to develop professional skills and knowledge as they relate to the discipline by attending professional conferences, seminars or meetings as necessary.

• Provide the administration with assistance on the evaluation of academic student petitions and grievances.
• Regularly attend and participate in academic and staff meetings.
• Attend commencement ceremonies and convocations.
• Participate in advisory committee meetings when required.
• Participate as a peer evaluator of full-time and adjunct faculty as requested.
• Provide recommendations for instructional supplies, equipment and other job-related support.
• Consult with management on personnel needs; assist with preparation of position descriptions and serve on screening/hiring committees as needed.
• Participate in the process of shared governance by contributing to the academic community through committee work in the program area, college or district levels, or participate in other significant non-classroom college, district or community activities.
• Keep official records, collect data and submit records as required by District policy and administrative procedures.
• Prepare and submit necessary forms in accordance with college procedures.
• Participate in articulation activities.
• Abide by District regulations concerning the proper use, care and security of equipment.
• Advise management of unsafe conditions, potential hazards or accidents in a timely manner.
• Participate in on-going activities such as workshops, meetings, and training to ensure a safe learning and working environment.
• Report absences to the appropriate supervisor; advise supervisor of the intended date of return.
• Demonstrate an awareness of and sensitivity to the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability and ethnic backgrounds of community college students.

Standards are established in accordance with the Minimum Qualifications for Faculty and Administrators in California Community Colleges as adopted by the California Community Colleges Board of Governors for the discipline.

• Master’s degree in counseling, rehabilitation counseling, clinical psychology, counseling psychology, guidance counseling, educational counseling, social work or career development, or the equivalent.

• Have completed a minimum of nine semester units of college course work predominantly relating to ethnic minorities or persons handicapped by language, social or economic disadvantages OR
• Have completed six semester units or the equivalent of a college-level counseling practicum or counseling field-work courses in a community college EOPS program, or in a program dealing predominantly with ethnic minorities or persons handicapped by language, social or economic disadvantages.

AND In addition, an EOPS counselor shall have two years of occupational experience in work relating to ethnic minorities or persons handicapped by language, social or economic disadvantages.

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A bachelor’s degree in one of the listed degrees and a license as a Marriage and Family Therapist (MFT) is an…