Deaf Education Pathways Coach

The University of Texas at Austin; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 60,000 - 74,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Texas at Austin is seeking a Student Success Specialist in the Special Education department to deliver targeted technical assistance and subject-matter expertise that strengthens supports, programs, and partnerships for deaf students’ successful transitions through education and career pathways.

The role involves leading capacity-building activities, analyzing programs, and collaborating across secondary and postsecondary education, workforce partners, and community

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in education, student affairs, counseling, rehabilitation counseling, career development, workforce development, deaf education, or a related field.
• Five or more years of experience in student success, transition, disability services, student affairs, career development, vocational rehabilitation, workforce development, advising, or a related education or training setting.
• Knowledge of practices that support student readiness, transition, engagement, persistence, completion, and career development, including accommodations, communication access strategies, and assistive technologies.
• Experience providing consultation, training, professional development, or program improvement support.
• Familiarity with laws and policies affecting deaf people in postsecondary education, training, and employment.
• Ability to analyze programs, practices, services, or student pathways and develop practical recommendations.
• Experience facilitating groups and supporting organizations through planning or improvement processes.
• Experience working with deaf people and deaf communities.
• Strong consultation, facilitation, analytical, organizational, and written communication skills.
• Proficiency in American Sign Language.

Responsibilities

• Provide targeted technical assistance and consultation to schools, postsecondary institutions, vocational rehabilitation programs, workforce partners, and other organizations to identify problems of practice, clarify priorities, and develop practical strategies for improving student success and career pathways.
• Lead and facilitate structured capacity-building activities, including cohorts, institutes, working groups, individualized consultation, peer-learning activities, training, and follow-up support that help participants apply learning within their own settings.
• Analyze programs, services, practices, and student pathways to identify strengths, gaps, barriers, and opportunities for improvement; synthesize findings and work with partners to develop actionable recommendations and improvement plans.
• Provide subject-matter expertise related to student readiness and success, including transition planning, college and career readiness, advising, student engagement and belonging, persistence, completion, career development, work-based learning, and movement into employment or further training.
• Support collaboration across secondary education, postsecondary education, vocational rehabilitation, Pre-ETS, career and technical education, workforce, career services, and community partners to strengthen coordinated pathways and reduce gaps between systems.
• Help partners use data and evidence to guide program and practice improvement, including identifying useful indicators, examining available data, establishing priorities, monitoring progress, and adapting strategies based on findings.
• Develop and contribute to tools, training, resources, and applied planning materials that support targeted technical assistance and help organizations implement evidence-based and promising practices.
• Maintain current knowledge of research, policy, and effective practices related to deaf student success, transition, and career development, and collaborate across NDC teams to connect partners with additional expertise or more intensive technical assistance when appropriate.

Skills

Consultation

Facilitation

Analytical

Organizational skills

Written communication

American Sign Language

Interpersonal skills

Adaptability

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in education, student affairs, counseling, rehabilitation counseling, career development, workforce development, deaf education, or related field

Master's degree in a related field

Job description

The University of Texas at Austin is seeking a Student Success Specialist in the Special Education department to deliver targeted technical assistance and subject-matter expertise that strengthens supports, programs, and partnerships for deaf students’ successful transitions through education and career pathways.

The role involves leading capacity-building activities, analyzing programs, and collaborating across secondary and postsecondary education, workforce partners, and community