Transition Services Manager

Essential Functions

• Facilitates transition planning process with families, classroom teams, and agencies, working towards a seamless transition from school to adult services for each graduate.
• Develops professional development content, in‑service training materials, and parent support, education, and workshops to improve post‑school outcomes.
• Serves as embedded coach/mentor, bringing staff to mastery in evidence‑based transition models and practices, and attends relevant professional development to stay current.
• Ensures the school career development model, IEP transition sections, resources, school employment services, and tools are up to date, meet PDE and ODP guidelines, and align with desired student outcomes.
• Oversees school career preparation services and team with an “employment first” approach, ensuring services and billing comply with funding regulations.
• Acts as secondary transition lead across all stakeholders—including school districts, parents, and agencies—and provides coaching to team members in a supportive, collaborative manner, incorporating feedback to improve performance.
• Reviews, submits, and manages department timelines and budgetary needs.
• Identifies, addresses, and manages employee performance discrepancies, disciplinary issues, and training deficiencies for department members.
• Implements performance management policies and positive management practices to achieve high‑performing employees and teams.
• Completes other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibility

This position supervises the school Employment and Transition team.

Physical Demands

The role requires typical movements such as sitting, walking, standing, reaching, pushing, pulling, lifting, stooping, and crawling, often for extended periods. The incumbent may need to physically move students during interventions to maintain a safe learning environment, learn new tasks quickly, follow detailed instructions, and travel to multiple locations as needed.

Expected Schedule

Full‑time position with a minimum 40‑hour work week. The Transition Services Manager follows the school calendar, working the 205‑day student calendar plus 13 days of professional in‑service.

Desired Education and Experience

• Special Education Certification and/or pertinent experience with special education, secondary transition, and preparing students with disabilities for employment.
• Supervisory experience preferred.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills.
• Customer service strength across a variety of stakeholders.
• Successful completion of all pre‑employment requirements.