Coordination of transitional services for students ages 14 to 21 throughout the Orange Board of Education with educational disabilities to include:

¨      Administer interest inventories

¨      Schedule functional vocational evaluations with outside agencies

¨      Attend student IEP meetings throughout district and out of district as requested

¨      Provide individual and group sessions with students on issues pertaining to self advocacy, service linkage, instructional goals, pre-employment training etc.

¨      Conduct workshops to prepare special needs students and increase enrollment in the following programs (shared time vocational school candidates, summer employment, conferences, award programs etc.)

¨      Dissemination of transitional resource information to students, district staff and families

¨      Development of services (structured learning experiences, job shadowing, supported employment etc.)

¨      Develop partnerships with businesses, community-based organizations, hospitals, schools and colleges leading to Structured Learning Experiences, employment or enrollment

¨      Provide individual parent sessions/group parent training on advocacy and resource information

¨      Coordinate and schedule student conferences, social and vocational/college field trips

¨      Follow up on referral to agencies

¨      On going contact with state agencies (DVRS, PerformCare,DDD, NJ One Stop, SSI etc.)

¨      Collaborate with administration, structured learning experience coordinator, child study teams, guidance departments and support staff in and out of district

¨      Coordinate transportation, lunch, chaperones etc. for vocational training, instruction, activities & other outside of schools

¨      Attend conferences relating to transitional issues (i.e. Transitional Coordinators Network etc.)