Counselor, EOPS - Tenure Track - EOPS​/Student Services - Modesto Junior College

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Modesto Junior College

Counselor, EOPS - Full Time Tenure Track - EOPS/Student Services - Modesto Junior College 2025

Salary: Placement on the Yosemite Community College District salary schedule dependent upon education and experience.  Salary Schedule – $78,152 to $145,887 per year or $91,999 to $149,080 with an earned doctorate. New personnel limited to a maximum tenth step initial placement based on previous experience – maximum equals $121,318 or $124,511 with an earned doctorate.

Closing Date: Friday, November 21st, 2025 at 11:59pm

To apply, submit your application and required documents on-line via our applicant system at: ?=311659

• Master’s degree in counseling, rehabilitation counseling, clinical psychology, counseling psychology, guidance counseling, educational counseling, social work or career development, or the equivalent
• AND
• EOPS counselors hired after October 24, 1987, shall:
• 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
• Have completed six semester units or the equivalent of a college-level counseling practicum or counseling field-work courses in a community college EOPS program, or in a program dealing predominantly with ethnic minorities or persons handicapped by language, social or economic disadvantages

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

Determined by California State Chancellor’s Office. Click hyperlink for discipline applicable Minimum Qualifications.

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:

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Applicants applying under equivalency must submit all required documentation with their application materials. Failure to include the required equivalency documentation will result in disqualification from further consideration

GENERAL JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Under the direction of the Dean of Special Programs, be responsible for supporting and encouraging the enrollment, retention and academic goal attainment of students handicapped by language, social, economic and educational disadvantages, and facilitating the successful completion of their goals and objectives in college through academic and support counseling, financial aid and other support services via in-person and on-line spaces. All full-time faculty are expected to participate actively in their department activities, and the general intellectual life and governance of the college.

Part of the counseling assignment may be in the evening, and/or on Saturdays. Duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to:

EOPS:
Academic Counselor

• Conduct individual student counseling appointments, including drop-in meetings and group workshops. Assignment will include some weekend and evening duties. Teach orientation sessions to new students to acquaint them with Modesto Junior College programs, services, procedures and policies.
• Help students understand the increasingly complex process of applying to the college and registering for classes.
• Assist students with determining career goals, including administering and interpreting assessments, and linking those goals to a corresponding educational objective.
• Advise students with making course selections and help them to create an Educational Plan.
• 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.
• Perform outreach to local high schools (college nights, career days, etc.).
• Monitor, support, and encourage struggling students during the academic and/or progress probation process.
• Serve as liaison with CSU and UC systems, and private…