What are the responsibilities and job description for the Job Coach position at Lamar CISD?
JOB STATUS:
UNTIL FILLED
POSTING DATE:
03/31/2025
POSTING NUMBER:
00007080
LOCATION:
Special Education
POSITION TITLE:
Job Coach
JOB DESCRIPTION:
Primary Purpose: Assist students with disabilities with the acquisition of job skills, preparing and interviewing for unpaid/paid employment, and monitor on-the-job-performance.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Major Responsibilities and Duties
- Assist with progress toward mastery of transition goals and objectives in the implementation of the IEP.
- Assist students with completion of job applications.
- Train students on appropriate work-related behaviors and social skills.
- Participate in job interviews and provide job coaching according to the individual needs of the student.
- Maintain a regular schedule of direct involvement with the student in the implementation of the student’s IEP in partnership with their campus-based caseworker.
- Provide a continuum of supports and services to employers of vocational students including: regularly scheduled job site visits, ongoing communication, and on-the-job supports and job coaching.
- Assist campuses with evaluation of student vocational skills and behavior to assist in determining work readiness, abilities, interests, and preferences.
- Maintain and document communication with teachers assigned to work with VAC students.
- Conduct a task analysis of skills required for particular job(s).
- Train and coach students with disabilities to meet jobs employer’s established standards.
- Conduct regular data collection to monitor acquisition of job skills.
- Participate in transition team meetings for the purpose of providing input on student progress toward Individual Transition Program goals.
- Attendance at work is an essential function.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
- Monitor and supervise students
EXPERIENCE:
QUALIFICATIONS:
Minimum Education/Certification:
- High school diploma or G.E.D.
- Title 1 Funded Campus: 48 semester hours of college coursework from a regionally accredited college or university OR meets NCLB requirements for Highly Qualified Paraprofessionals
- Non-Title 1 Funded Campus: 30 semester hours of college coursework from a regionally accredited college or university OR three years of full-time work-related experience with special needs students in an instructional or child care facility
Special Knowledge/Skills:
- Ability to main confidentiality of student information
- Ability to follow detailed written and oral instructions
- Working knowledge of effective methods of dealing with students with disabilities
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships as necessitated by work assignments
- Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing
- Ability to lift up to 20-30 pounds
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OTHER INFORMATION:
Equipment Used: Computer, copier and other standard office equipment, audiovisual equipment, special learning devices and other specialized/adaptive equipment used by students. Working Conditions: Mental/Physical Demands/Environmental Factors: Communicating (verbal and written), understanding verbal instructions, reasoning skills, reading, instructing, emotional control. Frequent moderate lifting and carrying (15 – 44 pounds), occasional heavy lifting and carrying (45 pounds and over) and positioning students with physical disabilities, controlling behavior through appropriate restraint techniques, assisting non-ambulatory students, lifting and moving adaptive and other classroom equipment, pushing, pulling, reaching above shoulders, use of fingers, walking, standing, repeated bending, specific visual requirements (activity sufficient for reading/writing), specific hearing requirements (activity sufficient to monitor children's safety), traveling (daily, to many settings on and off campus). Inside and outside (classroom; community and recreational sites, including swimming; exposure to sun, heat, cold and inclement weather), microwaves, works with hands in water, exposure to noise, exposure to biological hazards (bacteria, communicable diseases), works with frequent interruptions, ability to maintain emotional control under stress.
JOB CONTACT INFORMATION:
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The above statements are intended to describe the general purpose and responsibilities assigned to this job and are not intended to represent an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required.
GROUP / GRADE:
Wage/Hour Status: Hourly; Reports To: Special Education Transition Coordinator; Date Revised: August 2020
SALARY:
Pay Grade: 3
DAYS:
187
