Interim Director, Disability Resources

Department: Disability Resource Center

Palomar College

Date Opened: 09/18/2023

Close Date: 10/9/2023

Primary Function:

Responsible for performing educational administrator responsibilities related to planning, organizing and directing services for students with disabilities while ensuring compliance with Federal, State, and College laws, statutes, policies and regulations pertaining to students with disabilities.

Salary: $10,828.65 (step 1) – $13,187.91 (step 5). Step placement may be negotiable dependent upon education and experience. Administrators that possess earned doctorates from accredited institutions are awarded an annual stipend of $1,842.81.

Benefits: In addition? to a competitive compensation structure, Palomar College? also offers an extremely generous benefits package.

• Insurance fully paid for employees and their eligible dependents: four medical plans, dental HMO, and the vision plan (additional plans are available that require employee buy up/monthly contribution)
• Vacation, sick leave and 25 paid holidays
• $80,000 employee term life?/accident insurance policy (additional buy up options available)
• Employee long-term care insurance
• Employee Assistance Plan (EAP) – Free counseling, financial, legal, personal and professional development resources
• Additional buy up options available for other voluntary insurance benefits
• Enrollment in CalSTRS (California State Teachers Retirement System)

The estimated maximum value of this employer-paid benefits? package is approximately $41,360 annually.

Minimum Qualifications:

To be eligible for this position, you must meet and provide evidence of the following minimum qualifications:
Experience:. Must meet both of the sets of qualifications under (a) and (b) below.

• (a) Five years of full-time equivalent experience working with individuals with disabilities in an educational setting, including two years of management or supervisory experience.

• (b) Two years of full-time equivalent experience within the last four years in one or more of the following fields listed in (1) through (4) below:

(1) Instruction or counseling or both in a higher education program for students with disabilities.

(2) Administration of a program for students with disabilities in an institution of higher education.

(3) Teaching, counseling or administration in secondary education working predominantly or exclusively in programs for students with disabilities.

(4) Administrative or supervisory experience in industry, government, public agencies, the military, or private social welfare organizations in which the responsibilities of the position were predominantly or exclusively related to persons with disabilities.

Note: For work experience, a “year” is defined as equivalent to 40 hours per week for 12 months. Supervisory experience must be at a professional level (i.e. evaluation and/or discipline of staff
AND
Education: Master’s degree n counseling, rehabilitation counseling, special education, psychology, social work, or a related field.
Only coursework completed at, and degrees awarded by, accredited institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education will be considered as satisfying the minimum qualifications. Coursework and degrees that are completed outside of the United States are required to have transcripts evaluated (evaluation to U.S. equivalency and a course by course analysis) by an appropriate U.S. credentials evaluation service. For a list of credentials evaluation agencies accepted by Palomar College, visit the National Association of Credentials Evaluation Services (NACES) website at http://www.naces.org, or the Association of International Credential Evaluators, Inc. (AICE) website at http://aice-eval.org/.

Diversity Statement: Palomar College serves over 30,000 students from a variety of backgrounds and we are proud to be a Hispanic Serving Institution. Our student body is rich in its diversity. Click here to see a quick overview of our student demographics on our recent Student Fact Sheet.

Palomar College is committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, access and antiracism. We are dedicated to empowering students to succeed and are guided by our core values; some of which are the following:

• Access - We make education possible for everyone.

• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion - We recognize and respect diversity, seek to foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, and strive to address inequities.

All positions require cultural competency which includes the sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students, faculty, and staff.

To Apply: Visit https://apptrkr.com/4610686 for full details and required application materials.

About the District:

Palomar College, founded in 1946, is a comprehensive, two-year community college that serves the greater North San Diego County region. Palomar College offers over 200 associate degrees and certificate programs to approximately 25,000 full- and part-time students. A favorite in the community among local institutions of higher education, the College is recognized as one of the top 100 Colleges and Universities in the nation for serving Hispanic students. Palomar College is just 12 miles from the Pacific Ocean and 30 miles away from all of the exciting cultural activities that San Diego has to offer.

Palomar College is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE).

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