Transition Coordinator (Powder Mill Campus-Beltsville, MD)

Overview

The Transitions Coordinator will monitor compliance with transition-related COMAR Regulations, and will coordinate transitions for a varied population of students in a private separate day school for students with disabilities.

The Powder Mill (Beltsville, MD) campus of Kennedy Krieger School serves students in grades 2-8 who are working toward a high school diploma, and students aged 7-21 who are seeking a certificate of completion.

Responsibilities

- Provide support to the ACT office to ensure compliance with all federal and state regulations related to the development and implementation of student transition plans.

- Maintain documentation of all contacts with parents/guardians, agency representatives, administration and colleagues regarding student progress and concerns as needed.

- Serve as liaison with State and Local Education Agencies, as well as adult and community service provider agencies. Work with team to facilitate student and parent visits to agencies.

- Collaborate with Work Based Learning/Vocational Staff to identify WBL partners in the community, coordinate student placement at those sites, and ensure that classroom instruction and training matches job site skill requirements.

- Assemble new student records and assist in the coordination of student records, including all aspects of transition planning records and documentation (i.e., transition plans, IEP goals, exit documents, etc,).

- Facilitate IEP Team Meetings.

- Facilitate transitions to primarily to post-school placements for graduating students and/or transition-aged exiting students..

- Facilitate the communication of new student data and changes in student status to the business office.

- Coordinate the completion and timely submission of all transition related sections of the student’s Individual Education Plan (IEP), to include a detailed transition plan with specific goals and/or objectives.

- Responsible for awareness of and connection to adult and community service provision options in the LEAs served by KKS.

- Coordinate communication with education and clinical staff regarding all transition-related issues pertaining to students.

- Participate in and contribute to in-services in a professional and collegial manner.

- Work with ACT Manager and Director to develop mechanism for gathering and analysis of longitudinal data from students who exit KKS programs.

Qualifications

EDUCATION:

Bachelors Degree in Special Education or appropriate content area is required.

EXPERIENCE:

Minimum of two years experience in position-related field is required. Specific experience with transition planning and adult services is preferred.

RELATED TRAINING:

PCM training will be provided by department. Employee must achieve and maintain certification at the “Practitioner” level (or higher) according to the timeline established within the departmental policy.

## Minimum pay range
USD $27.47/Hr.

## Maximum pay range
USD $47.74/Hr.