Associate Disabilities Specialist

Associate Disabilities Specialist

Associate Disabilities Specialist (Part-Time) Tentative Interviews: ASAP Tentative Start Date: Fall 2026 Location: Oroville, CA For salary information, click here. 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.

Representative Duties

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

1. Assist and advise disabled students in matriculation procedures, i.e. enrollment, assessment, orientation, course selection and program planning.
2. 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.

B. Professional Growth and Currency

1. Maintain currency with developments and changes in the counseling field.

C. Area or Departmental Responsibilities, as applicable

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

Qualifications/Requirements

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.

Supplemental Information

Application instructions: 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:

• 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.
• 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.