Part-Time Counselor - Academic - Pool - Counseling/ Student Services - Columbia College

Columbia College

Part-Time Counselor

• Academic

• POOL

• Counseling/ Student Services

• Columbia College

Salary: The Hourly Range: $63.20 to 101.05

Doctorate Range: $74.48 to 103.70

(2023-2024 Certified Part-time Instructor/Overload Hourly Salary Schedule)

Part Time Faculty office Hours are paid at a flat rate of $30 per hour.

Closing Date: Monday, June 30, 2025 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=284742

Columbia College is seeking a Part Time Academic Counselor who will share the college's commitment to educating its diverse student population. The college currently serves over 4,000 students annually through on campus, off-campus, and online learning opportunities and is committed to promoting equitable outcomes amongst its diverse population by identifying and addressing gaps in student performance.

Minimum Qualifications

Master's degree in counseling, rehabilitation counseling, clinical psychology, counseling psychology, guidance counseling, educational counseling, social work, or career development, marriage and family therapy, or marriage, family and child counseling, OR the equivalent.

(NOTE: A bachelor's degree in one of the above listed degrees and a license as a Marriage and Family Therapist (MFT) is an alternative qualification for this discipline.)

The District has adopted an equivalency procedure that enables consideration of applications by individuals who may not directly meet the qualifications listed above. For more information on equivalency, you may access the link below:

https://www.yosemite.edu/recruitment/equivalency_policy_and_procedures

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.

DESIRABLE CHARACTERISTICS

Enthusiasm for the learning process

Commitment to supportive relationships with students and colleagues.

Capable of instructing using teaching 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.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Evidence of responsiveness to and understanding of the racial, socio-economic, academic, and cultural diversity within student populations, including students with disabilities, as these factors relate to the need for equity-minded practices.

Education and/or experience in teaching in Guidance or Skills Development at the community college level.

Competency in current pedagogies, such as accelerated learning, supplemental instruction, online or hybrid teaching, and other strategies directed at improving student success and student equity.

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

Example of Duties

GENERAL JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Under the direction of the Dean of Student Services, be responsible for supporting and encouraging the enrollment, retention and academic goal attainment of students seeking Counseling both of a general nature and within a chosen interest area or major. Additional assignments will require knowledge of and may include support for Disabled Students Programs and Services, EOPS/CARE, TRiO, Veterans, and Foster Youth/Next Up, Dual Enrolled, and Justice Associated populations. Duties may include individual student appointments, drop-in assignments, group guidance courses, workshops, evening and weekend assignments and participation in other outreach activities. Must be able to use available technologies and apply current career theories and methods.

Duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to:

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

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

• Assist students with determining career goals and linking those goals to a corresponding educational objective.

• Advise students with making course selections and help them to create an Educational Plan that utilizes the digital software advantages of Starfish Degree Planner.

• 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.

• Monitor, support, and encourage struggling students during the academic and/or progress probation process, and dismissal appeal 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; part of the teaching assignment may be online, in the evening, and/or on Saturdays or include off-campus sites.

• Recognize how to constructively apply referrals to students for ongoing mental health (therapeutic) counseling, instructional support, and other student services as needed.

• Refer to campus and community partners who provide resources for basic needs; housing, food, and childcare insecure students as needed.

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

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