Training and Consultation Specialist—PCAST and Pathways

Posting Summary
Rutgers The State University of New Jersey is seeking a Training and Consultation Specialist- PCAST and Pathways for The Boggs Center for Developmental Disabilities at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Under the supervision of a faculty member coordinates planning development training and technical assistance activities related to best practices in Person-Centered Approaches in Schools and Transition ( PCAST ) and Pathways to Postsecondary Success. Provides training and technical assistance on best practices in Person-Centered Planning ( PCP ) transition to adult life integrated community employment program design program implementation and program enhancement to school personnel statewide with concentration on person-centered approaches for all students with disabilities. Responsibilities include collaborating with the New Jersey Department of Educations Office of Special Education ( DOE - OSE ) and other Boggs Center personnel conducting training and technical assistance in PCP ; post-secondary success developing planning and providing trainings; designing and disseminating instructional and other resources; project specific data analysis and reporting; and responding to requests for information. Among the key duties of this position are the following: Assists in the development of training modules and materials related to Person-Centered Approaches in Schools and Transition ( PCAST ) including video and other training technology. Provides training and technical assistance to school/district personnel students family members and local partners in PCAST and transition planning in keeping with DOE - OSE and Boggs Center agreements and expectations. Develops and provides training and presentations about Person-Centered Approaches in Schools and Transition ( PCAST ) to schools/districts and others statewide according to procedure. Assists in developing project elements and timelines in collaboration with supervisor PCAST coworkers and DOEOSE staff. Collaborates with other Boggs Center employees regarding Person-Centered Approaches in Schools and Transition ( PCAST ) including data collection evaluations written and verbal communications and information sharing. As required conducts analyses drafts summaries and creates materials related to Person-Centered Approaches in Schools and Transition ( PCAST ) and local progress with Pathways to Postsecondary Success.

Overview
New Jerseys academic health center Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences ( RBHS ) takes an integrated approach to educating students providing clinical care and conducting research all with the goal of improving human health. Aligned with Rutgers UniversityNew Brunswick and collaborating university wide RBHS includes eight schools a behavioral health network and six centers and institutes that focus on cancer treatment and research neuroscience clinical and translational research advanced biotechnology and medicine environmental and occupational health and health care policy and aging research. Our faculty are teachers clinicians and scientists with unparalleled experience who advance medical innovation and provide patient care informed by the latest research findings. We offer an outstanding education in medicine dentistry pharmacy public health nursing biomedical research and the full spectrum of allied health careers. Our clinical and academic facilities are located throughout the state including New Brunswick Piscataway Newark Scotch Plains Somerset Blackwood and other locations. Clinical partners include Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick University Hospital in Newark and other affiliates. Through this community of healers scientists and scholars Rutgers is equipped as never before to transform lives.

Preferred Qualifications
Experience in technical assistance to schools/districts. Experience in the development and delivery of trainings and presentations in-person. Experience in Person-Centered Planning and Approaches in Schools and Transition ( PCAST ). Experience in establishing and sustaining a community of practice. Experience in the development and delivery of trainings and presentations virtually; and Experience with technology applications and learning platforms such as Google Zoom Qualtrics Canvas Learning Management System. Knowledge about New Jersey State children and adult services. Bilingual preferred.