This position is a 1.0 FTE located at the Syphax Education Center in the Special Education Office.

• Assist with graduation and post-secondary planning.
  
• Develop transition resources for the students and their family.
  
• Assist student in developing self-advocacy skills.
  
• Serve as liaison between the teachers/school and parents/community, such as PERT, DRS, CSB and adult service resources.
  
• Job development in the community.
  
• Job coaching
  
• Provide assistance wit colleges/trade school enrollment and planning designed to meet the needs of special education students.
  
• Assist with the vocational assessment process.
  
• Assist with career planning readiness.
  
• Maintain contact with parent to discuss transition plans.
  
• Network and refer with adult service agencies.
  
• Establish rapport with both student and parent/guardian.
  
• Assess immediate goal with consideration of long term goals.
  
• Assist students who are team-taught but do not require the services offered by DRS.
  

• Guidelines: School Board Policies and Policy Implementation Procedures
  

• Experience in Special Education working with adolescents with disabilities.
  
• Experience working with a wide variety of school professionals, agency staff and families.
  
• Experience in transition/vocational education.
  

• Must have or be eligible for Virginia licensure.
  
• Must have Special education endorsement
  
• Minimum three years teaching/work experience.
  
• Physical Attributes.
  
• Work requires moving about to obtain work objectives, supplies, etc., distributing work, coordinating with others and performing related functions, operating office and communications equipment, such as a computer and a telephone, reviewing questionnaires, reports and other documents containing small print, symbols and statistical notations.
  
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  Dual endorsement in English as a Second Language and/or Special Education, or in any other content area, is preferred but not required.
  
  
  

If you would like to apply for a position please follow these steps.
1. Log in to your application and select the appropriate application (Current APS employees interested in transferring must select the Employee Transfer Application). If you are a new online application user, please regiser with the online system, then proceed to Step 2.
2. Login to your application, select the appropriate application, click the Start Application button at the bottom of the page.
3. Click the Continue/Save button at the bottom of the each web page until you reach the Employment Openings page of the application.
4. On the Employment Openings page, click the Add Job button.
5. Select the position you would like to apply for from the drop down list.
6. Click the Add Another button to add a different position to your application or if you have finished click the Continue button and proceed to Step 7.
7. Once you have finished selecting the job(s) click the Continue button at the bottom of each web page and submit the application. (You will need to complete the Applicant Testimony and Applicant's Authorization Statement every time you re-submit your application).
8. Click the Submit button on the left.
9. Click the Submit Application button to finish applying for an APS position(s).
10. Please do not contact the schools regarding job openings.

Arlington Public Schools is an Equal Opportunity Employer

It is the policy of the Arlington School Board, as stated in Policy G-2.30, Employee Relations – Equal Employment Opportunity - that “Employment opportunities shall not be restricted, abridged or otherwise adversely affected on the basis of race, national origin, creed, color, religion, gender, age, economic status, sexual orientation, national origin, marital status, genetic information, gender identity or expression, and/or disability.”

Salary will be based on the FY2023-24 salary schedule