Description

Sign on Bonus $1,500

Housing resources can be shared

ASL proficiency required

Provide direct services to assist students, families, outside agencies and staff in the areas of vocational evaluation, transition planning, employment skills development and post secondary education planning.

SUPERVISOR: Secondary Transition Coordinator

FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Works with a team to develop transition plans and attend IEP meetings for students.
• Develops student internship placements on and off campus.
• Creates postings for all internship opportunities.
• Reaches out to local businesses for internship possibilities.
• Creates student materials using technology.
• Transports students to and from the internship sites.
• Provides job training on the internship site and communicate regularly with the employers.
• Assists students, as needed, in the acquisition of basic employment skills.
• Meet regularly with students to obtain feedback of the internship sites.
• Assists students, as needed, in the acquisition of post-secondary programming.
• Serves as a liaison between community transition agencies and The Learning Center.
• Represents The Learning Center at national meetings and conferences on transition services for Deaf youth.
• Maintains professional competence through in-service, workshops, coursework and other professional development activities.
• Meet weekly with the Transition Coordinator to discuss needs, issues, concerns and highlights.
• Assists with Career Fair and other Transition events.
• Assists the Job Coach in refining the internship protocol for students entering the work place on/off campus.

**May be required to drive students and additional driving responsibilities as needed.

**Some lifting may be required when working with young students or students with special needs, however, TLC embraces and celebrates a spirit of inclusion and diversity, and reasonable accommodations and modifications will be made whenever possible. The diversity of our student population may require that some assignments have a heavier physical responsibility due to safety. If the opening for which you are applying will require more strenuous physical activity, the unique needs will be discussed at the time of interview.

*Perform other tasks as assigned by the Department Supervisor.

*Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

**TLC is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and all employees and applicants for employment are afforded equal opportunity in every area of hiring and employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender identity, age, criminal record (inquiries only), handicap (disability), mental illness, retaliation, sexual harassment, sexual orientation, genetics, active military, and any other legally protected characteristic.

**TLC embraces and celebrates a spirit of inclusion and diversity, and reasonable accommodations and modifications will be made whenever possible.

Requirements

• Master's Degree in Deaf Education or related field

• Experience working with high school deaf and hard of hearing students in an educational setting

• Experience in transition planning and vocational assessment of deaf students.

• Experience in post-secondary educational planning

• Prior experience working with children preferred

• Ability to accept and constructively use feedback and suggestions regarding job responsibilities and performance

• Verbal and written communication skills are at sufficient level to ensure effective communication

• Interpersonal skills developed to a level which will allow smooth cooperation at all levels within the agency

• A minimum of conversational fluency in American Sign Language required, with native, or near-native ASL fluency preferred

• Ability to work effectively as part of an educational team