Counselor ; Non-Tenured Track Two positions

Counselor Full Time (Non-Tenured Track) Two positions Please see Special Instructions for more details.

• To apply for this position, interested candidates are required to complete an online application, including submission of a Resume, Letter of Interest, EEO/Diversity Statement and Unofficial Transcripts through the People Admin application portal.
• FOREIGN TRANSCRIPTS: Include a U.S. evaluation and translation. Click HERE for a list of acceptable agencies providing foreign transcript services.
• It is important to note that the District retains the right to extend time limits or initiate the recruitment/selection process anew at any stage.
• Education Code §87408.6 states that no person shall be initially employed by a community college district in an academic or classified position unless the person has submitted to an examination within the past sixty (60) days to determine that he/she/they are free of active tuberculosis.
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Job Title Counselor Full Time (Non-Tenured Track) Two positions

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Job Description

Description of Duties: Under the direction of the Dean of Student Development, provide comprehensive counseling services in support of the College’s recruitment, retention, and completion efforts. The Counselor provides personal, career and educational counseling to students. Responsibilities include participating in orientation activities, individual and group counseling sessions, classroom presentations, workshops, assessment and placement interpretation, outreach activities, evening assignments, and liaison duties with instructional and student services departments.

The assignment includes curriculum development, development and assessment of student learning outcomes, engagement in professional activities, participation in shared governance and committee work, and utilizing intervention strategies to support students experiencing academic, personal, or career-related challenges. In addition, duties include using technologies and systems related to student information systems, case management, and educational planning to support student success,

ESSENTIAL DUTIES :

• Assist students in developing educational and career goals through the development of comprehensive student educational plans.
• Teach counseling classes each semester as assigned, either in-load or extra pay.
• Deliver counseling services through multiple modalities (in-person, virtual, etc.) to expand access to students. Confer with and advise faculty regarding matters of administrative procedure in such areas as admissions and records, articulation and course equivalency, and communication with other colleges and universities.
• Administer tests and inventories to groups or individuals and interpret the results to counselees.
• Develop and maintain close working relationships with instructional areas, outreach centers, feeder high schools, neighboring colleges and community resource agencies; articulate programs with feeder high schools; foster good high school/college relations.
• Assignment may include evening and weekend counseling as well as services to outreach locations, including secondary schools.
• Provide intervention strategies to increase the retention and persistence of students in general.
• Assignment may include providing counseling services to special student populations (e.g. Athletes, ESL students, Veterans)
• Assist students in analyzing their aptitudes and interests and to learn decision-making processes related to their academic and career planning.
• Assist students in determining the best educational program for preparation for a chosen career/vocation;
• Assist students with course selection and college activities to maximize the students’ opportunities and potential.
• Develop student educational plans that encompass both the course work and supplemental needs of students.
• Develop…