1.Holds valid NJ Driver’s license.
2.Holds or must obtain CDL within  3 months of employment.
3.Teacher certification or certification and/or experience in related area.
4.Knowledge of special education code as it relates to transition activities, knowledge of ADA, Knowledge of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and DOL Child Labor Laws.
5.Knowledge of existing local and state agencies that support the transition process, (e.g., DVRS, DDD, SSI, etc.)
6.Highly qualified in the area of job coaching special needs students in community and/or vocational settings.
7.Excellent oral and written communication skills.  Ability to communicate effectively with school administrators, teachers, parents/guardians, students and employers.
8.Experience in collaborating with agencies, parents/guardians and districts.
9.Demonstrated attitude for successful completion of task assigned.
10.Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Commission may find appropriate and acceptable. 

Scope:    

Terms of Employment:  

• Design and implement travel training for students with disabilities.
• Outreach to the local business communities to provide work-based learning including career tours, group or individual internship and employment for students with disabilities.
• To ensure that eligible students are provided with an on-going community-based vocational program.
• Works with the building principal/administrator, the student’s teacher(s) and members of the school community to assess the vocational needs and the physical and learning capabilities of those students requiring community-based vocational placements.
• Meets with each assigned student on a regularly scheduled basis for the purpose or providing job coaching.
• Assumes responsibility for obtaining contacts and work sites in the community that are necessary for vocational instruction through the procedures established by the ESCNJ.
• Assesses, on an on-going basis, student strengths and weaknesses, and provides appropriate activities to assess student needs.
• Files written progress reports on each assigned student with the ESCNJ building level principal and/or administrator and the sending district.

Student Management:

• Facilitates a positive and orderly environment for learning for the assigned student.
• Keeps, maintains, and files such reports and records as may be required, including attendance reports, case evaluation, and the like.

Instructional Planning:

• Coordinates, with the advice of student’s regular teacher or teachers, an instructional program for each assigned student receiving community-based program.
• Coordinates with the student’s teacher (s) and with the appropriate district personnel the on-going evaluation of the student including providing grades when appropriate.

Professional Development:

• Keeps informed in a systematic way of educational trends and new methods in vocational education, remaining always alert to possibilities inherent in such information for adaptation to the particular needs of the students.

School/Community Relations:

• Works cooperatively with the parents/guardians of students to implement the appropriate instructional program.
• Works cooperatively with the classroom teacher of students having job coaching/vocational training.
• Properly completes all required materials from work sites.
• Other duties as may be deemed necessary by the ESCNJ building level principal/administrator or Superintendent’s designee.

Minimum Salary:  $35,000