Special Populations Vocational Consultant

Saginaw Intermediate School District•Saginaw, MI

About The Position

The Special Populations Vocational Consultant facilitates career-awareness activities for students from pre-kindergarten through grade 20 and promotes professional skills, focusing primarily on students with disabilities. The role supports career development, awareness, and planning across local districts; coordinates with the work-based learning coordinator on employer placement opportunities; and supports Career Navigator Education Development Plans in Xello in coordination with LEA school counselors. The consultant attends IEP meetings for students on the caseload, provides consultation and professional development for CTE instructors, works with students individually or in small groups as needed, and assists with career-related events and curriculum development and implementation. The consultant reports to the Director of Career & Technical Education. Work is performed mainly in a school office, CTE setting, regular classroom, and/or at students’ external worksites. Salary is determined per the SIFT CBA.

Requirements

Master’s degree in education, teaching and learning, or special education.
Valid Michigan teaching certificate.
Valid credential in any area of Special Education, or ability to obtain temporary approval.
Demonstrated communication skills and resourcefulness when working with a broad range of students, staff, administrators, employers, and parents.

Nice To Haves

Experience in transition planning for students with IEPs.

Responsibilities

Facilitate career-awareness activities for PK–20 students and promote professional skills, primarily for students with disabilities.
Acquire and maintain thorough knowledge of career-development resources across grade levels.
Develop working knowledge and understanding of all special populations categories.
Report, support, and track identified special populations students toward success in their CTE programs.
Assist students and graduates with career planning and coordinate with work-based learning staff on placements relevant to students’ needs, interests, and abilities.
Assist students with transition planning and connect students with disabilities to post-secondary opportunities and/or employment.
Establish and maintain communication networks with employers, teachers, students, parents, and others involved in career awareness.
Work with teachers and others to establish and maintain a coordinated community-wide career-education promotional and informational program.
Participate in professional development to maintain expertise, stay current on technological advances in business and industry, and build a network of colleagues.
Work with teachers to guide development of related instruction.
Serve as liaison between LEAs and CTE programming at the Saginaw Career Complex.
Work with the Great Lakes Bay Early Middle College (GLBEC) to assist students from the LEAs.
Attend caseload students’ IEP meetings and provide consultation and professional development for CTE instructors.
Work with students individually or in small groups on strategies for success as needed.
Assist with career-related events and curriculum development and implementation as needed.
Perform other duties as assigned.