Lecturer School Counseling

**Job no**: 538547

**Work type**: Instructional Faculty - Temporary/Lecturer

**Location**: Channel Islands

**Categories**: Unit 3 - CFA - California Faculty Association, Temporary, Part Time, Faculty - Education/Library Science

**Program**: Educational Leadership and School Counseling & Psychology
**Rank**: Lecturer Faculty
**Title**: Lecturer School Counseling

**About the University**:
California State University Channel Islands (CSUCI) opened in 2002 as the newest campus in the California State University system. Since that time, the University has grown and developed into one of the premier public universities, not only in the California State University system, but also in the nation. Indeed, U.S. News & World Report listed CSUCI as 29th among “Regional Universities West” in its 2023 edition of Best Colleges Rankings. In 2023, CollegeNET ranked CSUCI 71st out of over 1,400 schools in its “Social Mobility Index.” In 2020, Money Magazine rated CSUCI as the 15th “Most Transformative College” in the nation.

CSUCI is a public comprehensive university that engages students in critical inquiry and is dedicated to educating leaders for a global society. The University is located in Ventura County and is home to more than 4,959 undergraduate and 168 graduate students. Approximately 48% of CSUCI’s students are Pell Grant eligible, and approximately 60% are first-generation college students. CSUCI is also proud to be designated as a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI), with 61% of its undergraduate students self-identifying as Latinx, 23% as White, 6% as Asian/Asian American, 4% as multiracial, and 2% as Black/African American. In 2022, CSUCI was among the first institutions to be recertified with Excelencia in Education’s "Seal of Excelencia” for its facilitation of Latinx student success.

**Diversity Statement**:
CSUCI is committed to recruiting individuals who are dedicated to furthering inclusive excellence in our campus community. We seek to enhance our diverse University population by welcoming people from all backgrounds, and by working to sustain an environment where colleagues can not only work and learn, but also create and thrive.

**CSUCI Mission Statement**:
Placing students at the center of the educational experience, California State University Channel Islands provides undergraduate and graduate education that facilitates learning within and across disciplines through integrative approaches, emphasizes experiential and service learning, and graduates students with multicultural and international perspectives.

**CSUCI’s Commitment to You**:
CSUCI is committed to helping newly hired faculty develop a sense of belonging in a collaborative and supportive community dedicated to providing resources and opportunities for establishing and sustaining a research agenda and engaging in continuous improvement in equitable teaching and learning.

**About the Program**:
**About the Position**:
The Department of Educational Leadership and School Counseling and Psychology is seeking lecturers to teach and/or supervise in its new MS in School Counseling (with Pupil Personnel Services Credential). The lecturer should possess extensive knowledge in the field of school counseling along with behaviors of advocacy and leadership necessary to increase access and equity in educational systems for all PK-12 students. The lecturer must hold at minimum a Master’s degree in School Counseling or in a related field. An earned doctorate in counselor education with a preferred specialization in school counseling or in a related field of study from a CACREP or CACREP-like program is preferred.

The lecturer must hold a school counseling credential with at least two years of experience as a professional school counselor or educational leader in a K-12 school setting. The lecturer must have a strong framework and commitment to work towards equity and social justice in schools and communities by advancing anti-racist, decolonial, or critical pedagogies, research, and service. The lecturer must have experience in student and systems advocacy and preparing of school counselors as culturally sustaining leaders in ethnically and linguistically diverse school-based programs.

**Minimum Degree Requirements**:

- Master’s Degree in School Counseling or a related field.
- CTC Pupil Personnel Services Credential.
- Two years’ experience as a school counselor or related position.

**Required Qualifications**:

- Master’s degree School Counseling ore related field.
- Experience in PK-12 school counseling as a school counselor, school psychologist, or related positionApplicants should demonstrate the commitment to effectively work with and engage a diverse student population and evidence of how they would successfully mentor minoritized students with special focus on Latinx, Black/African American, American Indian, and Asian/Asian American/Pacific Islander students.

**Preferred Qualifications**:

- PhD, EdD, AB