FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT (FLSA) POSITION STATUS: EXEMPT

**FIRST DATE OF REVIEW IS SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 15, 2024**

**VOLUNTARY REASSIGNMENT WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR THE FIRST 10

WORKING DAYS (FULL TIME FACULTY ONLY), THROUGH MARCH 1, 2024, at 5:00 PM **

10-Month Tenure Track Position

• Work with students to develop comprehensive, individualized educational program plans. 
• Assist in the implementation of Student Equity and Achievement activities, such as orientation, placement, and progress follow-up including Early Alert. 
• Participate in developing and implementing strategies and materials to increase student retention and transfer rates.
• Select and interpret educational, vocational, and personal assessment instruments. 
• Participate in evaluation of students’ credit for prior learning. 
• Facilitate group counseling sessions.
• Present workshops on a variety of topics. 
• Teach guidance classes in career planning, re-entry, and academic success. 
• Provide personal, academic, career and vocational counseling services to a diverse student population.
• Counsel/advise students, teach scheduled classes and perform related duties as assigned. 
• Promote the success of diverse student population through the use of effective counseling/advisement methods, models, and strategies and through the use of effective teaching modalities. 
• Victor Valley College has implemented Guided Pathways. Goals for Guided Pathways are to create a more engaging experience for students, close the achievement gap, and ensure increased student success. This position will provide case-management and intentional interventions as a part of a Student Success Team for an assigned pathway. 
• Counsel students in the appropriate academic and vocational aspects of their pathway; provide academic advising and counseling to an identified caseload. 
• Outreach/liaison to local high schools and community agencies. 
• Participate in all levels of program review related to counseling and matriculation services. 
• Plan to develop or implement programs related to counseling. 
• Participate in program and curriculum development. 
• Effectively utilize current information technologies. 
• Comply with Title 5 and District policies and procedures in the performance of all duties. 
• Participate in staff development activities. 
• Serve on area and college-wide committees as necessary to support and enrich college programs, activities, and initiatives. 
• Demonstrate sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, and ethnic backgrounds of students and colleagues. 
• Participate in the assessment of related service area outcomes and student learning outcomes.
• Work effectively and collaboratively in a team environment.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
Master's degree in counseling, rehabilitation counseling, clinical psychology, counseling psychology, guidance counseling, educational counseling, social work, or career development, marriage and family therapy, or marriage, family and child counseling, OR the equivalent.

(NOTE: A bachelor's degree in one of the above listed degrees and a license as a Marriage and Family Therapist (MFT) is an alternative qualification for this discipline.)

PREFERRED REQUIREMENTS:

• Verifiable Community College counseling experience.
• Bilingual

Must have sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students.

We will be using the guidelines set by the Academic Affairs Division of the Chancellor's Office, California Community Colleges. See their website: California Community Colleges   for the most current minimum qualifications for faculty in California Community Colleges. The Minimum Qualifications for Faculty and Administrators in California Community Colleges handbook can be viewed at:  Minimum Qualifications for Faculty and Administrators in California Community Colleges If you feel you have equivalent qualifications, please review the supplemental information for Faculty Equivalency Qualifications can be viewed at: Faculty Equivalency Qualifications
 
Submit your request for equivalency ONLY IF your education and/or experience are different, but equivalent, to the minimum qualifications stated in the job announcement. If you have additional questions please contact Human Resources directly at (760) 245-4271 Ext. 2500.

Some specialized courses may require specific certificates (must meet minimum content requirements specified by outside/other agencies based on accreditation).
 
WORKING ENVIRONMENT:

Office, classroom, lab and/or on-line environment. Position requires ability to communicate and exchange information. 

APPLICATION PROCEDURES: 

To be considered a candidate for this position, all materials required should be received at the Victor Valley College Office of Human Resources by the First Review Date of April 15, 2024. Application materials will be accepted after this date, however, if a file is not complete by the First Review Date, the application may not be considered by the Screening Committee.

This recruitment may be used to fill future vacancies.

You may check your status at any time by logging into Victor Valley College Online Application Site at School Jobs with your username and password.

It is the applicant's responsibility to ensure that all requested materials are received. All materials included in the application packet become District property, will not be returned, and will not be copied.

All information qualifying an applicant for the position must be included on the Victor Valley College Application. To assist the District in determining whether an applicant meets the minimum requirements, descriptions of an applicant's present and past job duties should include details pertinent to the position for which he/she is applying.

Applicants may be notified by email during any phase of this recruitment regarding status.

If it is unclear whether an applicant meets the minimum qualifications for the position from the application, that applicant will be disqualified.

It is not unusual for the District to receive hundreds of applications for a position. For this reason, it is advantageous to make the application as easy to review as possible.

Candidates wishing to apply for more than one position must apply for each position separately.

Victor Valley College is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Victor Valley College prohibits sexual harassment and assures that all employees will enjoy equal opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, or status as a veteran. Employment acceptance or rejection shall be based on job-related qualifications.