Introduction

Anticipated Opening\nfor the 2023-2024 School Year.\n\n\nMaryland School for the Deaf (MSD) is a diverse, bilingual community\nthat, in partnership with families, provides an equitable and exemplary education in a nurturing, engaging, and challenging environment to ensure our students achieve personal excellence and become lifelong\nlearners.\n

LOCATION OF POSITION

MSD,\nFrederick Campus, 101 Clarke Place, Frederick, MD21705\n

Main Purpose of Job

Ensure all children with disabilities have a Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) that emphasizes special education and related services designed to meet their unique needs and prepare them for further education, employment, and independent living.\n\n\nImplement the transition services outlined within the student's secondary transition plan, a part of the student's individualized education plan. Provide Pre-employment transition services.\n

POSITION DUTIES

Develop and monitor work-based experiences for high school students by networking and establishing\nworking relationships with employers, businesses, and agencies in Frederick\nCounty and surrounding areas where our students reside. Review the student's\nIEP, transition assessments, and transition activities. Provide\nsupport and mentor students at job sites using effective instructional\nstrategies. Performs site analyses of specific employment sites to determine\nthe suitability\nof sites for students. Provides travel training when\nneeded. Assist students\nwith the job application process, provide job readiness training, and assist\nstudents in understanding the payroll process. Provide transportation from the\nschool to the job site and back to school. Provide Pre-transition services\nsuch as Job Exploration Counseling, Self-Advocacy Training and Postsecondary\nEducation Counseling. Complete and\nsubmit Work Based Learning Experience reports required by the Division of\nRehabilitation Services. Maintain professional competence through service, workshops,\ntraining, and other professional development activities. Assist the Pre-Employment Transition Coordinator in maintaining and preparing all necessary\ndata required by funders and agencies. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time, with or\nwithout notice.\n

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education:High school degree with a strong background working with\nDeaf and Hard of Hearing students.\n\n\nExperience: Experience in developing job sites and providing job\nplacement services.\n\n\nA Maryland driver's license is required. Lifting may be required when working with\nstudents. Requires periods of time standing while mentoring students at worksites. Fluency in American Sign Language and written\nEnglish are required.\n

DESIRED OR PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Knowledge of the Deaf culture and Deaf\neducation.\n

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

New hires are subject to a criminal\nbackground investigation at their own expense. (Maryland Code, Family Law\nArticle 1, Sections 5-560-568)\n\n\nCandidates will need to provide three letters of recommendation with\ntheir application.\n

SELECTION PROCESS

Applications will be prescreened before\ncandidates are invited to an interview. As an equal opportunity employer,\nMSD is committed to recruiting, retaining, and promoting employees who are reflective\nof the State's diversity.\n

BENEFITS

\n\nContractual employees who work for an agency covered under the State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program, have a current employment contract and work 30 or more hours a week (or on average 130 hours per month) may be eligible for subsidized health benefits coverage for themselves and their dependents. As a contractual employee, you will be responsible for paying 25% of the premiums for your medical and prescription coverage, including any eligible dependents you have enrolled. The State of Maryland will subsidize the remaining 75% of the cost for these benefits. You can also elect to enroll in dental coverage, accidental death and dismemberment insurance, and life insurance, but will be responsible to pay the full premium for these benefits.\nLeave may be granted to a contractual employee who has worked 120 days in a 12 month period. This leave accrues at a rate of one hour for every 30 hours worked, not to exceed 40 hours per calendar year.\n\n\n

FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS

Online application\nprocess is STRONGLY preferred. If online access is not available or if\nyou encounter difficulty, you may submit via mail, e-mail, fax, or deliver in\nperson before the closing date and time. Please include your name and\nrecruitment number on any documentation to ensure timely processing.\nResumes will NOT be accepted in lieu of completing the online or paper\napplication. Additional or supplemental information must be submitted by the\nclosing date and time. Application inquiries or supplemental information can be directed to the\nfollowing:\n\n\nMailing Address: Maryland\nSchool for the Deaf Recruitment Department, P. O. Box 894, Columbia, MD 21044\n\n\nE-mail:\...@msd.edu\n\n\nPhone: 410-###-####,\nTTY Users: call via Maryland Relay\n\n\nFax:410-###-####\n\n\nIndividuals from\ntraditionally underserved and underrepresented groups are strongly encouraged\nto apply. Bilingual applicants are encouraged to apply. As an equal\nopportunity employer, Maryland is committed torecruiting, retaining, and\npromoting employees who are reflective of the State's diversity. We thank\nour Veterans for their service to our country, and encourage them to apply.\n