Adjunct Learning Disability Specialist
Inside Higher Ed, Lancaster, CA, United States
Antelope Valley College invites applications for our adjunct (Temporary, part‑time) faculty pool for the Disabled Student Services division.
Responsibilities
Provides assessment services to students with suspected learning disabilities, using the Learning Disabilities Eligibility Model of the California Community College Chancellor’s Office.
Evaluate disability verification documents, including outside testing records, to determine program eligibility.
Recommend and/or provide services and accommodations to students with disabilities in a wide variety of individual needs and concerns, including physical, learning, visual, hearing, psychological, neurological, acquired brain injury, and speech and language disabilities.
Qualifications
Master’s degree in learning disabilities, special education, education, psychology, speech language pathology, communication disorders, educational or school psychology, counseling, or rehabilitation counseling and at least 15 semesters of upper‑division or graduate study in the area of learning disabilities, including adult cognitive and achievement assessment or the equivalent.
Must have successfully completed the California Community College Learning Disabilities Eligibility Model Training and be certified as an LD Specialist.
Written documentation of successful completion of the Learning Disabilities Eligibility Model Training is required.
A sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students (Assembly Bill 1725; Education Code 87360).
Antelope Valley Community College District (AVC) is committed to employing administrators, faculty, and staff members dedicated to student success. AVC recognizes that diversity in the academic environment fosters cultural awareness, promotes mutual understanding and respect, and provides suitable role models for all students. AVC is committed to hiring processes that support equal opportunity, diversity, and provide equitable consideration for all candidates as required in federal and state laws and regulations.
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Responsibilities
Provides assessment services to students with suspected learning disabilities, using the Learning Disabilities Eligibility Model of the California Community College Chancellor’s Office.
Evaluate disability verification documents, including outside testing records, to determine program eligibility.
Recommend and/or provide services and accommodations to students with disabilities in a wide variety of individual needs and concerns, including physical, learning, visual, hearing, psychological, neurological, acquired brain injury, and speech and language disabilities.
Qualifications
Master’s degree in learning disabilities, special education, education, psychology, speech language pathology, communication disorders, educational or school psychology, counseling, or rehabilitation counseling and at least 15 semesters of upper‑division or graduate study in the area of learning disabilities, including adult cognitive and achievement assessment or the equivalent.
Must have successfully completed the California Community College Learning Disabilities Eligibility Model Training and be certified as an LD Specialist.
Written documentation of successful completion of the Learning Disabilities Eligibility Model Training is required.
A sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students (Assembly Bill 1725; Education Code 87360).
Antelope Valley Community College District (AVC) is committed to employing administrators, faculty, and staff members dedicated to student success. AVC recognizes that diversity in the academic environment fosters cultural awareness, promotes mutual understanding and respect, and provides suitable role models for all students. AVC is committed to hiring processes that support equal opportunity, diversity, and provide equitable consideration for all candidates as required in federal and state laws and regulations.
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