Orange Coast College

Counselor, Extended Opportunities Programs & Services (EOPS) (Tenure-Track)

Job# 15-O-23

Salary: $65,953.00 - $152,477.00 Annually

Deadline: 3/25/2022 11:59 PM Pacific

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This EOPS counselor will also be the UMOJA coordinator and will assist African American and other student populations in transitioning into and connecting with the campus community, enhancing cultural and educational experiences, and increasing persistence and retention rates to achieve their educational goals. UMOJA actively serves and promotes student success for all students through a curriculum and pedagogy responsive to the legacy of the African and African American Diasporas. Umoja seeks to help students experience themselves as valuable and worthy of an education. The UMOJA counselor/coordinator will facilitate a learning experience within the UMOJA Community that provides each student the opportunity to add their voice and their story to the collective voices and stories of the African Diaspora.

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Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Duties may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Provide instruction in Counseling as appropriate in accordance with established course outlines.

• Provide leadership in the development and revision of the Counseling curriculum responsive to the students served.

• Provide counseling for the EOPS student program

• Duties include 25% UMOJA Coordination

• Duties may include additional UMOJA coordination as arranged and approved by the dean

• Provide comprehensive educational, career, transfer, and personal counseling to current and prospective and prospective students.

• Assist students in making decisions relative to career/major choice and educational planning leading to certificates, degrees, and/or transfer.

• Participate in curriculum development, implementation, and evaluation; participate in and develop programs to measure student performance.

• Participate, as appropriate, in the college’s outreach program with local high schools and the community as it relates to collaborating and strengthening the pipeline between the high school, community college, four-year institutions, and industry.

• Develop effective working relationships with faculty members in other instructional disciplines and perform liaison activities as appropriate.

• Maintain current knowledge in the subject matter areas.

• Maintain appropriate standards of professional conduct and ethics.

• Fulfill the professional responsibilities of a full-time faculty member including, but not limited to the following: teach all scheduled classes unless excused under provisions of Board Policy; follow the department course outlines; keep accurate records of student enrollment, attendance, and progress; submit student grades according to established deadlines; post and maintain scheduled office hours; participate in departmental meetings and college and/or district-wide activities and committees as assigned.

• Ability to contribute to campus and district-wide professional responsibilities and activities.

• Ability to complement existing staff, student, and community demographics in terms of professional and personal skills.

• The assignment may include day, evening, weekend, and online sections.

Qualifications and Physical Demands

Minimum Qualifications:

1. Must meet one of the following qualifications under (1) through (4) and demonstrated evidence of D.E.I. (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion) :

EOPS "Counselors" are those persons designated by the community college to serve as certificated counselors in the EOPS program and must possess the Community College Counselor Credential; OR

2. Master's degree in counseling, rehabilitation counseling, clinical psychology, guidance counseling, educational counseling, social work or career development, or the equivalent; AND EOPS counselors hired after October 24, 1987, shall:

1. Have completed a minimum of nine-semester units of college course work predominantly relating to ethnic minorities or persons handicapped by language, social or economic disadvantages; OR

2. Have completed six-semester units or the equivalent of a college-level counseling practicum or counseling field-work course in a community college EOPS program, or in a program dealing predominantly with ethnic minorities or persons handicapped by language, social or economic disadvantages.

1. AND, In addition, an EOPS counselor hired after October 24, 1987, shall have two years of occupational experience in work relating to ethnic minorities or persons handicapped by language, social or economic disadvantages; OR

2. Possess a combination of education and experience that is at least the equivalent to the above. Candidates making an application on the basis of equivalency must submit an Application for Equivalency in addition to all other required materials.  Please see "Additional Information" below to determine if you need to submit an Application for Equivalency.

AND

Demonstrated evidence of responsiveness to and understanding of the racial, ethnic, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, socioeconomic, academic, and cultural diversity within the community college student population, including students with different ability statuses (e.g., physical and/or learning) as these factors relate to the need for equity-minded practice within the classroom.

Desirable Qualifications:  

• Recent experience working with African American, Latinx, Native American, and other racially minoritized students in the classroom, and an understanding of how historical patterns of exclusion of these groups within higher education and the field of EOPS Counseling shape patterns of participation and outcomes.

• Willingness to examine and re-mediate one’s instructional, relational, and classroom practices to more effectively engage and support racially minoritized students.

• Experience and skill with addressing issues of equity in the classroom.

• Experience and expertise in culturally responsive teaching in Counseling, particularly as it relates to the relevance of EOPS Counseling to students’ lives, interests, and communities.

• Demonstrated ability to address equity gaps within Counseling courses and classrooms.

• Evidence of an ability to self-reflect and respond to an evidence-based assessment of student learning.

• Desire and demonstrated ability to participate actively in the department, division, and college committees and in the shared governance of Coast Community College District.

• Desire and evidence of an ability to take on leadership roles both within the department and in the institution as a whole.

• Ability to work with computers, and use the Internet and interactive technologies to engage students in on-campus and online courses (where academically appropriate).

• Evidence of an ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.

THE COAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER