Counselor, Disabled Students Programs & Services; DSPS Categorically Funded

Counselor, Disabled Students Programs & Services (DSPS) (Full-Time, Categorically Funded) Madera Community College, State Center Community College District

Closing Date: 2/23/2026 at 11:59 PM
Campus

Location:

Madera Community College
Start Date: 05/12/2026

At Madera Community 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 candidate will be an equity‑minded leader committed to student success achieved through collaboration with faculty, classified staff, administration, students and community partners who are also dedicated to closing equity gaps.

Madera Community College seeks leaders who value placing the student at the center of everything we do, mentorship and working in a collegial, collaborative environment. Leaders should be open and willing to participate in culturally relevant professional development that will help them prepare for the population of students who attend Madera Community College.

The ideal candidate will share Madera Community College's commitment to educating its racially and socioeconomically diverse student population. For the 2024‑2025 academic year, we enrolled over 12,000 students in which 68% identify as Latinx, 8% as Asian/Pacific Islander, 3% as Black/African American, 17% as White, 1% as American Indian/Alaska Native, and 3% as multiracial. Madera Community 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 college dedicated to the students it serves.

Under the administrative direction of the Director, Disabled Student Programs & Services (DSP&S), the Counselor will provide a complete range of counseling, accommodation and support resource services offered by the Disabled Students Programs & Services office at Madera Community College. Duties of the Counselor will include the following:

• Determining qualifications and appropriate individual support programs for students with disabilities, providing direct personal, vocational, and academic counseling services;
• Meeting with faculty and other academic staff as necessary to support the individual educational programs of students;
• Providing liaison services between students with disabilities, faculty, staff, and appropriate campus and community support systems;
• Facilitating accommodations by making service referrals to students with physical, learning, and psychological disabilities;
• Determining and documenting educational limitations and appropriate accommodations for students in the DSP&S program;
• Assisting students to clarify and identify educational goals, develop student educational plans and contracts, and select appropriate courses to meet goal requirements;
• Conducting student follow up, monitoring student progress and academic standing, and monitoring accommodations and student needs;
• Assisting students with disabilities to transition to and be successful in the college environment;
• Maximizing student success by collaborating with other student services and instructional faculty;
• Developing and maintaining competency regarding knowledge of College programs, services, policies and procedures;
• Utilizing and keeping abreast of advanced counseling methods, including the use of technology;
• Organizing and offering…