Advisor, Access to Achievement (Time Limited)

Advisor, Access to Achievement (Time Limited)

Employer

Guilford Technical Community College
601 East Main Street
Jamestown, NC 27282
Phone: 336-334-4822

Salary/Grade

Commensurate with experience

Benefits

Yes

Job Category

  • Technical/Paraprofessional

Application Period

Opens: Wednesday, March 13, 2024
Closes: Monday, April 8, 2024

Target Start Date

Wednesday, April 10, 2024

Expected Work Hours

40

Employment Type

Full-time

Minimum Qualifications

Education Required

  • Bachelor’s degree in Education, Special Education, Adult Education, Psychology, Human Services or related area from a regionally accredited post-secondary institution.

Experience Required

  • Three years of experience with teaching, counseling, or advising individuals with IDD.
  • Experience with use of assistive technology for individuals with IDD.
  • Experience advising students, including those transitioning to further education and employment training.

Preferred Qualifications

Education Preferred

  • Master’s degree in Education, Special Education, Adult Education, Psychology, Human Services or a related field from a regionally accredited post-secondary institution.

Experience Preferred

  • Greater than three years of experience within a postsecondary institution with teaching, counseling, or advising individuals with IDD.
  • Greater than two years of experience with use of assistive technology for individuals with IDD.
  • Community College administrative and/or teaching experience.
  • Experience with distance learning and/or alternate instructional delivery systems.

Position Description

The Access to Achievement Advisor, in collaboration with Adult Education, Student Services, and Workforce Continuing Education, will provide leadership in expanding, creating, and promoting retention and transition activities and career pathway programs for individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD). Primary administrative responsibilities include meeting with new and prospective students, advising students, providing interventions for students at-risk of dropping out, tracking and reporting student outcomes, overseeing the partnership between Curriculum and Workforce Continuing Education to provide appropriate options and resources to students with IDD, and expanding Integrated Educational and Training pathways for IDD students. The Advisor will be GTCC’s primary contact for students who self-report/disclose an IDD diagnosis, will serve as a liaison with workforce development staff, community agencies, and local employers to assist in pursuit of employment for students with IDD, and will advocate for inclusion of students with IDD in all aspects of college and campus life.

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