Career Technical Education (CTE) and Math, Engineering, and Science Achievement (MESA) Counselor

About the role

The District seeks a full-time non tenure track 10-month temporary non-tenure Counselor, Career Technical Education (CTE) and Math, Engineering, and Science Achievement (MESA) to work with Taft College students.

Responsibilities

• Conduct general information sessions about CTE and STEM program offerings
• Promote MESA Program to prospective eligible students
• Assist students with assessment (Dental Hygiene application, Medical Assisting application, future Allied Health program application, course placement, transcripts, prerequisite clearance, CVC)
• Aid students with degree audits and applications for certificates and degree awards
• Provide student referrals for other counseling, advising, and student support services (DSPS, EDC, EOPS, CalWORKs, Student Success Center, etc.)
• Complete Student Educational Plan that designates a clear curricular pathway, reduces unit accumulation and minimizes the amount of time necessary to transfer and complete their calculus-based STEM degree
• Schedule (clusters) MESA students together in classes, labs, and workshops, whenever possible to increase sense of community and belonging
• Establish an early alert system that identifies MESA students who are experiencing academic difficulty, and provide effective intervention strategies to ensure that these students succeed
• Collaborate with the campus Matriculation and Articulation Officers and Transfer Center Counselor in order to facilitate community college MESA student transfers to four-year institutions
• Collaborate with the MESA Program Director to support the MESA Orientation sessions and program activities.
• The delivery of core services should occur via multiple modalities: in-person, online, individual and group meetings, workshops and other innovative ways.
• Support students enrolled in career technical education (CTE) and STEM programs housed in various divisions
• Facilitate small and large-group workshops to explain CTE and STEM degrees
• Review and approve CTE and STEM program students’ applications for certificate and associate degree awards
• Provide CTE and MESA program students with general information about available associate degree programs, the transfer process, and GE Certification

Requirements

The candidate must have the ability to be culturally responsive educator who knows how to leverage students' unique skills, interests, and learning styles to create a learning experience that unequivocally includes and empowers each and every student.

Qualifications

• Understanding of, sensitivity to, and respect for the diverse academic, socio-economic, ethnic, cultural, disability, religious background and sexual orientation of community college students.
• Master's degree in counseling, rehabilitation counseling, clinical psychology, counseling psychology, guidance counseling, educational counseling, social work, or career development, marriage and family therapy, or marriage, family and child counseling from an accredited college or university OR Bachelor’s degree in one of the above listed degrees AND a California license as a Marriage and Family Therapist (MFT) or equivalency.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with and/or knowledge of CTE and STEM programs and services in California Community Colleges
• Ability and willingness to work with students pursuing career technical education (CTE) and STEM programs, including Special Populations and other underrepresented student groups.
• Knowledge of the full spectrum of CTE and STEM program offerings and associated occupations aligned with these programs.
• Spanish speaking