Community Connections Facilitator; SY

Community Connections Facilitator (CCF)

The Community Connections Facilitator (CCF) will be an education professional who is experienced and knowledgeable about the needs of middle and secondary school students with disabilities as they prepare for transition to adult life opportunities such as employment, post secondary education training and independent living (if appropriate). The person will ensure that effective transition planning takes place, and that current and effective strategies like Person Centered Planning are conducted.

The CCF will support the school staff in the development of transitional programming to assure all students reach their goals. The CCF will implement a student database system to document the student's progress toward meeting goals. The CCF will maintain a high level of professionalism, responsibility, consistency, and respect at all times. The CCF will provide and share professional development in all realms of transition and their student database documentation system.

• Work with members of the STRIVE team utilizing an individualized service coordination and team approach toward facilitating multiple positive outcomes for students with disabilities. Outcomes may include employment, post-secondary school enrollment, training programs, and independent living.
• Collaborate with faculty across the school system including regular education teachers to ensure that students with disabilities become involved in the vocational continuum.
• Facilitate the development of a work-based learning plan once the student is placed in a school or community based work experience.
• Collaborate with school-based teams to facilitate and determine the type of accommodations that might be needed by a student in the work site or other community-based settings.
• Attend professional development, workshops, and conferences to remain current in terms of special education laws.
• Provide community access to: travel training, potential work sites, internship opportunities, adult service providers, post-secondary opportunities.
• Facilitate and maintain interagency agreements with a wide range of employers and community resources.
• Provide ongoing family support including, but not limited to: the rights of persons with disabilities, options related to independent living, and accessible housing, guardianship, intake and eligibility for adult service providers, appropriate prevocational and vocational training opportunities.
• Conduct ongoing documentation of student participation in services facilitated through STRIVE.
• Other duties as required

Other responsibilities as required:

• Collaborate with Guidance Director and Guidance
• Collaborate with middle school staff
• Collaborate with related service providers at middle and high schools
• Collaborate with COSE to to ensure that SWDs have required documentation
• When appropriate, ensure 688 referrals are completed for SWDs
• Monitor and review high needs cases

• Sets ambitious learning goals for all students, uses instructional and clinical practices that reflect high expectations for students and student work; engages all students in learning.
• Consistently defines high expectations for student learning goals and behavior.
• Assesses student learning regularly using a variety of assessments to measure growth, and understanding.
• Effectively analyzes data from assessments, draws conclusions, and shares them appropriately.

• Exhibits strong knowledge of child development and how students learn and behave, and designs effective and rigorous plans for support with measurable outcomes.
• Demonstrates knowledge of students' developmental levels by providing differentiated learning experiences and support that enable all students to progress toward intended outcomes.

• Builds a productive learning environment where every student participates and is valued as part of the class community.
• Uses instructional and clinical practices that are likely to challenge, motivate and engage all students and facilitate active participation.
• Consistently adapts instruction, services, plans and assessments to make curriculum/ supports accessible to all students.

• Actively creates and maintains an environment in which students' diverse backgrounds, identities, strengths, and challenges are respected.

• Engages with families and builds collaborative, respectful relationships with them in service of student learning.
• Consistently provides parents with clear expectations for student learning behavior and/or wellness and shares strategies to promote learning and development at school and home.

• Regularly reflects on practice, seeks and responds to feedback, and demonstrates self-awareness and commitment to continuous learning and development.
• Consistently collaborates with colleagues through shared planning and/or informal conversation…