<p>Transition Responsibilities:</p> <ul> <li>Assist the Director of Special Education to develop, implement, and monitor a district-wide plan to provide appropriate and effective transition services </li><li>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 </li><li>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 </li><li>Provide professional development and technical assistance on transition service requirements and the appropriate implementation by campus staff </li><li>Act as the transition contact person for administrators, teachers, parents and community partners </li><li>Provide consultation to special education staff regarding transition opportunities for students served by special education </li><li>Collaborate with secondary staff in the preparation of the IEP and transition services </li><li>Serves as a resource to staff and teachers regarding transition opportunities within the curriculum </li><li>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 </li><li>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 for Students with Disabilities that provide support to students with disabilities in postsecondary education </li><li>Provide information and training for students regarding transition and self-determination </li><li>Work with campus staff and district administrators to provide parent training and parent involvement activities that support transition for their child </li><li>Ensures transition services consider the impact and needs of children with disabilities related to multicultural and diversity issues </li><li>Conduct regular evaluations of transition services effectiveness and compliance </li></ul> <p>Work-Based Learning Responsibilities:</p> <ul> <li>Organize and schedule student and job coach assignments and transportation to and from work- based learning experiences </li><li>Meet with employers/employees at non-paid, work-based learning sites prior to placing students to establish meaningful learning format, assessment process, collaborative support system </li><li>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 </li><li>Train and supervise job coaches in work-based learning sites and students with disabilities in work-based learning sites </li><li>Provide assistance to students and district-level job coaches on work-based learning sites and paid employment, as needed </li><li>Work with students, parents, and school staff on transportation related to non-paid work-based learning and paid employment </li><li>Perform other duties, as assigned, by the Director of Special Education </li></ul>