Counselor, Educational Talent Search (Full-time, Categorically Funded) Reedley College

State Center Community College District

Closing Date: 5/4/2022 at 11:55 PM

Campus Location: Reedley College

Start Date: 04/01/2022

Essential Functions:

At Reedley College we value the ability to serve students from a broad range of cultural heritages, socioeconomic backgrounds, genders, abilities and orientations. We prioritize applicants who demonstrate they understand the benefits a diverse student population brings to a community college. The successful faculty member will be an equity-minded individual committed to student success by collaborating with faculty, classified staff, administration, students and community partners who are also dedicated to closing equity gaps. An equity-minded individual is a person who:

• Understands the importance of holding ourselves accountable as educators for closing equity gaps and engaging in equitable practices;

• Reframes inequities as a problem of practice and views the elimination of inequities as an individual and collective responsibility;

• Encourages positive race-consciousness and embraces human difference;

• Reflects on institutional and teaching practices and aims to create a culturally responsive teaching environment; and

• Strategically builds buy-in and participation among colleagues for equity-related initiatives.

Reedley College seeks faculty members who value mentorship and working in a collegial, collaborative environment, guided by a commitment to helping all students achieve their educational goals. Divisions strongly encourage collaboration across disciplines to create inclusive, integrated, and interdisciplinary learning experiences. Reedley College faculty are expected to be knowledgeable about, and willing to use, different learning and teaching methods appropriate to the students they serve. Faculty members 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 2020-2021 Academic Year, we currently enroll over 10,100 students in which 73% identify as Latinx, 5% as Asian/Pacific Islander, 2% as Black/African American, 16% 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 department dedicated to the use of curriculum responsive to the students it serves.

Reporting to the Director, Student Success at Reedley College, The Counselor will cover a full range of general counseling responsibilities, which include the following:

• Provide comprehensive counseling services to 7th - 12th grade students, including academic, career, personal and life transitions, and counseling on an appointment and walk-in basis;

• Responsible for student outreach and recruitment activities for Educational Talent

Search (ETS);

• Provide parent workshops on ETS program services and activities;

• Oversee after school tutorial programs;

• Assist in the organization and implementation of orientation, counseling and follow-up

services to students;

• Assist students with major selection, development of 4-Year Student Educational Plans

for Secondary Education, student education plans (SEPs) for graduating seniors,

aligned with their educational goals and careers;

• Assist with and collaborate in developing programs and student support services with

an emphasis on counseling services that will improve student retention, academic

achievement, while increasing student college enrollment and completion rates;

• Participate in meetings, conferences, trainings, and other professional development

activities to maintain the expertise required to provide accurate and reliable information and

support to ETS students;

• Support the planning and implementation of matriculation processes which may include

participation in Registration-To-Go (RTG) college efforts with feeder high schools and other

local agency partners;

• Develop and teach counseling courses such as career planning, personal development,

academic success, financial aid guidance, and college introduction;

• Communicate effectively with students and staff at partnership middle and high schools;

• Develop and/or utilize technologies for classroom presentations;

• Conduct Satisfactory Academic Progress and Financial Aid Workshops;

• Develop and maintain counseling notes in the college's electronic record-keeping software,

in a timely and effective manner;

• Performing other duties and responsibilities as assigned;

• Position is located at partnership middle school and/or high schools. Work hours may include

evening and/or weekends and on-line as needed;

• Serve on and attending department, college, and district committees as needed;

• Participate in program review, student learning outcome development and assessment to improve student learning;

• Assignments in a variety of instructional settings and times, including evening and/or weekends, on-line or off-campus and large group instruction classes as needed; and

• Otherwise fulfilling all of the duties and responsibilities of instructors 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 practices; AND

• Master’s degree in counseling, rehabilitation counseling, clinical psychology, counseling psychology, guidance counseling, educational counseling, social work, career development, marriage and family therapy, or marriage, family and child counseling; OR

• A valid California Community College Credential; OR

• The equivalent education and/or experience (requires an equivalency).

NOTES:

If the degrees posted on your transcript(s) do not match EXACTLY as stated above, you MUST petition for equivalency.

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.

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 and relational practices to more effectively engage and support racially minoritized students;

• Related work and professional experience;

• Experience working with students of various cultural, gender, age, socioeconomic, and ethnic backgrounds, including disabled students;

• Extent of counseling experience at a middle school or high school;

• Extent development of 4-Year Student Educational Plans for Secondary Education;

• Extent of working with parents/guardians of middle and high school students;

• Extent of cross-cultural counseling experience, demonstrated experience working with

multicultural/diversity counseling issues;

• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively and work collaboratively with students and staff;

• Demonstrated ability to work independently;

• Knowledge of computer applications and technology related to career and counseling

functions;

• Extent of professional experience providing a broad array of high school and

community college counseling services;

• Bilingual and able to read, write and speak Spanish proficiently (one position).

• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with students and staff;

• Potential for contribution to institutional vitality and growth; and

• Knowledge of the community college and its mission and goals.

Conditions of Employment:

177-181 duty days per year.

Salary and Benefits:

Starting salary is $60,678 – $93,414 based on education and experience. A doctoral stipend of $2,270 is available. In addition, the District offers an attractive fringe benefit package including medical, dental, and vision coverage for the employee and dependents, and life insurance. Employees are also members of the California State Teacher’s Retirement System (CalSTRS).

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 committee will review the candidates who are best qualified based on the minimum and desirable qualifications then determine who will be invited to interview.

The selection committee will rate responses to the interview questions, teaching demonstration, and writing prompt (if applicable). Based on this rating, a small number of applicants will be selected as the “recommended candidates”. These candidates will be forwarded to the Vice President and College President for final interviews.

A hiring recommendation will be made by the College President and forwarded to the Board of Trustees of State Center Community College District for final approval.

State Center Community College District is an equal opportunity employer. It is our pledge to treat all applicants fairly and equitably in the recruitment and selection process. We endeavor to be a service-minded organization and respond to the needs of our applicants. https://www.scccd.edu/_uploaded-files/documents/about/district_equal_employment_opportunity_plan.pdf

For more information, contact the Academic Human Resources Office, 1171 Fulton St, Fresno, California, 93721, (559) 243-7100. For information on Reedley College or State Center Community College District, visit our website at www.scccd.edu. Please refer to Position No. RCOUN-COU-ETS (Slot #2523).

Submission of application and related materials is the applicant’s responsibility and must be submitted through the district’s online applicant portal. The District reserves the right to re-advertise or to delay indefinitely the filling of a position if it is deemed that the applicants for the position do not constitute an adequate applicant pool or if funding is not available. All application materials are subject to verification. False statements may be cause for disqualification or discharge from employment.

Additional Information:

This is a full-time categorically funded position, subject to funding.

State Center Community College District (SCCCD) provides students with a rich and dynamic learning experience that embraces differences — emphasizing collaboration and engaging students in and out of the classroom, encouraging them to realize their goals, and to become global citizens and socially responsible leaders. When you join our team at SCCCD, you can expect to be part of an inclusive, innovative and equity-focused community that approaches higher education as a matter of social justice that requires broad collaboration among faculty, classified staff, administration, students and community partners.

REEDLEY COLLEGE

About the College

Reedley College is located in the central San Joaquin Valley of California in the city of Reedley, which has a population of approximately 25,000. Known as “The World’s Fruit Basket,” Reedley is in one of the richest agricultural regions of the world. Reedley College was established in May 1926 as Reedley Junior College and has affected many lives since then. In its 95 years, Reedley College has developed into a crucial component of higher education in the central San Joaquin Valley, offering over 153 degrees and certificates in 37 areas of study taught by approximately 140 full-time faculty and 225 part-time faculty. The college is one of 11 community colleges in California to offer students on-campus housing.

Reedley College was selected to be one of the 20 California Community Colleges to participate in the groundbreaking California Guided Pathways Project. It was chosen in part due to its strong focus on student success and equity. Guided Pathways is a transformational framework that focuses on reviewing and revising college policies, procedures and practices with the goal of designing with the student in mind. Reedley College has embraced Guided Pathways with the college’s goal in mind, “We motivate and inspire students to succeed”. The project is designed to significantly increase the number of students who earn a certificate or degree at a California Community College.

Reedley College Mission

Reedley College motivates and empowers students to be successful by providing high-quality, innovative educational opportunities. We inspire a passion for learning to meet the academic and workforce goals of our diverse communities. Our associate degree programs, career technical education, and transfer level courses are offered in an accessible and safe learning environment.

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