Advocate, Student Accessibility Services

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Austin Community College is a public two-year institution that serves a diverse population of approximately 41,000 credit students each Fall and Spring semester. We embrace our identity as a community college as reflected in our mission statement. We promote student success and community development by providing affordable access, through traditional and distance learning modes, to higher education and workforce training, including appropriate applied baccalaureate degrees, in our service area.

As a community college committed to our mission, we seek to recruit and retain a workforce that:

• Reflects the diversity of our community
• Values intellectual curiosity and innovative teaching
• Is attracted by the college mission to promote equitable access to educational opportunities
• Cares about student success and collaborates on strategies to facilitate success for under-represented populations
• Welcomes difference and models respectful interaction with others
• Engages with the community both within and outside of ACC

Commitment to Equity and Inclusion

ACC is committed to the ongoing systemic changes needed to ensure the increased recruitment, inclusion, retention, and completion of historically underserved and under represented populations. Through continual strategic community engagement and professional development of administrators, faculty, staff, and students, the college demonstrates its dedication to fostering a culture and climate for equitable outcomes.

As an open access and low-cost institution, ACC is proud to serve a diverse student body. Dedicated faculty members are excellent professors who help students achieve their educational goals and are sensitive to the diverse cultures and socio-economic backgrounds of our students. In 2017 our faculty adopted a Statement of ACC Faculty Values. This Statement affirms that ACC's faculty members value collaboration, service, agency, scholarship, inclusion, and teaching, all of which attest to our commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our mission.

Job Posting Title:

Advocate, Student Accessibility Services

Job Description Summary:

To provide campus leadership, vision, and integrity for Student Accessibility Services. To advise, assist, and support students with disabilities, primarily those in our adult and continuing education programs.

Job Description:

Position is housed at the Rio Grande Campus, however, this position will support district-wide campus operations for Student Accessibility Services and require travel within the ACC district.

Description of Duties and Tasks

• Provides campus leadership, vision, and integrity for Student Accessibility Services (SAS).
• Directs day-to-day business of campus SAS operations, providing services to students with disabilities.
• Provides educational and academic support to students with disabilities.
• Determines if the student(s) meets the definition of disability per the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), is eligible for services, and provides appropriate and reasonable accommodations.
• Provides campus accessibility leadership and consultation for faculty and staff regarding college policies as they pertain to the ADA.
• Provides campus leadership with assistance in resolving student accessibility issues and initiating programs and practices that contribute to the success of students with disabilities.
• Approves appropriate and reasonable accommodations for students with disabilities.
• Remains current in ADA updates and regulations, new laws, guidance from the Association of Higher Education and Disability, the Diagnostic Statistical Manual, Office for Civil Rights guidance, new academic advising information including ACC degree plans, transfer guides to local institutions, and state mandated educational requirements.
• Monitors the effectiveness of student accommodations in the educational process.
• Monitors the academic progress of students with disabilities and intervenes when appropriate or when improvement is needed.
• Coordinates schedules and may oversee staff.
• Collaborates with external stakeholders including school districts, high school transition programs, disability-related state agencies, and state employment agencies in order to create effective and efficient processes for student recruitment, retention, and placement.
• Maintains collaborative and consultative relationships with internal stakeholders at Austin Community College including faculty and staff, Adult Education, and Continuing Education faculty and staff.
• Supports the development, review and revision of written policies, guidelines, and procedures for determining reasonable accommodations.

Knowledge

• College admissions requirements, programs, and courses.
• Standardized testing procedures and assessment techniques.
• Multicultural education programs and systems.
• Program strategies to support student success of Special Populations.
• Vocational rehabilitation and disability services practices and strategies.
• Counseling and advising techniques.
• Laws, rules, and regulations pertaining to students with disabilities, including the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Vocational Rehabilitation Act, Section 504, and accessibility techniques including Universal Design.

Skills

• Maintaining an established work schedule.
• Effectively using interpersonal and communication skills, including the use of tact and diplomacy.
• Effectively using organizational and planning skill, including attention to detail and follow-through.
• Maintaining confidentiality of work-related information and materials.
• Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships.
• Effectively working with a diverse student population.
• Counseling and advising students on program guidelines and requirements.
• Assessing student needs and providing appropriate resources and/or referrals.

Technology Skills

• Use a variety of spreadsheet, word processing, database, and presentation software.

Required Work Experience

• Two years related work experience.

Preferred Work Experience

• Two years related experience working with people with disabilities in a variety of settings, including higher education.

Required Education

• Master's degree.

Preferred Education

• Master's Degree in Vocational Rehabilitation, Rehabilitation Counseling, Social Work, or a closely related field.

Physical Requirements

• Work is performed in a standard office environment.
• Subject to standing, walking, sitting, bending, reaching, pushing, and pulling.
• Occasional lifting of objects up to 10 pounds.

Safety

• Work safely and follow safety rules. Report unsafe working conditions and behavior. Take reasonable and prudent actions to prevent others from engaging in unsafe practices.

Please Note : ACC job postings are removed from advertising at 12:00 A.M on the job posting closing date (midnight on the day before the closing date). Please apply prior to the job closing date and time.

Pay Range

$49,205 - $61,506

Number of Openings:

1

Job Posting Close Date:

October 4, 2022 Clery Act

As required by the US Department of Education, employees are required to report violations under Title IX and, under the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act), select individuals are required to report crimes. If this position is identified as a Campus Security Authority (Clery Act), you will be notified, trained, and provided resources for reporting.

Disclaimer

The above description is an overview of the job. It is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities of the job, nor is it an all-inclusive list of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Duties and responsibilities may change with business needs. ACC reserves the right to add, change, amend, or delete portions of this job description at any time, with or without notice. Employees may be required to perform other duties as requested, directed, or assigned. In addition, reasonable accommodations may be made by ACC at its discretion to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions of the job.

If you are a current Austin Community College employee, please click this link to apply through your Workday account .