Counselor/Coordinator, Disabled Student Programs and Services (DSPS) (Full-Time, Categorically

State Center Community College District; Fresno (CA); Sur place; USD 71 000 - 109 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

State Center Community College District seeks a Counselor/Coordinator for the Disabled Student Programs & Services (DSPS) at Reedley College. The role combines counseling, accommodation planning, and coordination of campus resources to support students with disabilities from diverse backgrounds.

Responsibilities include evaluating disability documentation, developing Academic Accommodation Plans, coordinating testing and note-taking accommodations, and assisting with enrollment and onboarding.

Qualifications

• Evidence of equity-minded practice with diverse students.
• Graduate degree in counseling or related field meeting minimum qualifications.
• Valid California Community College Credential or equivalent.
• Experience serving students with disabilities and knowledge of ADA/Section 504/508.

Responsabilités

• Provide counseling, accommodations, and support services through the DSPS program.
• Evaluate disability documentation and arrange appropriate accommodations.
• Develop and revise Academic Accommodation Plans (AAPs) and SEPs for students with disabilities.
• Coordinate testing accommodations, note taking, alternate media, ASL interpreting, and related supports.
• Assist students with enrollment, matriculation, and onboarding processes.
• Monitor students' academic progress and use multiple measures for placement decisions.
• Collaborate with faculty and staff to support students' educational programs and pathways.
• Maintain confidential records and complete mandated reports/data entry.
• Participate in professional development, program review, and service on committees.
• Work evenings, weekends, and on-site/off-campus as needed.

Connaissances

Equity-minded leadership

Counseling skills

Collaboration

Student-centered service

Formation

Master’s in rehabilitation counseling

Master’s in counseling/related fields

Bachelor’s in marriage and family therapy or related field + MFT license

Disabilities-related coursework/DSPS practicum

Description du poste

Counselor/Coordinator, Disabled Student Programs and Services(DSPS) (Full-Time, Categorically Funded)

State Center Community College District

Closing Date: 12/14/2026 at 11:59 PM

Campus Location: Reedley College

Start Date: 10/01/2026

Essential Functions

At Reedley College we value the ability to serve students from abroad range of cultural heritages, socioeconomic backgrounds,genders, abilities and orientations. We prioritize applicants whom demonstrate they understand 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.

1. Understands the importance of holding ourselves accountable as educators for closing equity gaps and engaging in equitable practices;
2. Reframes inequities as a problem of practice and views the elimination of inequities as an individual and collective responsibility;
3. Encourages positive race-consciousness and embraces human difference;
4. Supports institutional practices that both develop and sustain culturally responsive teaching and learning environments; and
5. Strategically builds support for and participation inequity-related initiatives across both our internal and external communities.

Reedley College seeks leaders who value placing the student at the center of everything we do, mentorship and working in a collegial, collaborative environment. Leaders should be open and willing to participate in culturally relevant professional development that will help them prepare for the population of students who attend Reedley College.

The ideal candidate will share Reedley College's commitment to educating its racially and socioeconomically diverse student population. For the 2025-2026 academic year, we enrolled over18,000 students in which 73% identify as Latinx, 7% as Asian/Pacific Islander, 2% as Black/African American, 15% as White, 1% as American Indian/Alaska Native, and 2% as multiracial. Reedley College is a Hispanic-Serving Institution, reflecting the great responsibility that the College has to the educational attainment and economic well-being of the surrounding community. The successful candidate will join a college dedicated to the students it serves.

Duties

Under the administrative direction of the Director, Disabled Student Programs & Services (DSP&S), the Counselor/Coordinator will provide a complete range of counseling, accommodation, and support resource services offered by the DSP&S Program at Reedley College. Duties of the Counselor/Coordinator will include the following:

• An equity-minded framework that ensures services and processes designed and delivered to meet the diverse needs of students;
• Evaluating verification of disability documentation, identifying educational limitations and arrange for appropriate and reasonable accommodations which address those limitations;
• Developing and revising Academic Accommodation Plans (AAPs) and Student Educational Plans (SEPs) for students with disabilities;
• Facilitating and coordinating accommodations, such as testing accommodations, note taking, alternate media, adaptive equipment, ASL interpreting, etc.;
• Collaborating with others to plan and provide students with support in navigating the college processes related to enrollment, matriculation and onboarding;
• Utilizing multiple measures to determine appropriate class placement;
• Determining qualifications and appropriate individual support programs for disabled students, providing direct personal, vocational, and academic counseling services;
• Meeting with faculty and other academic staff as necessary to support the individual educational programs of students;
• Providing liaison services between disabled students, faculty, staff, and appropriate campus and community support systems;
• Providing specialized academic, career, personal, and disability management counseling to students with disabilities from diverse backgrounds;
• Providing advising related to transfer admission agreements to public and private universities, Associate Degree for Transfer (ADTs), major, and general education;
• Monitoring and tracking students' academic performance and progress in degree objectives to ensure effective use of services and successful attainment of program objectives;
• Effective use of the Starfish student success platform;
• Maintaining confidential records;
• Accurately recording and completing data entry of information needed to complete mandated reports and service records;
• Participating in professional development activities related to student achievement and equity, program development and review, student activities, and faculty committees;
• Participating and assisting with in-service training for faculty, staff, and community;
• Providing liaison services between students with disabilities, faculty, staff, and appropriate campus and community support systems;
• Working with other DSP&S counselors to provide support for students navigating pathways and act as an internal liaison to pathway success teams;
• Participating in the preparation of budget, annual performance reports, and other reports as directed;
• Organizing and offering various support groups, instruction and programs for disabled students;
• Interpreting diagnostic test results to students and counselors, and parents if applicable;
• Serving on and attending department, college, and district committees as needed;
• Participating in program review, student learning outcome development and assessment to improve student learning;
• Assignments in a variety of settings and times, including evening and/or weekends, and online or off-campus as needed;
• Performing other related duties as requested; and
• Otherwise fulfilling all of the duties and responsibilities as required by Administrative Regulation 7122.

Minimum Qualifications

All candidates must have evidence of responsiveness to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students, as these factors relate to the need for equity-minded practice within the classroom; and (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 and possession of a license as a Marriage and Family Therapist (MFT); and

• Fifteen or more semester units in upper division or graduate level course work specifically related to people with disabilities, or
• Completion of six semester units, or the equivalent of a graduate-level counseling practicum or counseling field work courses, in a post-secondary Disabled Students Programs and Services (DSPS) Program or in a program dealing predominantly or exclusively with people with disabilities; or
  • Two years of full-time experience, or the equivalent in one or more of the following:
    • Counseling for students with disabilities;
    • Counseling in industry, government, public agencies, military or private social welfare organizations in which the responsibilities of the position were predominantly or exclusively for persons with disabilities, or the equivalent;

(3) A valid California Community College Credential; or (4) The equivalent education and/or experience (requires an equivalency). (Note: If the degrees posted on your transcript(s) do not match exactly as stated above, you must petition for equivalency.)

Desirable Qualifications

• Experience and skill incorporating elements of diversity, equity, and inclusion into all areas of responsibility;
• Recent experience working with African American, Asian/Pacific Islander, Latinx, Native American, and other racially minoritized students in the classroom and an understanding of how historical patterns of exclusion of these groups in higher education shape patterns of participation and outcomes;
• Willingness to examine and remediate one's instructional, relational, and classroom practices to more effectively engage and support racially minoritized students;
• Experience working with a diverse student population;
• Related work and professional experience;
• Experience working with students of various cultural, gender, age, socioeconomic, and ethnic backgrounds, including disabled students;
• Knowledge of the ADA and Section 504 and Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act;
• Experience with interpreting learning disabilities assessment results;
• Demonstrated ability to motivate, counsel, and teach traditionally underrepresented students from educationally disadvantaged backgrounds;
• Knowledge of college and/or community programs that assist students with disabilities;
• Knowledge of computer assistive technology;
• Experience with grant writing and reporting;
• Strong commitment to professional growth and development, and to the continued development and improvement of successful counseling and instruction;
• Demonstrated ability to plan and implement various counseling related workshops, projects, and special events;
• Demonstrated ability to work and plan independently;
• Related work and professional experience including grant writing and adaptive technology;
• Demonstrated oral and written communication skills with students, staff and faculty; and
• Knowledge of the community college and its mission and goals.

Conditions of Employment

178-181 duty days per year contingent upon funding. Duty days will be prorated based upon start of assignment.

Salary and Benefits

Starting annual salary is $71,054 - $108,773 based on education and experience. Duty days and salary will be prorated based upon start of assignment. An annual doctoral stipend of $2,419 is available. In addition, the District offers an attractive

Selection Procedure

Applications will be screened by Human Resources for completeness and to determine which applicants meet the minimum qualifications as stated in the job announcement.

From the applicants who meet the minimum qualifications and who have submitted all the required documents by the closing date and time listed on the job announcement, a selection advisory committee will review the candidates who are best qualified based on the minimum and desirable qualifications then determine who will be invited to interview.

INTERVIEWS TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED AS FOLLOWS:

• FIRST LEVEL INTERVIEWS THE WEEK OF JANUARY 4,2027
• FINAL INTERVIEWS THE WEEK OF JANUARY 25,2027

State Center Community College District is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering innovation and inclusivity. We respond proactively to the diverse needs of the community and welcome individuals excited to join our District's purpose to support student success both locally and globally. United, we the faculty, classified professionals and administrators pledge to treat all applicants and employees fairly and equitably.

SCCCD EEO Plan

Mission

To cultivate opportunities that empower our students communitiesthrough engaging, equity-minded programs and services.

Vision

Providing equitable educational opportunities that transform our students and communities.

Values

• Equity, Access, and Inclusion: our success dependson every member of our campus community achieving their educationalgoals
• A Focus on Students: our practices, priorities,and policies are created, implemented, and reviewed with arelentless student-first approach
• Educational Excellence: the instruction, studentservices, and experience we provide to each student consistentlyexceed expectations
• Innovation: our words and action are alwaysconsistent with our mission
• Stewardship: our decisions are made in the contextof their financial, social, and environmental impacts on ourcampus, our region and the world

RC College Planning Site

For more information, contact the Academic Human Resources Office, 1171 Fulton St, Fresno, California, 93721, [phone]. For information on Reedley College or State Center Community College District, visit our website at www.scccd.edu. Please refer to Position No. RDSPS-COC (Slot #1409).

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