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

Counselor, Disabled Students Programs & Services (DSPS)

Full‑Time, Categorically Funded Position at Madera Community College.

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 a diverse student population brings to a community college. The successful candidate will be an equity‑minded leader committed to student success achieved through collaboration with faculty, classified staff, administration, students and community partners who are also dedicated to closing equity gaps.

Equity‑minded individuals understand the importance of holding ourselves accountable as educators for closing equity gaps, reframing inequities as a problem of practice, encouraging positive race‑consciousness, supporting culturally responsive teaching environments, and strategically building support for equity‑related initiatives.

Madera Community College seeks leaders who value placing the student at the center of everything we do, mentorship, and working in a collegial, collaborative environment. The college is Hispanic‑Serving Institution with a student body that is 68% Latinx, 8% Asian/Pacific Islander, 3% Black/African American, 17% White, 1% American Indian/Alaska Native, 3% multiracial.

• 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 as necessary to support individual educational programs of students.
• Provide liaison services between students with disabilities, faculty, staff, and appropriate campus and community support systems.
• Facilitate accommodations by making service referrals to students with physical, learning, and psychological disabilities.
• Determine and document educational limitations and appropriate accommodations for students in the DSP&S program.
• Assist students to clarify and identify educational goals, develop student educational plans and contracts, and select appropriate courses.
• Conduct student follow‑up, monitor student progress and academic standing, and monitor accommodations and student needs.
• Assist students with disabilities to transition to and be successful in the college environment.
• Maximize student success by collaborating with other student services and instructional faculty.
• Develop and maintain competency regarding knowledge of College programs, services, policies and procedures.
• Utilize and keep abreast of advanced counseling methods, including the use of technology.
• Organize and offer various support groups, instruction and programs for students with disabilities.
• Interpret diagnostic test results to students, counselors, and parents if 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.
• Assignments in a variety of settings and times, including evening or weekends, online or off‑campus and large group instruction classes as needed.
• Otherwise fulfill all duties and responsibilities as assigned and as required by Administrative Regulation 7122.

• Evidence of responsiveness to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students.
• (1) Master’s in rehabilitation counseling; or
• (2) Master’s in counseling, guidance counseling, student personnel, clinical or counseling psychology, education counseling, social work, career development, marriage and family therapy, marriage, family and child counseling, or a bachelor’s degree in marriage and family therapy or marriage, family and child counseling with possession of a license as a Marriage and Family Therapist (MFT).
• Fifteen or more semester…