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Benefits & Perks:

+ Generous Paid Time Off (PTO), including paid holidays

+ Qualifying Non-For-Profit for Federal Student Loan Forgiveness Program (click here to learn more: https://studentaid.gov/manage-loans/forgiveness-cancellation)

+ Casual dress code

+ Health, dental & vision insurance options

+ Free dental insurance

+ Paid Employer sponsored life insurance.

+ Supplemental insurance programs for additional life insurance, short-term disability, accident & cancer insurance

+ Up to $600 every year for completing biometric health screenings on a single health insurance plan & up to $1,200 if a spouse also completes

+ Up to $180 annual gym reimbursement

+ Take advantage of our Dental & Outpatient Mental Health services while working

+ Employee referral program

Job Summary:

The Transition Specialist in School Age Education provides support and training for individuals to be as independent and productive as possible in their work life and to be meaningfully integrated into the community, including transition skills to gain job skills, employment and independent living.

Essential Job Duties:

+ Provide Transition Lessons and activities related to transition in classroom and IEP goals

+ Administer Vocational Assessments and Interest Inventories

+ Develop Training Plans, Career Plans, and Employability Profiles with students

+ Develop collaboration with Community partners to provide career exploration and work-based learning

+ Schedule students for vocational and community experiences to meet CDOS requirements

+ Take students on college tours and assist students in completing their educational goals

+ Complete documentation and track WBL hours necessary to meet NYSED requirements

+ Collaborate with Teachers to ensure transition sections of the IEP are aligned with State Ed indicator 13.

+ Meets with students aged 12 and over to determine their transition goals. Communicates student goals with Guidance Counselor to ensure course selection match transition goals.

+ Any other duty assigned by your supervisor

Skills:

+ Computer skills

+ Customer skills

Competencies:

+ Communication: Oral and written

+ Taking initiative: Identifying what needs to be done and doing it before being asked or before the situation requires it

+ Empowering others: The ability to convey confidence in employees' ability to be successful, especially at challenging new tasks; delegating significant responsibility and authority; allowing employees freedom to decide how they will accomplish their goals and resolve issues

+ Creativity/Innovation: Fosters and initiates new ideas, methods and solutions

+ Tenacity: Staying with a position or plan of action until the desired objective is obtained or is no longer reasonably attainable. Works to achieve goals in spite of barriers or difficulties; actively works to overcome obstacles by changing strategies, doubling efforts, using multiple approaches, etc.

+ Organizational Planning: Identifying an organization's immediate and long-term objectives and formulating and monitoring specific strategies to achieve them.

Education:

+ Minimum Degree Required: Bachelor`s Degree in educational related field

Experience:

+ Minimum Experience Required: 1-2 years’ working with students/children/adolescents

License/Registration/Certification:

+ Valid NYS Driver’s License is required

+ NYS Teacher Certification is preferred

Physical Requirements:

+ The overall nature of the position is sedentary requiring little physical effort with occasional light physical exertion required. There is little, if any, exposure to environmental conditions

+ The constant physical demand of the position is sitting.

+ The frequent physical demands of the position are standing, walking, climbing, talking, hearing, repetitive motions, and eye/hand/foot coordination.

+ The occasional physical demands of the position are lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, balancing, stooping, crouching, reaching, handling, grasping, and feeling

Job Details

Job Function Non-Essential

Pay Type Hourly

Employment Indicator Full Time

Hiring Min Rate 22.14 USD

Hiring Max Rate 32 USD