Interim Supervisor, Student Accessibility Services (SAS)

Description

Sierra College has committed to foundationally re-engineering its programs and services using Guided Pathways to increase student achievement, ensure student equity, and effect timely goal completion. In that spirit, the Supervisor, Student Accessibility Services (SAS) is responsible to ensure areas of oversight afford an inclusive educational and employment environment and are focused on equitable outcomes for all. Under general direction the Associate Dean of Student Services or assigned administrator, the SAS Supervisor is responsible for providing leadership and oversight of the Student Accessibility Services (SAS) at Sierra College. The role involves comprehensive planning, organizing, and supervising Student Accessibility Services (SAS) operations and activities to ensure students with disabilities receive appropriate accommodations and support services. The SAS Supervisor ensures compliance with state and federal regulations, including ADA and Section 504 (in coordination with the district 504 Compliance Officer), while promoting a campus environment that is inclusive and accessible.

The SAS Supervisor assists in management of program resources, including budgeting and grant management, effectively support program service delivery, completion of initiatives and goals. This position involves direct supervision of SAS staff, including hiring, training, and performance evaluations. Additionally, the SAS Supervisor collaborates with faculty, staff, other units and external agencies to foster awareness and understanding of disability services and to advocate for students' needs at all institutional levels. This position requires a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, along with the ability to handle crisis intervention and provide direct student support when needed.

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Examples Of Functions and Tasks

REPRESENTATIVE FUNCTIONS:
Coordinates with assigned administrator, district and program staff to develop and provide equity-minded student services that meet the needs of student with disabilities at Sierra College; ensures consistent implementation of and compliance with approved policies and procedures; and modifies and/or revises policies and procedures as needed to ensure equity-mindedness and ongoing compliance with Title 5 and other applicable state and federal regulations.Assisting in the planning, organizing, and direction of the daily operations of the SAS program to ensure effective and efficient delivery of services.Assists and participates in the supervision, training, and evaluation of SAS staff, including support staff, and student workers.Assists in the implementation of program policies, procedures, and services in compliance with applicable laws and regulations, including ADA and Section 504.Assists in the development and administration of the SAS budget; monitors and approves expenditures to ensure compliance with budgetary guidelines.Supports SAS faculty and staff in carry through of accommodations for students with disabilities, including academic adjustments, auxiliary aids, and other support services.Collaborates with faculty, staff, and external agencies to promote awareness and support for students with disabilities.Maintains accurate records and prepare reports related to SAS activities and outcomes.Assists in the development and delivery of training and professional development programs for staff on disability services, accommodations, and inclusive practices.Engages in outreach and partnership activities with community organizations to enhance services and support for students with disabilities.Serve as a liaison with local, state, and federal agencies regarding SAS/DSPS regulations and best practices.Participates in college committees, task forces, and other collaborative efforts to support institutional goals and initiatives related to diversity, equity, and inclusion.Advocates for the needs of students with disabilities at various institutional levels and serve as a resource for addressing grievances or challenges related to accommodations.Supports the implementation and use of assistive technologies and ensure accessibility of digital content and campus facilities.Identifies and applies for grants to support SAS/DSPS services and manage grant-funded projects.Collects, analyzes, and reports data related to SAS services and student outcomes to inform program improvements.Works closely with academic departments to integrate SAS services into the broader academic mission.Provides crisis intervention and support for students facing emergencies or significant challenges in coordination with assigned administrator and other units. Any other duties as required and allowed.

Minimum Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS : The following describes the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities required to enter the job and successfully perform the assigned duties.
Education and Experience Guidelines: Any combination of education and experience that would likely provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be:
Experience: At least one year of experience working in an educational environment or related
Education : A Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university.
Preference : One year of relevant experience including supervisory responsibilities supporting individuals with disabilities.

Knowledge of:

• Knowledge of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Rehabilitation Acts 504, 508, and Title V regulations for students with disabilities in a higher education setting.
• California higher education policies, procedures, and practices.
• Principles and practices of effective service delivery and programmatic coordination.
• Methods and techniques of budget preparation, resource management, and tracking key performance indicators.
• Principles of supervision, training, and performance evaluation.
• Basic principles and practices of budget preparation and administration.
• Principles and procedures of record keeping.
• Principles of business letter writing and basic report preparation.
• Office procedures, methods, and equipment including computers and applicable software applications such as word processing, spreadsheets, and databases.
• Pertinent federal, state, and local laws, codes, and regulations, including those specific to disability services.
• Methods to successfully support individuals with varying backgrounds, which includes persons with disabilities, various gender identities, various sexual orientations, individuals from historically underrepresented communities, and other groups.

Ability to:

• Assist with the Coordination, oversight, and facilitation of the daily operations and activities of the Student Accessibility Services (SAS) program.
• Envision, develop, and maintain a holistic and comprehensive plan to ensure effective service delivery, programmatic coordination, and budget and resource management.
• Work directly with diverse student clientele with disabilities to support their unique needs and educational journey.
• Perform specialized, technical, and complex programmatic and administrative duties that require independent judgment and personal initiative.
• Understand the organization and operation of the district and outside agencies as necessary to assume assigned responsibilities.
• Apply an equity-minded framework and ensure programs, services, and processes are designed and delivered to meet the varying needs of all students.
• Understand, interpret, apply, explain, and ensure compliance with administrative and office policies and procedures, and pertinent laws, regulations, and ordinances.
• Use technical concepts and essential program management tools and techniques to coordinate the Student Accessibility Program and solve complex problems creatively and effectively.
• Develop recommendations for problematic areas and implement and monitor changes.
• Participate in the development and administration of policies and procedures.
• Coordinate and conduct workshops, seminars, special events, class presentations, orientations, and tours in a culturally inclusive manner.
• Determine the best connection, referral, and support plan for students.
• Establish and maintain partnerships with local and regional businesses and community organizations.
• Exercise skills emphasizing collaboration, consensus building, conflict resolution, and problem-solving.
• Analyze problems, identify alternative solutions, project consequences of proposed actions, and implement recommendations in support of goals.
• Research, compile, analyze, and interpret data and information.
• Compose and prepare correspondence and written materials related to assigned activities.
• Prepare a variety of clear and concise administrative and financial records.
• Train and provide work guidance to others.
• Plan, organize, and assign work to meet schedules and changing deadlines.
• Adapt to changing technologies and learn the functionality of new equipment and systems.
• Operate office equipment, including computers and supporting word processing, spreadsheet, and database applications.
• Work independently and effectively in the absence of supervision.
• Work under steady pressure with frequent interruptions and a high degree of public contact by phone or in person.
• Work with and exhibit sensitivity to and understanding the diverse racial, ethnic, ability status, sexual orientation, and cultural populations of community college students.
• Communicate effectively orally and in writing to meet the needs of the supported programs.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.
• Demonstrate a profound understanding of and experience with successfully supporting individuals with varying backgrounds, which includes persons with disabilities, various gender identities, various sexual orientations, individuals from historically underrepresented communities, and other groups.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORKING ENVIRONMENT : The conditions herein are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.

Environment : Work is performed primarily in a standard office setting and requires occasional travel to local high school districts and campuses.
Physical : Primary functions require sufficient physical ability and mobility to work in an office setting; to stand or sit for prolonged periods of time; to occasionally walk, stoop, bend, kneel, crouch, reach, and twist; to lift, carry, push, and/or pull light to moderate amounts of weight; to operate office equipment requiring repetitive hand movement and fine coordination including use of a computer; and to verbally communicate to exchange information.
Vision : See in the normal visual range with or without correction; vision sufficient to read computer screens and printed documents and to operate assigned equipment.
Hearing : Hear in the normal audio range with or without correction.

Supplemental Information

WHY SIERRA?

• One of Aspen Institute’s Top 150 Community Colleges in the nation
• The Accrediting Commission recognized Sierra “for its exemplary practice of providing personnel with opportunities for continued professional development in order to meet its mission.” This includes providing students and employees with a robust set of programs, events, and conferences related to equity-mindedness and supporting the success of our students, etc.
• Public Employee’s Retirement System (PERS)
• 18 paid holidays (including extended time off during the winter break)
• 22 accrued paid vacation days per year (vacation accrual increases over time)
• Competitive benefits package
• Currently during summers, some employee groups participate in 4x10 schedules
• Qualifying Employer for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (in most cases)

Sierra College is a Community College located near Sacramento, California where a heavy emphasis is placed on academic excellence and student success. Since its founding in 1936, Sierra College has focused on quality instruction and meeting the evolving needs of the students and communities that it serves. The Sierra Community College District covers more than 3,200 square miles and serves the Northern California foothill counties of Placer and Nevada, as well as parts of El Dorado and Sacramento. We serve over 17,000 students throughout the region in both on-ground and online courses, including students at our main Rocklin Campus as well as at three centers located in Grass Valley, Tahoe/Truckee, and Roseville. Our District prides itself on academic excellence.

Sierra College has a strong commitment to the achievement of equity and inclusion among its faculty, staff, and students and values the rich, diverse backgrounds that make up the campus community. A strong candidate for this position must demonstrate a profound understanding of and experience with successfully supporting individuals with varying backgrounds. This includes persons with disabilities, various gender identities and sexual orientations, as well as individuals from historically underrepresented communities and other groups. Our District is committed to providing strategies for success and proactive student-centered practices and policies focused on eliminating equity gaps to ensure the District provides an inclusive educational and employment environment focused on strategies for success and equitable outcomes for all.

As an institution, Sierra College is committed to eliminating the equity gap in all student populations with dynamic, learner-centered practices and policies that fully engage the college community. The ideal candidate will share the College’s commitment to helping its racially and socioeconomically diverse students succeed in their degree and career objectives. Currently, Sierra College enrolls 17,800 students per term, where approximately: 23% of Sierra College’s students are Latin(o)(a)(x)(e), 3% are African-American/Black, 2% are Filipino, 6% are Asian, 1% are American Indian/Alaskan Native, 8% are Multiethnic and 55% are White.

The successful candidate will join a College dedicated to the use of culturally responsive strategies and methods that meet the varying needs of our students, faculty, staff, and surrounding community. Sierra College demonstrates its commitment to equity by supporting ongoing professional development for students, faculty, and staff. These opportunities include trainings and workshops on equity and inclusion, active Academic Senate standing committees concerned with student success and equity, a Presidential Equity Advisory Committee (PEAC), culturally responsive student engagement centers, support for our undocumented and AB540 students, campus-wide equity summits, a robust set of programs, events, and conferences related to equity-mindedness and supporting the success of our diverse students.

Need Help With Your Online Account?

• Use the online Help Guide or contact the NEOED Applicants Support Line at 855-524-5627 if you need assistance with your online applicant account.
• Applicant Support is available between 6 a.m. and 5 p.m. Pacific Time, Monday through Friday.

Helpful Tip:
Please note that as described above a strong candidate for this position must demonstrate a profound understanding of and experience with successfully supporting individuals with varying backgrounds; and therefore, hiring committees assess candidates for these knowledge, skills, and abilities.

Applicants may want to consider incorporating culturally-inclusive/equity-minded strategies practiced and/or evidence of the responsiveness to and understanding of the racial, socioeconomic, and cultural diversity of community college student populations throughout their application materials (including application and documents uploaded, if any).

Please see the Sierra College website for additional helpful tips and tools for prospective applicants .

Travel expenses may be partially reimbursed for candidates traveling beyond a 150 mile radius for second round interviews. All other travel expenses will be borne by the candidate (if in person interviews).

Terms and Conditions of Employment:
Other terms and conditions of employment are specified in the applicable collective bargaining agreements on file in the District Human Resources Department. Position description of record on file in the Human Resources Department.

*Sierra Community College District currently operates campuses in Rocklin, Roseville, Truckee and Grass Valley. In its management of a multi-campus environment, the District reserves right of assignment including the right to change assignment locations and shift assignments based on District need. Although this position may currently reside at the Rocklin campus, the assignment location may be subject to change as needed. Additionally, the district reserves the right to cancel, revise or re-announce this position as well as any and all positions at any time.

EEO / TITLE IX EMPLOYER
Sierra College is an equal employment opportunity employer committed to nondiscrimination and the achievement of diversity and equity among its faculty, staff, and students.

Persons with inquiries about the application of Title IX and/or EEO may contact the Director of Diversity, EEO & Title IX (Title IX Coordinator) at the address below, at (916) 660-7006 or via email at EEOT9@sierracollege.edu .

Persons with questions regarding reasonable accommodation of physical and other disabilities should contact the Sierra College Human Resources Department at (916) 660-7105.

If you have limitations hearing or speaking, the State of California offers a specially-trained Communications Assistant (CA) that can relay telephone conversations for all of your calls. Dial 711 to reach the California Relay Service (CRS). Dialing 711 is for everyone, not just those who have difficulty hearing on a standard phone. If you prefer having your calls immediately answered in your mode of communication, dial one of the toll-free modality and language-specific numbers below. The call will be routed to the CRS provider.

TTY/VCO/HCO to Voice
English 1-800-735-2929
Spanish 1-800-855-3000

Voice to TTY/VCO/HCO
English 1-800-735-2922
Spanish 1-800-855-3000

From or to Speech-to- Speech
English & Spanish 1-800-854-7784

Sierra Community College offers benefit packages to full-time employees including: family coverage health, dental and vision insurance, Public Employee's Retirement System (PERS) OR State Teachers Retirement System (STRS) retirement, income protection, life insurance, sick leave, vacation, and holidays as provided according to District policy.

Closing Date/Time: 9/15/2024 11:59 PM Pacific

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