Lecturer, Counseling

Location: College-Wide (one based at Western Campus, one based at Eastern Campus)

Reports To: Asst Dean, Counseling

Recruitment Type: External/Internal

Requisition :req
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Employment Type: Full-Time Faculty

Union Position: Non-Union

Work Schedule: Standard College

Hours:

M-F, 8:30am-5pm; evenings and weekends as necessary

Number of Openings: 2

Performs a full range of academic, personal, career, and transfer counseling activities with student populations. These include but are not limited to, assisting college students, (which may include College Credit Plus students), in developing academic and career goals; creating and developing educational academic plans to degree/certificate completion and/or transfer; identifying and developing strategies and skills for adapting to the educational environment, and providing academic counseling to students in academic curriculum areas.

Assists with New Student Orientations by providing individual academic counseling appointments and New Student Orientation presentations. May provide crisis intervention. Assignment includes day, evening and weekend hours. May teach General Studies courses and student success workshops as needed. Full-time contracted faculty may be assigned committee responsibilities, departmental and community service responsibilities.

• Engages in a wide range of academic, personal, and career counseling during individual student appointments
• Engages in outreach efforts with instructional faculty and staff, as needed, to educate students and employees in areas of expertise
• Keeps updated on developments in the field by reading current literature, speaking with colleagues and participating in professional conferences development.
• Maintains licensure in professional field
• May serve on academic and/or administrative committees that focus on institutional policies/procedures, department matters and academic issues
• Collaborates with Student Affairs and Academic Success personnel to document and share information that allows staff members to effectively support students and meet their needs. Collaborate with Student Affairs and Academic Success partners to effectively leverage technology to support student success efforts at the College
• May participate in campus and community events
• Assists students with Degree Completion, including work with Registrar on Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and College Credit Plus cohorts
• Maintains academic counseling records using SARS, QuadC, Degree Works, Banner, One Record, and other College systems, when appropriate

• Prepares and delivers lectures to students on various topics in relation to a specific discipline – General Studies/Counseling areas
• Prepares course materials such as syllabi, homework assignments and handouts
• Evaluates and grades students’ class work, assignments and papers
• Maintains student attendance records, grades and other required records
• As needed, advises students on academic and vocational curricula and on career issues
• Plans, evaluates and revises curricula, course content and course materials and methods of instruction
• Compiles, administers and grades examinations
• Collaborates with colleagues to address teaching and research issues
• Maintains regularly scheduled office hours to counsel and assist students
• Selects and obtains materials and supplies such as textbooks
• Initiates, facilitates and moderates classroom discussions

• Master’s Degree in Counseling, Social Work or a closely related field with at least 18 graduate-level course hours in Counseling or Social Work
• One year of higher education experience in counseling as well as two semesters of teaching which may or may not occur concurrently
• Licensed/Lice…