Part-Time Counseling: Extended Programs and Services, EOPS; Pool

FLSA Status: Exempt

Salary

Schedule:

Placement on the adjunct faculty salary schedule is based upon education and credited experience. Initial placement can range from $83.09 to $103.42 per hour (Salary Schedule AJ - Laboratory Rate).

Months Per Year: Semester assignments as needed

Mandated Reporter: Yes

Campus Security Authority: No

The duties below are representative of the duties of the classification and are not intended to cover all of the duties performed by the incumbent(s) of any particular position. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the scope of work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to this classification.

• Provide counseling services to EOPS students, including academic, vocational, career, and holistic counseling on/off campus
• Provide crisis intervention counseling as needed to assist students facing issues that could interfere with their academic success
• Assist students in clarifying their educational goals, developing student educational plans (SEPs), and selecting courses
• Establish and maintain connections with college programs and community agencies that would benefit EOPS students (Independent Living Program, San Mateo County Office of Education, Human Services Agency, Financial Aid, Multicultural Center, Sparkpoint, etc.)
• Assist in developing and preparing EOPS Program Review and Student Learning Outcomes and Service Area Outcomes
• Develop and teach Counseling/Career and Personal Development courses
• Develop and facilitate student success/faculty development workshops
• Perform other counseling-related duties as assigned

• EOPS and California Title 5 regulations and guidelines
• California Community Colleges state-mandated matriculation policies, procedures, regulations, and articulation agreements
• Community agencies and local resources to provide supplemental services to students
• Various counseling and student development theories and intervention strategies to help EOPS students

• Experience developing and teaching career and personal development courses
• Use computer databases to retrieve student, college, and career information (e.g., ASSIST.org, Eureka, ONET, Banner)
• Use various assessment instruments
• Experience in counseling at a California community college and developing student educational plans
• Work in a teamwork environment

• Master's degree or higher 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

Demonstrated cultural competence, sensitivity to, and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, ethnic, neurodivergent, and LGBTQIA+ backgrounds of community college students, faculty, and staff as these factors relate to the need for equity-minded practice both within and outside of the classroom.

• Experience working in EOPS/CARE, Next Up, CalWORKs, or with other programs serving disproportionately-impacted students
• Recent experience working with racially minoritized and other disproportionately-impacted students and an understanding of how historical patterns of exclusion of these groups within higher education and particular fields shape patterns of participation and outcomes
• Willingness to examine and remediate one's instructional, relational, and classroom practices to more effectively engage and support racially minoritized and other disproportionately impacted students
• Experience and skill with addressing inequity in the classroom and on campus
• Experience and expertise in culturally relevant/responsive counseling approaches as well as teaching in college success, career and personal development courses
• Demonstrated ability to address equity gaps within college success and career and personal development courses and classrooms
• Demonstrated knowledge of the implications of the Hispanic-Serving Institution and Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institution designations for institutional, departmental and instructional practices

Related To Disciplines In Which a Master's Degree Is Not Generally…