Modesto Junior College

Counselor, General (2 positions) - Full-Time Tenure - Counseling/ Student Services - Modesto Junior College

Salary: Placement on the Yosemite Community College District salary schedule dependent upon education and experience. 2022-2023 Salary Schedule – $66,698 to $124,506 per year, plus an annual $2,725 stipend for an earned doctorate. New personnel limited to a maximum tenth step initial placement based on previous experience – maximum equals $ 103,538.

Closing Date: Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 11:59pm. 

To apply, submit your application and required documents on-line via our applicant system at: http://50.73.55.13/counter.php?id=262949

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Master’s in counseling, rehabilitation counseling, clinical psychology, counseling psychology, guidance counseling, educational counseling, social work, or career development (Note: A license as a Marriage, Family, and Child Counselor is an alternative qualification for this discipline, pursuant to Title 5 Section 53410.1) OR possess a California Community College Counselor credential appropriate to the subject OR the equivalent.

The District has adopted equivalency procedures which enables applications by individuals not possessing qualifications listed above. Applicants who desire consideration according to equivalency procedures must submit a completed Equivalency Form with their application. The form, policy, and procedures can be found at http://www.yosemite.edu/hr/documents.htm for more information on equivalencies contact the Human Resources office at (209)575-6900.

Knowledge of and ability to appraise the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural and ethnic backgrounds of community college students. Sensitivity to the needs, problems and challenges associated with the diversity of the community college student population.

Job Description Summary

Under the direction of the Dean of Special Programs, be responsible for supporting and encouraging the enrollment, retention and academic goal attainment of students handicapped by language, social, economic and educational disadvantages, and facilitating the successful completion of their goals and objectives in college through academic and support counseling, financial aid and other support services via in-person and on-line spaces.

• Conduct individual student counseling appointments, including drop-in meetings and group workshops. Assignment will include some weekend and evening duties.

• Teach orientation sessions to new students to acquaint them with programs, services, procedures and policies.

• Help students understand the increasingly complex process of applying to college and registering for classes.

• Assist student with determining career goals, including administering and interpreting assessments, and linking those goals to a corresponding educational objective.

• Advise students with making course selections and help them to create an Educational Plan.

• Discuss university transfer options and help students to make positive and realistic transfer decisions.

• Refer students to appropriate student support and educational services on campus.

• Perform outreach to local high schools (college nights, career days, etc.).

Monitor, support, and encourage struggling students during the academic and/or progress probation process.

• Serve as liaison with CSU and UC systems, and private and out-of-state institutions, to gather and disseminate ever-changing information to students.

• Teach a wide variety of Guidance classes.

• Help students cope with the stresses and strains of college and life in general.

• Refer students to ongoing mental health (therapeutic) counseling as needed.

• Work flexible schedule to include evenings hours and weekends and possible off campus sites.

• Participation in department and college-wide committees and participatory governance is expected.

• Perform other duties as assigned

Preferred Qualifications:

• Education and/or experience General counseling at a community college.

• Current knowledge of Counseling

• Understanding of the comprehensive nature of a general counselor at a community college.

• A commitment to supportive relations with students, which includes sensitivity to the needs and problems of a diverse multicultural student population.

• Highly developed counseling skills that enable one to comfortably deal with a variety of personal issues without reflecting personal bias.

• Ability to conduct and develop appropriate workshops, guidance courses, and seminars.

• Willingness to use available technologies and assessment instruments with the ability to provide effective interpretation to students.

• Knowledge of counseling; concepts, issues and resources.

• Awareness and commitment to the philosophy and objectives of the California Community College.

• Enthusiasm for the learning process.

• Commitment to supportive relationships with student

• Current understanding of assessment processes for improving student success at the course, program, and degree level.

• Competent in new pedagogies, such as accelerated learning, supplemental instruction, on-line or hybrid teaching, and other pedagogies directed at improving student success and student equity.

• Recent experience working with African American/Black, Hispanic, Native American, and other minoritized students, and an understanding of how historical patterns of exclusion of these groups within higher education shape patterns of participation and outcomes;

• Willingness to examine and remediate one’s instructional, relational, and counseling practices to more effectively engage and support racially minoritized students;

• Experience and skill with addressing issues of equity in the counseling process;

• Experience and expertise in culturally responsive delivery of service through the counseling process, especially as it relates to student academic retention, presentence and completion.

• Demonstrated ability to address equity gaps within the counseling process.

• Demonstrated knowledge of the Hispanic-Serving designation for institutional, departmental, and instructional practices.

DESIRABLE CHARACTERISTICS

• Ability to operate effectively in an environment of change and ambiguity.

• Vision and energy to plan and organize programs to enhance student success.

• Willingness to participate effectively in shared governance.

• Personal qualifications such as: effective interpersonal communication skills, participation in community affairs, ability to conduct effective public presentations.

• Willingness and ability to be fully invested as a member of the Counseling Team.

• Ability to develop curriculum or services that stress innovation and improve student equity.

• Enthusiasm for the learning process.

• Commitment to supportive relationships with students and colleagues.

• Capable of counseling using counseling methods that accommodate various student-learning styles.

• Participate in professional growth and remain current in subject area and major state initiatives.

• Ability to operate effectively in an environment of change and ambiguity.

• Vision and energy to plan and organize programs to enhance student success.

• Willingness to participate effectively in shared governance and to work collaboratively.

• Personal qualifications such as effective interpersonal communication skills, participation in community affairs, ability to conduct effective public presentations.