The Teacher-Specialist/Learning and Other Disabilities will be responsible for providing legally mandated and professionally appropriate supportive educational services to students with disabilities. As a member of a committed team of faculty and support staff, the Teacher-Specialist/Learning & Other Disabilities provides expertise in the assessments of, and accommodations for, a variety of learning and other disability conditions, and consultation to the College on matters of accessibility and learning styles and strategies.

Job Description:

The Teacher-Specialist/Learning and Other Disabilities will perform all or some of the following Job description:

• Evaluate information from medical, psychological, rehabilitation, and educational sources to determine program eligibility

• If indicated, provide assessment services to determine eligibility as a student with a learning disability in accordance of the Learning Disabilities Model of the State Community College Chancellor’s Office

• Interpret information from multiple sources to determine students’ profiles of learning and performance strengths/limitations and to translate them into recommended career goals, learning strategies, assistive technologies, academic accommodations, test accommodations and other disability support services

• Collaborate with students in the development of their Student Educational Contracts (SEC) which delineates the services to be offered and responsibilities of students

• Assist students in understanding their cognitive strengths and limitations, and how they impact their learning styles

• Assist in the development of appropriate learning strategies

• Provide academic, career, and disability-related support services, including intake interviews, orientations, registration advisement, monitoring of academic progress, mentoring, etc.

• Serve as a resource professional to DSP&S staff by providing information on students’ strengths/limitations, learning strategies, and academic accommodations

• Serve as a resource professional to faculty, staff, and administrators on disability-related learning and basic skills issues, and as liaison with educational and community-based organizations to facilitate the transition of students into and out of college

• Maintain confidential student records and the timely documentation of services rendered

• Develop and coordinate a pre-professional traineeship for graduate students in psychology and special education to acquire skills in psycho-educational assessment and educational strategies to expand the delivery of services to students with disabilities

• Supervise appropriate Classified Staff according to College standards

• Perform other duties and assume other responsibilities as assigned by the Assistant Dean of Special Services.

Minimum Requirements / Knowledge / Skill For Teacher-Specialist/Learning and Other Disabilities Job

• Understanding the effects of disabilities on social, behavior, physical, perceptual, cognitive, and psychological functioning
• Understanding of educational limitations and reasonable accommodates in higher education
• Familiarity with assistive technologies designed to remove or minimize the effects of barriers to equal access in higher education
• Knowledge of the methods and techniques of psycho-educational assessments to determine the students’ strengths/limitations, learning strategies, and academic accommodations
• Ability to effectively communicate the educational needs of students with disabilities to faculty and staff that are unfamiliar with disability issues in higher education
• Working knowledge of disability laws and current trends in higher education for students with disabilities
• Excellent written and verbal skills, team player, proficiency in the use of basic office equipment and computer software, detail and service-oriented, ability to multi-task, flexibility, strong organizational and planning skills, and ability to handle heavy workloads under pressure and within deadlines
• Social skills that promote a healthy and effective interpersonal work environment
• Demonstrated sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural disability, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students
• Knowledge of assistive technologies to facilitate access to educational programs for students with disabilities
• Excellent knowledge of students with intellectual disabilities, acquired brain injuries, post-traumatic stress disorder, autism spectrum disorders and other developmentally delayed conditions, and other disabilities as they pertain to higher education
• Knowledge of, and experience in consulting about, disability laws and regulations, including the Americans with Disabilities Act, Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Sections 504, 508), Title 5 of the California Education Code, and others
• Knowledge of and/or experience in working with military veterans with disabilities
• Ability to work evenings and other work schedules as needed.