Learning Support Services Specialist; Substitute​/Oncall

Learning Support Services Specialist

Barstow Community College is an open-access, comprehensive two-year institution serving a diverse student population in the Mojave region of San Bernardino County, California. The College's campus is located in the City of Barstow, California, situated in California's high desert, between Los Angeles, California and Las Vegas, Nevada.

Established in 1959, the Barstow Community College District (BCCD) encompasses a vast service area, stretching from the Nevada border on the East to Kern County on the West, and from Inyo County in the North to the San Bernardino Mountain range in the South. BCCD serves the communities of Barstow, Lenwood, Newberry Springs, Daggett, Yermo, Hinkley, Ludlow and Baker. The institution also maintains a satellite learning center at the U.S. Army National Training Center in Ft.

Irwin, California, which serves military personnel and their families.

Barstow Community College is committed to providing an equitable, accessible, and affordable education to its diverse student body, including local, military, distance education, and historically marginalized student populations. Through a variety of high-quality and comprehensive degree, certificate, and job skills training programs, we provide holistic student support with clear and diverse educational pathways that provide students with life-long learning and networking opportunities, critical thinking skills, and success in a globalized world.

Barstow Community College serves as a hub of innovation and educational excellence, fostering a culture of growth, partnership, and inclusion as the premier college of the California High Desert.

This is a continuous recruitment for an applicant pool to fill part-time, substitute, temporary, or hourly assignments on an as needed basis. Substitute compensation will be calculated using step 1 of the level the classification is placed on the Classified Salary Schedule. Basic function:
Under the direction of an assigned supervisor, the Learning Support Services (LSS) Specialist will perform and oversee a wide variety of specialized clerical and technical duties involved in the coordination of the College's onsite and online tutorial services; oversees the daily operations of the open access computer lab; provides testing and exam proctoring services; and other related learning support services as assigned.

Representative duties:
Coordinates the recruitment, assignment, and scheduling of student tutors to meet faculty and student needs. Assists with the staffing and scheduling of the computer and tutorial labs. Implements and posts a master schedule. Coordinates lab or classroom needs. Assists student tutors and student workers with employment onboarding and orientation. Provide student worker supervision and tasking as directed by the supervisor.

Oversees tutors and student workers to ensure timely completion and submission of work assigned, as well as provide guidance to student workers on adherence to district policies and directives. Provides tutors and student workers with training, including training in the use of study skill material and online resources. Updates the information web page(s) for the tutorial services, proctoring and computer commons, including the availability of services, hours, and policy descriptions.

Performs periodic analysis of tutor scheduling and assignments to optimize learning support services that meet student needs. Monitors student progress and refers students to other appropriate college services, as appropriate. Proctors exams and assessment testing. Assists with the implementation and monitoring of proctoring services for online and distance learning. Distribute and collect testing materials; provide instructions and monitoring during proctored tests;

assure compliance with established testing requirements, regulations and procedures;
Reports any testing impropriety, including items leading to recommended test exclusion or invalidation, to assigned supervisor. Assists in developing and enforcing student usage policies and guidelines. Works closely with assigned supervisor and IT to maintain computer lab equipment…