Counselor Education Lecturer

About the role

The Counselor Education Department at San José State University offers a Master of Arts degree in Counseling and Guidance with or without a Pupil Personnel Services (PPS) School Counseling Credential (required to work as K-12 School Counselors in California).

The department also offers one lower-division undergraduate General Education course, EDCO 4: Personal, Academic, and Career Exploration. Additional department information can be found at: http://www.sjsu.edu/counselored/.

Brief Description Of Duties

• Teach undergraduate or graduate courses in the department and/or provide fieldwork supervision.
• Work cooperatively with staff, chair, and other faculty members.
• Participate in course assessment and accreditation activities as they relate to courses being taught.
• Address the needs of a student population of great diversity – in age, cultural background, ethnicity, primary language, and academic preparation – through course materials, teaching strategies, and advisement and supervision.
• Organize all classes within the Canvas Learning Management System (LMS).
• Offer and meet all classes as scheduled throughout the entire semester or term, in the mode assigned and listed in the schedule of classes (i.e., asynchronous, synchronous, bichronous, in-person, or hybrid).

Required Qualifications

• Master's degree in Counselor Education, Counseling Psychology, or closely related field from an accredited university.
• For Undergraduate Courses: Two years of professional experience as a teacher, college instructor, or professional practitioner in counseling, education, and/or human services context.
• For Graduate-level Courses: Two years of post-master’s degree teaching as instructor of record and/or two years of professional practitioner experience within education, counseling, and/or human services contexts.
• California Pupil Personnel Services Credential (PPSC) or California clinical license (e.g. LPCC, LCSW, MFT, CADCA, CADC-I, CADC-II, LAADC).
• Two years of post-master’s degree professional practitioner experience within education, counseling, and/or human services contexts (e.g., advising, case manager, school counselor, student services).
• Demonstrate awareness of and sensitivity to the educational goals of a multicultural population as might have been gained in cross-cultural study, training, teaching and other comparable experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Terminal degree (e.g., Ed.D., Ph.D.) in Counselor Education, Counseling Psychology, or closely related field from an accredited university or ABD in these fields strongly preferred.
• Professional supervisory experience in education, counseling, and/or human services contexts.
• Demonstrate evidence of successful work with ethnically and culturally diverse populations and communities.
• Familiarity with, and ability to utilize Learning Management Systems (e.g. Desire2Learn, Blackboard, Moodle, Canvas, etc.) for instruction.