Counselor / Part-time Faculty

Posting Details

Position Information

Position Title

Counselor / Part-time Faculty

Department

Counseling Department

Location

N / A

Projected Start Date

Continuous Application Pool

Full or Part Time

Part-time

Category

Academic

Hours per week

Part-time faculty members are not to exceed a load of 67%.

Work Schedule

A part-time faculty member's assignment may include day, evening and / or weekend work, and work at more than one location (San Marcos campus and / or off-campus locations, as well as distance education classes).

Salary / Wage

Initial Placement Hourly Range : $75.81 - $119.20 (instructional); $74.60 - $117.69 (non-instructional)

For salary and placement information, visit www.palomar.edu / hr / employees / classifications / salary / and use the links in the Part-time Faculty section.

Salary / Wage Frequency

Hourly

Benefits

For information about part-time faculty health benefits, visit https : / / www.palomar.edu / hr / employees / benefits-2 / and click on Part-time Faculty Benefits.

Part-time faculty employees are eligible to elect membership in one of the following retirement plans :

• CalSTRS (California State Teachers Retirement System)
• APPLE (Accumulation Program for Part-Time Limited-Service Employees)

Job Duties

The Counseling department is seeking qualified part-time counselors to teach counseling courses and to provide academic, personal, and career counseling services, including developing educational plans and delivering follow-up services to students. Teaching assignment(s), assigned separately from counseling assignments, may include any of the curriculum approved courses within the discipline of Counseling.

Counselors may be assigned to work with specific student populations, such as Black Student Success, Umoja, Puente, International Students, Dreamer Success, Veterans, etc.

Minimum Qualifications

Must meet one of the sets of qualifications listed under 1) through 3) :

Only coursework completed at, and degrees awarded by, accredited institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education will be considered as satisfying the minimum qualifications. Coursework and degrees that are completed outside of the United States are required to have transcripts evaluated (evaluation to U.S. equivalency and a course by course analysis) by an appropriate U.S. credentials evaluation service. For a list of credentials evaluation agencies accepted by Palomar College, visit the National Association of Credentials Evaluation Services (NACES) website at https : / / www.naces.org / members , or the Association of International Credential Evaluators, Inc. (AICE) website at http : / / aice-eval.org / .

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Accessibility and Antiracism (DEIAA) Statement

Palomar College serves over 30,000 students from a variety of backgrounds and we are proud to be a Hispanic Serving Institution. Our student body is rich in its diversity. Click here to see a quick overview of our student demographics on our recent Student Fact Sheet .

Palomar College is committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, accessibility and antiracism (DEIAA). We are dedicated to empowering students to succeed and are guided by our core values; some of which are the following :

All positions require cultural competency which includes the sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students, faculty, and staff.

Licenses and / or Certificates

See Minimum Qualifications section above.

Supervision Received

Part-time faculty members receive supervision from the Division Dean and direction from the Department Chair.

Working Conditions

Complete working conditions may be viewed at https : / / www.palomar.edu / hr / employees / personnel / (use the link for the Palomar Faculty Federation Agreement).

Terms of Employment

Part-time faculty members are not to exceed a load of 67%.

The person selected for hire will be required to complete the following pre-employment requirements : live scan / fingerprinting, official transcript(s), TB risk assessment, and employment verification(s). Other pre-employment requirements may be required depending on the position (i.e. certifications or licenses; see applicable job posting section for details). Successful completion of all pre-employment requirements is mandatory to be eligible for employment. These requirements are in accordance with the following Administrative Procedures and Board Policies : AP 7120 , AP 7120a , AP 7125 , AP 7126 , AP 7127 , AP 7330 , BP 7330 , AP 7336 , AP 7337 , and BP 7335 .

Complete terms of employment may be viewed at https : / / www.palomar.edu / hr / employees / personnel / (use the link for the Palomar Faculty Federation Agreement).

Posting Detail Information

Open Date

03 / 03 / 2025

Close Date

03 / 03 / 2027

Open Until Filled

Posting Number

P0378T

Additional Application Information

Salary : $75 - $118