Transition Specialist - Special Education
- Employer
- Spotsylvania County Public Schools
- Location
- Fredericksburg, VA, US
- Salary
- Competitive
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- Job Category
- Administrator, Specialist / Coordinator, Teaching, Special Education Teacher
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Job Details
Position Type:
Teacher Leadership/Transition Specialist � Special Education
Date Posted:
11/30/2022
Location:
Administrative Services - Student Support Services
Closing Date:
12/09/2022
Job Summary:
Transition Specialist performs a variety of duties in providing appropriate services to special-education students preparing for life after graduation. They link school staff, families, community, and resource providers, ensuring that students and families have access to available services.
Essential Job Functions:
Work-Based Learning Responsibilities:
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Experience (Minimum Experience)
• Three years teaching in special education at the secondary level
• Secondary experience with the implementation of transition requirements in the
secondary teacher role
• Some experience in work-based learning and/or Career and Technology
Education, is preferred
Special Knowledge & Skills
• Basic understanding of transition law, transition service requirements, and
implementation strategies
• General knowledge of transition documentation requirements
• General knowledge of work-based learning
• Ability to communicate with staff, administrators, students, teachers, parents,
and community partners
• Ability to organize and supervise paraprofessionals
• Ability to work collaboratively with multi-disciplinary teams
• Ability to work collaboratively with agency representatives and community
partners as part of the coordinated set of activities requirement in transition
services
Education and Qualifications:
Candidate must possess a Collegiate Professional or Postgraduate Professional License with endorsement(s) appropriate for the teaching assignment. Candidate must meet the definition of "highly qualified" or be able to achieve this designation in all appropriate content areas according to Virginia Department of Education guidelines.
Special Requirements:
Candidate must possess demonstrated leadership qualities and personal characteristics necessary for working effectively with students, staff, administrators, and parents.
Teacher Leadership/Transition Specialist � Special Education
Date Posted:
11/30/2022
Location:
Administrative Services - Student Support Services
Closing Date:
12/09/2022
Job Summary:
Transition Specialist performs a variety of duties in providing appropriate services to special-education students preparing for life after graduation. They link school staff, families, community, and resource providers, ensuring that students and families have access to available services.
Essential Job Functions:
- Serves as a member of an interdisciplinary team whose purpose is to provide appropriate educational programs for students with disabilities.
- Assists in vocational screening, vocational evaluating and recommending placements of students for post secondary experiences.
- Works cooperatively with general and special area classroom teachers by interpreting the abilities and disabilities of their students, and assists students with achievement of the curriculum.
- Provides specialized instruction, with specific educational planning, for those students whose needs cannot be met within the general classroom.
- Maintains ongoing records of student performance and IEP implementation in order to evaluate progress including report cards and IEP progress reports.
- Holds periodic parent conferences and/or home visits.
- Keeps abreast of recent developments in education for special needs students and shows evidence of continuing professional growth.
- Supervises paraeducators.
- Complies with all special education procedures from the division wide Special Education Handbook and the Virginia State Regulations Governing Students with Disabilities.
- Assist the Executive Director/Assistant Director of Student Support Services to develop, implement, and monitor district-wide plan to provide appropriate and effective transition services
- Conduct informal and formal transition assessments and/or monitor the administration of transition assessments administered by campus staff to identify strengths, needs, preferences, and interests
- Counsels or works with staff who counsel students with disabilities regarding transition assessment results and postsecondary goals related to education/training, employment, and independent living if appropriate
- Provide professional development and technical assistance on transition service requirements and the appropriate implementation by campus staff
- Act as the transition contact person for administrators, teachers, parents and community partners
- Provide consultation to special education staff regarding transition opportunities for students served by special education
- Collaborate with secondary staff in the preparation of the IEP and transition services
- Attend IEP Meetings to assist in the development of transition services, as needed
- Serves as a resource to staff and teachers regarding transition opportunities within the curriculum development and implementation
- Works collaboratively with agency representatives to provide information sessions for students and parents, conduct eligibility and application activities, and work to transition students from public school services and supports to adult services and supports.
- Work collaboratively with school counselors and postsecondary education institutions to encourage students with disabilities to consider postsecondary education, make selections based on interests and preferences, and facilitate application activities to the institution and the Office of Student Support Services that provide support to students with disabilities in postsecondary education.
- Provide information and training for students regarding transition and self determination
- Work with campus staff and district administrators to provide parent training and parent involvement activities that support transition for their child
- Ensures transition services consider the impact and needs of children with disabilities related to multicultural and diversity issues
- Conduct regular evaluations of transition services effectiveness and compliance
Work-Based Learning Responsibilities:
- Conduct community market analysis, work-based learning site development, and
- paid employment development for students with disabilities in work-based
- learning programs served by the special education department
- Develop and monitor contracts for both paid and non-paid work-based learning sites in the community
- Organize and schedule student and job coach assignments and transportation to and from work-based learning experiences
- Meet with employers/employees at non-paid, work-based learning sites prior to placing students to establish a meaningful learning format, assessment process, collaborative support system
- Record, collect, and analyze performance data on work-based learning sites to make data-driven decisions regarding instruction, re-teaching, support, and site assignment through ecological inventories, task analysis, and job related behaviors
- Work collaboratively with Career and Technology Education to ensure CTE is the first consideration and least restrictive environment for student's with disabilities considering vocational courses and activities
- Work with students, parents, and school staff on transportation related to nonpaid work-based learning and paid employment
- Perform other duties, as assigned, by the Executive/Assistant Director of Student Support Services.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Experience (Minimum Experience)
• Three years teaching in special education at the secondary level
• Secondary experience with the implementation of transition requirements in the
secondary teacher role
• Some experience in work-based learning and/or Career and Technology
Education, is preferred
Special Knowledge & Skills
• Basic understanding of transition law, transition service requirements, and
implementation strategies
• General knowledge of transition documentation requirements
• General knowledge of work-based learning
• Ability to communicate with staff, administrators, students, teachers, parents,
and community partners
• Ability to organize and supervise paraprofessionals
• Ability to work collaboratively with multi-disciplinary teams
• Ability to work collaboratively with agency representatives and community
partners as part of the coordinated set of activities requirement in transition
services
Education and Qualifications:
Candidate must possess a Collegiate Professional or Postgraduate Professional License with endorsement(s) appropriate for the teaching assignment. Candidate must meet the definition of "highly qualified" or be able to achieve this designation in all appropriate content areas according to Virginia Department of Education guidelines.
Special Requirements:
Candidate must possess demonstrated leadership qualities and personal characteristics necessary for working effectively with students, staff, administrators, and parents.
- Candidate must possess good moral character.
This is an 11 month position with benefits. Starting salary is $52,800.
Company
Spotsylvania County Public Schools is a diverse, suburban/rural county located between Washington, D.C. and Richmond, VA. We are home to
17 elementary schools, 7 middle schools, 5 high schools, a Career & Technical Center, an Educational & Cultural Center, and a Commonwealth Governor’s School. Our community offers a wide array of top quality educational, cultural, and entertainment options for residents and visitors.
Whether you prefer the city, the mountains, or the beach…all are easily accessible within a short drive.
Spotsylvania County Public Schools offers a robust compensation package that includes high-quality health
insurance options, a superior retirement plan, and life and disability insurance programs. Our Total Compensation
Package is one of the many reasons Spotsylvania County is the right place for you to teach, learn, and live.
Your future is bright with "Spotsy"!
Company info
- Website
- https://www.spotsylvania.k12.va.us/site/default.aspx?PageID=1
- Telephone
- 5408342500
- Location
-
8020 River Stone Drive
Fredericksburg
Virginia
22407
US
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