Special Populations Vocational Consultant

Saginaw Intermediate School District; Saginaw (MI); On-site; USD 65,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Saginaw Intermediate School District invites applications for a Special Populations Vocational Consultant. The role focuses on facilitating career awareness for PK-20 students with disabilities and promoting professional skills, coordinating with CTE staff and counselors, and supporting transitions from school to postsecondary opportunities or employment.

Responsibilities include collaboration with employers, development of IEP-related activities, and curriculum support across district

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Education, Teaching & Learning or Special Education required.
• Valid Michigan teaching certificate required.
• Credential in Special Education or ability to obtain temporary approval required.
• Experience in transition planning for students with IEPs preferred.
• Demonstrated communication and resourcefulness when working with students, staff, parents, and partners.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate career awareness activities for PK-20 students, focusing on students with disabilities.
• Collaborate with work-based learning coordinators to create placement opportunities with employers.
• Assist with Career Navigator Education Development Plans in Xello with LEA school counselors.
• Attend caseload students' IEPs, provide consultation, and support CTE instructors' professional development.
• Work with students individually or in small groups on strategies for success.
• Assist with career-related events and curriculum development/implementation as needed.

Skills

Communication skills

Transition planning experience

Collaboration with teachers/parents

Education

Masters Degree in Education, Teaching & Learning or Special Education

Valid Michigan teaching certificate

Credential in Special Education or eligibility for temporary approval

Job description

REPORTS TO: Director of Career & Technical Education

SALARY: Per SIFT CBA

GENERAL SUMMARY:

The Special Populations Vocational Consultant systematically facilitates career awareness activities for PK-20 students and promotes professional skills with students, focusing primarily on students with disabilities. The Special Populations Vocational Consultant assists with the following:

1. Career development, awareness, and planning activities across local districts.
2. Collaborates with the work-based learning coordinator for placement opportunities with employers.
3. Supports the completion of Career Navigator Education Development Plans in Xello, in coordination with LEA school counselors.
4. Attend caseload students' IEPs for students with disabilities, provide consultation, and
   professional development for CTE instructors.
5. Work with students on an individual/small group basis as needed, on strategies for
   success.
6. Assist with career-related events and curriculum development/implementation as
   needed.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

Acquires and maintains a thorough knowledge of resources related to career

1. Development at all grade levels.
2. Develops a working knowledge and understanding of all special populations’ categories.
3. Reports, supports, and tracks identified special populations’ students toward success in their CTE program.
4. Assists students and graduates in career planning and coordinates with work-based learning staff for placement relevant to identified needs, interests, and abilities.
5. Assists students with transition planning and connecting students with disabilities to post-secondary opportunities and/or employment.
6. Establishes strong and consistent communication networks with employers, teachers, students, parents, and others involved in the career awareness process.
7. Works with teachers and others to establish and maintain a coordinated, effective,community-wide promotional and informational program for career education.
8. Participates in appropriate professional development activities to maintain an optimal level of expertise, to ensure current knowledge of technological advances in businessand industry; and to establish a network of colleagues with whom to share pertinent Information.
9. Works with teachers to help guide the development of related instruction.
10. The liaison between the LEAs and CTE programming occurring at the Saginaw Career Complex.
11. Works with the Great Lakes Bay Early Middle College (GLBEC) to assist students from the LEAs
12. Other duties as assigned.

TYPICAL WORK ENVIRONMENT:

The majority of work assignments are performed in a school office, CTE, and/or regular
classroom, and/or at external students’ worksites.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

1. Masters Degree in Education, teaching and learning or special education
2. Possess a valid Michigan teaching certificate.
3. Valid credential in any area of Special Education or ability to obtain temporary approval, required
4. Experience in transition planning for students with IEPs, preferred
5. Demonstrated communication skills and resourcefulness in working with a broad range ofstudents, staff, administrators, employers, and parents.

NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMINATION

Saginaw Intermediate School District does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender and gender identity, disability, age, or national origin in its programs and activities and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding the non-discrimination policies:

Executive Director of Human Resources

Saginaw Intermediate School District

3933 Barnard Road, Saginaw, MI 48603

Telephone: [phone], Fax: [phone]

Email: [e-mail] Web: www.sisd.cc