Counselor, Access and Ability

Sequoias Community College District serves a diverse community of learners and is a designated Hispanic Serving Institution. Sequoias Community College District provides a wide range of opportunities in transfer general education career and technical programs for our students. We seek candidates who exhibit an understanding and commitment to the community college mission and who have a passion for student success.

Sequoias Community College District is seeking a qualified and equity-minded candidate to fill a full-time tenure-track position in the Counseling Department beginning August 2026.

This position reports to the Director Access and Ability Center. Assignments may include evening weekend counseling at any of the Sequoias Community College District Campuses: Visalia Hanford and/or Tulare. Participation in the governance of the Sequoias Community College District by way of committee assignments is encouraged.

*College of the Sequoias offers lecture-lab pay parity as well as overload and large lecture compensation that may be additional.

COMMITMENT TO EQUITY:

Sequoias Community College District is committed to the principles of diversity equity and inclusion and values candidates who have the ability to serve students from diverse academic cultural socioeconomic disability gender identity sexual orientation and ethnic backgrounds as well as those students who have been historically underrepresented in higher education. Sequoias Community College District seeks to promote and maintain an environment which is built on mutual respect and free from discrimination by employing faculty members who are equity-minded collegial and guided by their dedication to helping students achieve their educational goals. Ideal candidates will share the Sequoias Community College Districts commitment to be knowledgeable about and implement equitable learning and teaching methods appropriate to serve students from all backgrounds demographics and experiences.

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

Providing the student population with verifiable disabilities with academic transfer and career counseling. Duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to conducting educational vocational and personal counseling appointments as well as student orientation sessions for a diversified community college population. Interpreting standardized tests for class placement recommendations; providing follow-up counseling services to students as stipulated by state and college matriculation guidelines; referring students to public service agencies; serving as a recruiter and liaison with high schools located within the community college district; and teaching components of guidance courses (e.g. extended orientation career planning and personal development) as needed; may be required to coordinate dactylology services for students.

• Determining program eligibility and accommodations for students with disabilities.
• Implementing outreach/in-reach workshops career and educational goal-setting educational planning and ongoing follow-up services.
• Providing academic career/vocational and personal counseling and student advisement.
• Providing interactive counseling related to the management of a students disability; assist a student to resolve issues that may be preventing the full achievement of their goals.
• Interpreting of assessments and academic evaluations to support student planning and services.
• Providing counseling to Career Technical Education (CTE) and transfer-bound students.
• Providing counseling to students at the basic skills level.
• Teaching Counseling Guidance and similar classes for students with disabilities and learning challenges.
• Providing guidance to staff and faculty on ADA requirements and student disabilities.
• Participating in division and department meetings and work groups that develop evaluate and deliver services that support student success.
• Additional professional assignments include attendance at faculty/college meetings curriculum and program development and related duties as required or assigned.
• Ability to develop and participate in program/services planning evaluation and improvement.
• Ability to develop curriculum and support goals and revisions including Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) and Student Area Outcomes (SAOs).
• Participate in professional activities such as department and campus committee work faculty peer evaluations staff meetings and the governance structure of the college.
• Perform professional outreach activities to faculty college departments administrators high schools community agencies and industry partners to support the success of students with disabilities.
• Maintain clear timely and accurate contact notes and student records.
• Pursue professional development opportunities to remain current in the field.
• Ability to travel to various college sites and community agencies during the course of employment.
• Ability to work cooperatively with others and maintain collegial and professional relationships as part of a team.
• Effective oral and written communication skills.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Other responsibilities include maintenance of office hours active engagement with campus culture participation in departmental responsibilities and the willingness to create and participate in and sustain an atmosphere of equity which is respectful of diversity District wide.

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JOB REQUIRED CORE SYSTEM COMPETENCY

The candidate must also demonstrate sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic socioeconomic cultural disability gender identity sexual orientation and ethnic backgrounds of community college students pursuant to Title 5 53022.

Note: If you do not meet the educational minimum qualifications but believe that you have sufficient educational experience in the discipline equivalency is your path to proving that. For more information about claiming equivalency please visit theCOS HR Website and scroll down to the icon labeled Equivalency. Your equivalency paperwork must be submitted with your application by the recruitment deadline. Please submit as a supplemental attachment within the Attachment section of this application.

DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS:

The Counseling Department is looking for evidence of the following:

• Counseling and related experiences.
• Recent experience in community college or secondary counseling/guidance.
• Experience in and/or commitment to working with students from diverse cultural ethnic socioeconomic academic and disability backgrounds.
• Knowledge of testing materials and interpretation of career interest personality work values and similar career-relevant assessment criteria.
• Knowledge of requirements for transfer vocational and remedial programs.

To be considered applicants must submit ALLof the following required material before or by the filing deadline:

• Completed online application.
• Equity Narrative (included in the application packet)
• Letter of interest which addresses the Desirable this letter we invite applicants to expand on strengths not covered in other parts of the application and presents your philosophy of counseling (500-600 words).
• Curriculum Vitae or Resume
• Unofficial copies of transcripts of college/university work. (If transcripts are not in English include a summary of courses and grades). Official transcripts are required upon employment. Note: Applicants who have completed college or university course work at an institution outside of the United States that is not a post-secondary institution accredited by an accreditation agency recognized by either the US Department of Education or the Council on Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) must obtain a complete evaluation of foreign transcripts degrees and other relevant documents by either NACES or AICE.
• Equivalency documents (If necessary)

Timeline: Application review will begin after the closing date. First-level interviews will take place on March 20 2026 and second-level interviews on March 23 2026.

For questions regarding this position please contact Keila Reynoso at or .

The Sequoias Community College District is an equal employment opportunity employer committed to prohibiting unlawful discrimination harassment including sexual harassment intimidation and bullying based on actual or perceivedrace or ethnicity color creed national origin religion sex or gender gender identity gender expression sexual orientation physical and/or mental disability age medical condition genetic condition pregnancy reproductive health decision making marital status military or veteran status or ancestry.

College of the Sequoias does not sponsor H-1B Visas.