at Joliet Junior College in Romeoville, Illinois, United States
Job Description
Position Title:Specialist, Testing and Accommodations
Job Description:POSITION TITLE:Specialist, Testing and Accommodations
STATUS:Full time
DEPARTMENT: Testing Services
DIVISION: Student Development
CLASSIFICATION: Non-exempt
UNION: TOSSC
REPORTS TO: Manager of Testing Services
PLACEMENT: Clerical, Grade 8
MINIMUM PAY RATE:$21.76 per hour
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The student population at the college is diverse in ethnicity, gender, language, age and background. Joliet Junior College is an AA/EO employer and strongly encourages applications from candidates who would enhance the diversity of its staff.
POSITION SUMMARY
To provide a wide variety of highly responsible and complex testing duties related to proctoring, training, and processes for students requiring accommodations. Exercise a high level of discretion to ensure that students with disabilities are provided with the appropriate approved accommodation(s) and testing tools needed to test successfully. Ability to provide ongoing support to students with testing accommodations, assistive technology, and alternate format materials to promote equity, inclusive practices, universal design, and accessibility. Provide professional, effective, and efficient customer service assistance to students, faculty, college personnel, community members, and testing vendors. Serve as primary point of contact for Testing Services and Disability Services, ensuring effective communication and student/staff support. Ability to quickly learn and interpret policies and procedures related to the Department, College Systems. Must have working knowledge of all applicable laws, including the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Sections 504, and 508 of the Rehabilitation Act.
ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES AND KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Serve as department lead for all students and community testers with approved testing accommodations, ensuring they have the appropriate assistive technology, private testing rooms, text reader/scribe, and other testing tools needed to test successfully. Provide students with disabilities general assistance, including answering inquiries, providing information, referrals, and scheduling testing appointments as needed.
2. Communicate with Disability Services and/or testing vendors to ensure all testing accommodations are submitted correctly for each student and/or community member exam including use of private testing rooms and additional testing software. Address tester inquiries and concerns and provide Testing Services staff with support and information needed to proctor accommodated exams.
3. Administer and proctor a variety of tests, while maintaining test security and confidentiality of all testing materials and results. Maintain testing documentation and materials, and complete data entry per Testing Services procedures. Proctoring duties may take place at any Testing Services location, remotely, or at a District 525 high school.
4. Provide exceptional customer service and user support to all visitors including students, faculty, staff, and community members.
5. Troubleshoot testing issues for JJC staff, faculty, students, and community testers. Serve as first point of contact to work with IT and Manager to maintain/ update testing software/equipment at assigned testing center(s). Keep abreast of technical developments relating to testing operations and assistive technology; applicable laws and regulations including but not limited to ADA and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act; as well as best practices pertaining to students with disabilities in higher education.
6. Assist with professional development and training of new/existing staff to ensure test administration consistency and compliance with National College Testing Association (NCTA)... For full info follow application link.
ANTI-DISCRIMINATION STATEMENT
Joliet Junior College is committed to maintaining an environment that is safe and free from discrimination, harassment, and misconduct on the basis of sex, which includes sexual orientation or gender-related identity. The College prohibits sexual harassment, sexual assault, sexual misconduct, stalking, and relationship/dating violence has put measures in place to ensure a safe and healthy educational and employment environment, and meet legal requirements in accordance with: Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (Title IX), which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in the College's programs or activities; relevant sections of the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act; Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex or sexual orientation, including gender-related identity; and the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act), which requires timely warning to the community of certain immediate threats.
