Transition Coordinator

The Ellsworth Community School District is hiring a Transition Coordinator at the High School with the start date of November 9, 2026 or as soon as available. The Transition Coordinator helps students with disabilities move successfully from high school into postsecondary education, employment, and independent adult life. The Transition Coordinator is a person who is committed to collaborating around identifying barriers to transition planning, organizing the supports needed, and developing solutions for youth with disabilities in the local county they serve. The coordinator assists students and families to explore employment, training, and postsecondary education and engage in skills to be independent in their home and community while building self-advocacy skills. The full job description can be found here: Ideal candidate should hold or be able to obtain Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction 1801- Cross Categorical Special Education however, other Special Education licensure considered. Candidates should also have experience as a special education teacher, experience developing programs and curriculum to support the transition process from high school to adulthood, assessing students with disabilities and providing students with career guidance, developing internships, and volunteer work experiences and hold a valid driver's license. This is a part time position with working hours to be determined. Contract will be a co-curricular contract. Applicants can apply by submitting an application in WECAN along with a cover letter expressing interest, resume, letters of recommendation, transcripts, and copy of licensure. This vacancy will be open until the position is filled. All questions can be directed to Katie Deiss, Special Education Director by phone at (715)273-3911 or by email at deisska@ellsworth.k12.wi.us The Ellsworth Community School District does not discriminate on the basis of age, sex, race, religion, national origin, color, gender identity, ancestry, creed, pregnancy, marital or parental status, sexual orientation, physical, mental, emotional, or learning disability or handicap. NOTICE OF SCHOOL DISTRICT POLICIES ON SEX DISCRIMINATION, THE DISTRICT’S TITLE IX COORDINATOR(S), AND PROCEDURES FOR REPORTING OR FILING A COMPLAINT OF SEX DISCRIMINATION Title IX Nondiscrimination Policy Statement – As mandated by the current provisions of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and under the regulations set forth in Chapter 106 of Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations (“the federal Title IX regulations”), the District does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of sex in any education program or activity that the District operates. Title IX’s requirement not to discriminate in any education program or activity extends to cover, but is not limited to, District students, certain admissions processes, and District employment. Inquiries regarding how Title IX and the federal Title IX regulations apply to the District may be referred to a District Title IX Coordinator (as designated below), to the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Education, or to both. The District’s commitment to nondiscrimination under Title IX and under other state and federal laws is further defined in the following policies of the School Board (school board policy 1422, 1662, 2260, 3122, 3362, 4122, 4362, and 5517). District Title IX Coordinators – The District employees who hold each of the positions identified below serve as Title IX Coordinators for the District: Mary Zimmerman Director of Student Services/Teaching and Learning 300 Hillcrest St PO Box 1500 Ellsworth, WI 54011 (715)273-3911 zimmermanm@ellsworth.k12.wi.us Olin Morrison Middle School Principal 312 Panther Dr PO Box 1500 Ellsworth, WI 54011 (715)273-3908 morrisono@ellsworth.k12.wi.us The district has established a process for reporting Sex Discrimination, filing formal complaints of Title IX Sexual Harassment, and has established grievance procedures through which the District structures its response to reports that allege unlawful discrimination on the basis of sex in any education program or activity of the District. These procedures can be found on the school district website at www.ellsworth.k12.wi.us > District> School District Policies> Policy 2266 or directly at the following link: https://go.boarddocs.com/wi/ellsworth/Board.nsf/vpublic