Counselor, Disabled Students Programs & Services; DSPS Categorically Funded Mader

Posting Details – Identification: AA2025‑1992
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Title:

Counselor, Disabled Students Programs & Services (DSPS) (Full‑Time, Categorically Funded)
• Campus:
Madera Community College
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Start Date:

05/12/2026
• Open Date: 01/07/2026
• Close Date: 02/23/2026

At Madera Community College we value the ability to serve students from a broad range of cultural heritages, socioeconomic backgrounds, genders, abilities and orientations. We prioritize applicants who demonstrate an understanding of the benefits of a diverse student population and an equity‑minded approach to student success.

• Understands the importance of holding oneself accountable as an educator for closing equity gaps and engaging in equitable practices;
• Reframes inequities as a problem of practice and views the elimination of inequities as an individual and collective responsibility;
• Encourages positive race‑consciousness and embraces human difference;
• Supports institutional practices that develop and sustain culturally responsive teaching and learning environments;
• Strategically builds support for and participation in equity‑related initiatives across internal and external communities.

Leaders should place the student at the center of everything, mentor, and work collaboratively. They must be open to culturally relevant professional development that prepares them to serve the population of students at Madera Community College.

• Determine qualifications and appropriate individual support programs for students with disabilities, providing direct personal, vocational, and academic counseling services;
• Meet with faculty and other academic staff to support individual student education plans;
• Provide liaison services between students, faculty, staff, and campus/community support systems;
• Facilitate accommodations by making service referrals for students with physical, learning, and psychological disabilities;
• Document educational limitations and accommodations for students in the DSP&S program;
• Assist students in clarifying goals, developing educational plans and contracts, and selecting courses to meet objectives;
• Conduct student follow‑up, monitor progress and academic standing, and oversee accommodations and student needs;
• Assist students with disabilities in transitioning to and succeeding in the college environment;
• Maximize student success by collaborating with student services and instructional faculty;
• Develop and maintain competency regarding knowledge of College programs, services, policies and procedures;
• Use and stay up‑to‑date with advanced counseling methods, including technology;
• Organize and offer support groups, instruction, and programs for students with disabilities;
• Interpret diagnostic test results for students, counselors, and parents where applicable;
• Perform other related duties as requested;
• Participate in participatory governance committees, processes, and initiatives such as Guided Pathways;
• Serve on and attend department, college, and district committees as needed;
• Participate in program review, student learning outcome development, and assessment to improve student learning;
• Assigned duties in a variety of settings and times, including evenings, weekends, online or off‑campus, and large‑group instruction classes as needed;
• Fulfill all duties and responsibilities as assigned and required by Administrative Regulation 7122.

• Evident responsiveness to and understanding of the diverse backgrounds of community college students and the need for equity‑minded practices;
• (1) Master’s in rehabilitation counseling, or
• (2) Master’s in counseling (guidance, student personnel, clinical or counseling psychology, educational counseling, social work, career development, marriage and family therapy, or a bachelor’s degree in marriage and family therapy with an MFT license), and:
  • Fifteen or more upper‑division semester units in graduate‑level coursework related to people with disabilities, or
  • Completion of six semester units (or equivalent) in a post‑secondary Disabled Students Programs and Services (DSPS) Program or a program focusing on people with disabilities, or
  • Two years of full‑time experience (or…