Learning Disabilities Specialist​/Part-time Faculty

Learning Disabilities Specialist/Part-time Faculty Please see Special Instructions for more details.

• For more information regarding the position, contact Adam Kasarda, DRC Director at , ext. 2375 via email at akasarda .
• This posting is for an application pool, and when a need comes up, the department contact those that they are interested in.

Position Information

Position Title

Position Title Learning Disabilities Specialist/Part-time Faculty

Department

Department Disability Resource Center

Primary Location

Primary Location Multiple Sites

A part-time faculty member’s assignment may include day, evening and/or weekend work, and work at more than one location (San Marcos campus and/or off-campus locations, as well as distance education classes).

Projected Start Date

Full or Part Time

Full or Part Time Part-time

Category

Hours per week Part-time faculty members are not to exceed a load of 67%.

Work Schedule

A part-time faculty member’s assignment may include day, evening and/or weekend work, and work at more than one location (San Marcos campus and/or off-campus locations, as well as distance education classes).

Initial Placement Hourly Range: $75.81 – $119.20 (instructional); $74.60 – $117.69 (non-instructional)

Part-time faculty employees are eligible to elect membership in one of the following retirement plans:

• APPLE (Accumulation Program for Part-Time Limited-Service Employees)

Job Duties

The Disability Resource Center department is seeking qualified part-time Learning Disabilities Specialists to provide diagnostic procedures to verify eligibility for services provided to those with learning disabilities under the California Community Colleges guidelines, verifying eligibility using testing and documentation available from sources outside the California College system, and provide appropriate educational accommodations, recommendations and referrals. In addition, the position may teach instructional support and disability management courses for students with disabilities.

Minimum Qualifications

Must meet one of the sets of qualifications listed under
1) or
2):

• A Master’s degree in learning disabilities, special education, education, psychology, speech language pathology, communication disorders, educational or school psychology, counseling, or rehabilitation counseling AND 15 semester units of upper division or graduate study in the area of learning disabilities, to include, adult cognitive and achievement assessment.
• A combination of education and experience that is at least the equivalent of the qualifications in
  1) above. You must complete and attach the Application for Equivalency form (
  www.palomar.edu/hr/equivalency-app/ ), if you do not possess the specific minimum qualifications as stated above,
  which includes degrees that have not been awarded at the time of submitting the application
  .

Only coursework completed at, and degrees awarded by, accredited institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education will be considered as satisfying the minimum qualifications. Coursework and degrees that are completed outside of the United States are required to have transcripts evaluated (evaluation to U.S. equivalency and a course by course analysis) by an appropriate U.S. credentials evaluation service. For a list of credentials evaluation agencies accepted by Palomar College, visit the National Association of Credentials Evaluation Services ( NACES ) website at https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)./members

, or the Association of International Credential Evaluators, Inc. ( AICE ) website at / .

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Accessibility and Antiracism (DEIAA) Statement

Palomar College is committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, accessibility and antiracism ( DEIAA ). We are dedicated to empowering students to succeed and are guided by our core values; some of which are the following:

• Access – We make education possible for everyone.
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion – We recognize and respect diversity, seek to foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, and strive to address inequities.

All positions require cultural competency which includes the sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic,…