Associate Disabilities Specialist

Job Description:

Associate Disabilities Specialist

Description

Associate Disabilities Specialist ( Part-Time)

Tentative Interviews: ASAP

Tentative Start Date: Spring 2026

Location: Oroville, CA

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Placement on the salary schedule is dependent upon education and/or experience.

Selected Candidates must reside in California.

POSITION HIGHLIGHTS:

As an Associate Faculty with Disabled Student Programs (DSPS), your responsibilities will include:

• Administering and interpreting both group and individual tests for the purposes of determining the existence, nature, and extend of students' learning limitations;
• Interviewing, screening and certifying students referred because of suspected learning disabilities;
• Determining eligibility for academic accommodations;
• Developing academic accommodation plans;
• Providing disability-related advising;
• Assisting with DSPS recruitment and outreach;
• Developing and conducting in-service training for faculty and staff; and
• Recruiting, hiring, training, assigning supervising and evaluating the work of student assistants.

Butte College’s main campus is located on a 928-acre wildlife refuge, and we pride ourselves on being a national college leader in sustainability. Community partnerships matter to us. We work with our K-12 partners to create career pathways for students to seamlessly move from high school to Butte College coursework or credit to transfer to a four-year university. In fact, Butte College has the highest transfer rate of all California Community Colleges to California State University, Chico. Butte College contributes to economic development through the Training Plane and the Small Business Development Center.

Associate Faculty are employed by semester and may work up to a maximum annual load of 33.5% per primary term adding to a maximum total of 67% for the sum of both primary terms with additional possibilities in the summer terms.

A. Job Specific

Assist and advise disabled students in matriculation procedures, i.e. enrollment, assessment, orientation, course selection and program planning. Administer and interpret both group and individual tests for the purposes of: Determining the existence, nature, and extent of students' learning limitations (cognition, language, perception, memory achievement); Reviewing documentation, identifying, and assigning students to the appropriate and fundable DSPS disability category (i.e., acquired brain injury, psychological disability, physical disability, communications disability); and Certifying students who meet the DSPS criteria and Title V regulations for services or support as learning or developmentally disabled. Interview, screen, and certify students referred because of suspected learning disabilities. Develop and maintain liaison with on- and off-campus groups and agencies. Assess student "ability to benefit" as defined by state and federal regulations. Work with faculty and staff in identifying, developing, and providing individual services to assist disabled students in meeting their educational goals. Develop and recommend services, instructional programs, and adaptations to facilitate the education of disabled students. Conduct specific office intake procedures.Identify, certify, accommodate, and assist disabled students needing specialized assistance, services, or instruction. Evaluate requests for adaptive equipment by students with disabilities. Provide instruction and or tutoring assistance for students with disabilities. Develop and conduct in-service training for faculty and staff to promote awareness and sensitivity to the issues and needs of students with disabilities. Attend professional conferences and workshops related to the exceptional needs of individuals with disabilities. Assist with recruitment, outreach and the dissemination of information regarding DSPS programs and services. Remain current in knowledge of adaptive technology and related equipment for individuals with disabilities. Recruit, hire, train, assign, supervise, and evaluate work of student assistants, prescriptive tutors and instructional aides. Coordinate adapted services for students with disabilities across the college curriculum. Provide consultation with instructors and counselors regarding student limitations and needs for services. Assist with the development of individual education plans for DSPS students. Provide disability-related advising to DSPS students on an individual basis; assist students in the on- and off-campus management of their disability. Refer disabled students, as appropriate, to other college services, programs, and offices and, when necessary, assist the disabled student in accessing such programs and services. Interpret, for purposes of placement and advising, the Butte College Basic Skills Assessment, associated with student aptitude and academic achievement. Serve on college-wide committees and participate in the shared governance processes. Assist the DSPS Coordinator as assigned. Development and assessment of student learning outcomes.

B. Professional Growth and Currency

Maintain currency with developments and changes in the counseling field.

C. Area or Departmental Responsibilities, as applicable Communicate with the various instructional divisions, the administration, and the staff of the College. Assist other full-time, part-time, and/or new counselors, including training.Attend assigned meetings.Maintain knowledge of College, Area, and Department policies and procedures. Assist with developing and assessing student learning outcome.Other reasonably related duties as assigned.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master’s degree in rehabilitation counseling; OR
• Master’s degree in counseling, guidance counseling, student personnel, clinical or counseling psychology, education counseling, social work, career development, marriage and family therapy, marriage, family and child counseling, or a Bachelor’s degree in marriage and family therapy or in marriage, family and child counseling and possession of a license as a Marriage and Family Therapist (MFT); and either 15 or more semester units in upper division or graduate level course work related to people with disabilities, or completion of six semester units, or the equivalent of a graduate-level counseling practicum or counseling field work courses, in a post-secondary Disabled Students Programs and Services program or in a program dealing
  
  with people with disabilities, or two years of full time experience, or the equivalent, in one or more of the following:
  • (A) Counseling for students with disabilities; or
  • (B) Counseling in industry, government, public agencies, military or private social welfare organizations in which the responsibilities are for persons with disabilities, or the equivalent.

DIVERSITY AND EQUITY QUALIFICATIONS:

Demonstrated understanding of and responsiveness to the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, and ethnic backgrounds that characterize community college students in a manner specific to the position.

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All applicants, including current butte college employees, must submit all required documents with the online application in order to move forward in the recruitment process.

Required Attachments

COVER LETTER: Please describe in your cover letter how your past experience and qualifications meet the needs of this position.

RESUME OR VITA: Please submit this as an attachment.

DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION STATEMENT: In addition to any information you included with your application materials, please provide a detailed account of how your skills, life experiences, work experience, education, and/or training have prepared you to effectively meet the needs of students from diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, and ethnic backgrounds. Please include examples of:

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  Teaching or training practices and/or life experiences that have enabled or would enable you to more effectively engage with and support success for diverse populations.
  
  
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  How you have engaged in on-going self-reflection to ensure equity in the workplace and/or classroom. Please include examples of workshops, trainings, and/or life experiences.
  
  

TRANSCRIPTS OF ACADEMIC WORK: You are required to provide transcripts for coursework and/or degrees listed on the application materials you have submitted.

• The transcripts must include the date the institution granted the degree.
  
  
• Legible copies of transcripts are acceptable at this point in the process.
  
  
• Official transcripts must be submitted prior to hire.
  
  
• Foreign transcripts must include a U.S. evaluation and translation. Please contact the Office of Human Resources for a list of agencies providing this service or our website .
  
  

PRE-EMPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS:

• The successful applicant will be required to complete a medical history questionnaire and must agree to undergo and pass a pre-employment physical examination, based on the physical requirements of the position, prior to employment. The physician will be selected and paid for by the District. Disabilities not related to the essential physical job requirements will not preclude the applicant from being hired.
  
  
• Education Code § 87408.6 states that no person shall be initially employed by a community college district in an academic or classified position unless the person has submitted to an examination within the past sixty (60) days to determine that they are free of active tuberculosis.
  
  

All offers of employment are contingent upon the submission of official transcripts showing completion of the degree.

The District reserves the right to modify, rescind or re-advertise this announcement without notification or to delay indefinitely the employment of a person for the position.

The Butte-Glenn Community College District is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Closing Date/Time: Tue, 13 Jan 2026

Salary:

61.9 - 68.25 Hourly