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Job Description:

Position: Job Coach (Full Time)

Position Available: SY 26-27

School District: Regional School District 13

School: Middlesex Transition Academy (on the Wesleyan University Campus)

Reports to: MTA Program Coordinator/Director of Student Services and Special Education

Job Description: The Middlesex Transition Academy Job Coaches provide support and training for special education students at the Middlesex Transition Academy at Wesleyan University. The successful candidate must possess the ability to work with students with disabilities in community and vocational settings. The successful candidate must also have strong communication and organizational skills, demonstrate flexibility and work well as a team member.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Transport students to and from job sites as assigned by Program Coordinator after obtaining Public Passenger Endorsement from DMV
• Follow weekly supervision schedule to assigned job sites/students
• Assist students in taking initiative to complete assigned work tasks, ask questions of co-workers and employers when necessary, and request additional duties when assigned tasks are complete
• Gather and maintain and chart data about performance and behavior of individual students and confer with the teachers about progress and performance
• Maintain a safe and healthy work environment at the workplace (report to MTA teachers and Coordinator any unsafe or unhealthy work situations)
• Develop strategies with teachers to assist students to acquire positive social behavior and work habits and eliminate interfering behaviors
• Confer with teachers and Program Coordinator about behaviors observed in the workplace
• Follow instructions and use problem-solving skills that will enable the student to be successful in the workplace
• Possess situational reasoning - exercise judgment, decisiveness and creativity required on the joh with student
• Work effectively and maintain relationships with students, school personnel and employers
• Possess verbal aptitude - must be able to provide a variety of descriptive data and information
• Assist teachers at the MTA with various duties at the Academy when not working directly with students in the community

To Apply: Interested applicants must complete an online application by going to our district website (www.rsd13ct.org ). Go to Employment, click on Application Procedure for Non-Certified Positions requiring online application and then click on Online Application. No paper applications will be accepted.

The Human Resources Department is committed to supporting the Regional School District 13 mission by recruiting and retaining highly qualified educators who possess the ability to inspire and prepare all students, through engagement in authentic learning, to thrive and contribute as global citizens. To accomplish this mission, Regional School District 13 welcomes candidates from racially, culturally and ethnically diverse backgrounds to apply for available positions in the district. This mission compels us to provide leadership and expertise in the development of sound human resource policies, systems, and programs that support the achievement of each student.

Regional School District 13 does not discriminate on the basis of disability, race, color, religion, age, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity and expression, national origin, or ancestry with respect to employment practices or 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 and grievances regarding these non-discrimination policies and practices: Jennifer Keane, Director of Student Services and Special Education, 135A Pickett Lane, Durham, CT

6422. Phone: 860-349-7208.