Native American/Alaskan Native Student Success Counselor/Part-time Faculty

For information about part-time faculty health benefits, visit www.palomar.edu/hr/employees/personnel/ptfaculty.

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

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.

The current need is for a Native American/Alaskan Native Student Success Counselor position (preference shall be given to qualified candidates of American Indian or Alaskan Native Heritage (Federal Indian Preference Act of 1990)). Additional duties for this assignment include:

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

• A Master’s in counseling, rehabilitation counseling, clinical psychology, counseling psychology, guidance counseling, educational counseling, social work, career development, marriage and family therapy or marriage, family and child counseling.

• A Bachelor’s degree in any of the disciplines listed in 1) above AND a license as a Marriage and Family Therapist (MFT), pursuant to Title 5, Section 53410.1 of the California Code of Regulations.

• A combination of education and experience that is at least the equivalent of the qualifications in either 1) or 2) above. You must complete and attach the Application for Equivalency form (www.palomar.edu/hr/equivalency-app/), if you do not possess the specific minimum qualifications as stated above, which includes degrees that have not been awarded at the time of submitting the application.

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/.

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.

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 www.palomar.edu/hr/employees/personnel/ptfaculty (use the link for the Palomar Faculty Federation Agreement).