Transition Teacher

Transition Teacher

Department: Special Services/ BAHS

FLSA Status: Exempt

Employment Status: Full Time

Salary: Based on Experience and Degree

Location: Broken Arrow High School

• Bachelor's degree in Education
• Valid Oklahoma teaching certificate
• Minimum of 3 years experience teaching students with profound disabilities (preferred)
• Computer literate
• Excellent written and oral communication
• Expertise in Special Education Transition Assessments and Programming
• Ability to maintain cooperative relationships with administrators, teachers, staff, and community partners

• Assist with the coordination of post‑high school transition planning.
• Facilitate, plan, and organize the Tiger Loving Care Food Pantry Transition Workshop.
• Provide/facilitate job shadowing and/or work‑experience opportunities in the community.
• Maintain a "Transition Profile" for each student that tracks assessments, results, and a suggested implementation timeline.
• Collect data from the implementation of the IEP and Transition Plan and provide documentation to the team.
• Serve as a district liaison with area businesses, advisory groups, and agencies to develop school‑to‑work opportunities.
• Collaborate with community businesses to establish work experience and shadowing opportunities.
• Assist teachers, principals, directors, and other staff in planning, delivering, and evaluating transition procedures and services.
• Establish and maintain a transition assessment and services resource file for special education staff.
• Provide training for special education staff and administration on transition programming.
• Collaborate with IEP teams to write meaningful transition plans, determine post‑secondary goals, and coordinate transition services.
• Organize a "Transition Fair" for special education students and families.
• Attend state transition meetings and conferences.
• Gather information and provide a transition packet to students with special education needs.
• Perform psychologist duties as assigned.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Frequent sitting at a desk, traveling to school sites, and long periods of computer use are required. Walking, sitting, standing, lifting, bending, crouching, kneeling, pushing/pulling, and rapid responses to ensure student safety are also required.