Career Pathway Network; CPSN Career Connection Consultant

Starting Date: Jul 1, 2026

The Career Connection Consultant will promote equitable access to career‑technical education (CTE) for students with disabilities and assist school districts in providing special education and related services within the context of career‑technical education. The Consultant will provide coaching, professional learning, and technical assistance to career‑technical planning districts and their partner districts within the assigned Career Pathway Support Network (CPSN) region.

• Participate in the Office for Exceptional Children and Individuals with Disabilities Education Act selective reviews related to career‑technical education/job training services for students with disabilities.
• Serve as a CPSN team member to support district leadership, building leadership teams, and teacher‑based teams regarding career‑technical education services for students with disabilities.
• Collect and review career‑technical pathway data to identify professional learning and technical assistance needs that strengthen the capacity of career‑technical education personnel.
• Develop and facilitate professional learning and technical assistance on a self‑review of the school/district’s capacity to provide special education services to students with disabilities in career‑technical education.
• Provide information and resources to keep CTPDs and districts up‑to‑date on federal and state initiatives and requirements related to students with disabilities and CTE.
• Coordinate regional collaborative networks to address the needs of special education within career‑technical education.
• Work collaboratively with CPSN consultants, SST consultants, educational agencies, community stakeholders, and families to ensure students with disabilities participating in CTE have access to appropriate instructional practices and frameworks.
• Support CTPDs and districts in developing high expectations for the achievement of all diverse learners and ensuring effective instructional practices in the least restrictive environment.
• Attend and inform State CPSN and Statewide Consultant Meetings and the Office for Exceptional Children Meetings as applicable.
• Attend local, state, and regional conferences for professional development as approved and applicable.
• Learn content and provide technical assistance in implementing statewide initiatives within the assigned region, including the Career Connected Learning Framework, Industry Recognized Credentials, and the effective delivery of CTE for students with disabilities in their least restrictive environment.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Master’s degree in an area related to primary responsibility (e.g., education, special education, early childhood education, education administration) or equivalent evidence of equivalency.
• Three to five years of successful classroom teaching, school improvement planning, special education administration, career‑technical administration, or related experience.
• Appropriate license for the individual’s profession (e.g., special education administration, general education, intervention specialist, early learning).

Days: 204‑214 days (salary based on assigned number of days)

Position Type: Full‑time

Final date to receive applications: Until Filled

Anticipated

Start Date:

July 2026