Director, Disabled Students Programs and Services - Long Beach, United States - Long Beach City College

Description

Under the direction of the Associate Dean, Student Support Services, the director will provide the leadership for the Disabled Students Programs and Services (DSP&S) and will coordinate all aspects of the program.

• Coordinate and evaluate the daily operations of the DSP&S program at LAC and PCC including service delivery, policy and procedural development, and publications.
• Monitor, prepare and administer program budgets.
• Provide leadership for the direction, planning and administration of the area's DSPS and Special Programs such as College to Career (C2C/aka THRIVE).
• Assure compliance with all federal and state disability laws, rules and regulations; including Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973; the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990; the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA) of 2009; the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and other federal and state laws pertaining to higher education and disability.
• Maintain awareness of local, state, and federal trends for use in forecasting services and instruction.
• Provide leadership and coordination of service delivery to our Deaf and Hard of Hearing student population.
• Work closely with the Dean of Counseling and Student Support Services and Compliance officer regarding student complaints and issues.
• Direct scheduling of all DSPS classes and monitor faculty loads.
• Recommend and staff special courses in consultation with academic departments.
• Maintain necessary and appropriate records and data related to program funding as required by the Chancellor's Office (MIS reporting) and other regulatory agencies.
• Serve as a program liaison and participate in outreach to schools, community groups and local agencies.
• Provide consultation to faculty and administration regarding access to facilities, technology, and instructional programs.
• Facilitate communication related to disabled students policies, procedures, programs and services.
• Coordinate professional development and services with other campus groups as they relate to students with disabilities.
• Coordinate training and workshops for faculty and staff regarding students with disabilities.
• Regularly convene the DSPS Advisory Committee.
• Hire, train, supervise and evaluate all personnel associated with the program.
• Provide support to DSPS staff in the hiring, training and supervision of shortterm temporary and student employees.
• Serve as the representative for the program/programs on campus committees and community meetings.
• Research and implement new technologies for the delivery of DSPS services.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• This position reports to the Dean of Counseling and Student Support Services and supervises and evaluates assigned staff.

• Responsible for supervising and evaluating the performance of assigned personnel; interview and select employees and recommend transfers, reassignment, termination and disciplinary actions; coordinate subordinate work assignments and review work for accuracy, completeness and compliance with established standards, requirements and procedures.

• Master's degree in rehabilitation counseling;
  OR
• Master's degree in counseling, student personnel, clinical psychology, education counseling, social work, career development, marriage and family therapy, family and child counseling, and twenty-four or more semester units in upper division or graduate level course work in counseling, guidance, student personnel, psychology, or social work; and either fifteen or more semester units in upper division or graduate level course work specifically related to people with disabilities;
  OR
• A master's degree in counseling, guidance, student personnel, psychology, career development, or social welfare;
  AND
• Either twelve or more semester units in upper division or graduate level course work specifically in counseling or rehabilitation of individuals with disabilities, or two years of fulltime experience,
  OR:
• The equivalent, in one or more of the following;
• Counseling or guidance for students with disabilities;
  OR:
• Counseling and/or guidance in industry, government, public agencies, military or private social welfare organizations in which the responsibilities of the position were predominantly or exclusively for persons with disabilities;
  OR
• Possession of a master's degree, or equivalent foreign degree, in the category of disability, special education, education, psychology, educational psychology, or rehabilitation counseling; and fifteen semester units of upper division or