Transition Assistant SPED

Application Deadline: July 28, 2026
Work Months: 9.5
Hours: 6.0 hours per day, 5 days a week
Salary: $21.33 to $25.97 per hour

About FCUSD
FCUSD is a growing public school district focused on hiring and retaining excellent staff that represent the communities we serve. Our staff are expected to inspire excellence in all students by supporting their social-emotional wellness and academic growth. We work as a team to create welcoming and inclusive environments at our school sites and district office, with a focus on customer service and system improvement. Staff who choose FCUSD will be supported as they learn their job and opportunities to grow as a professional will be provided. Working in FCUSD is more than a job, it is a career.

Job Announcement     Transition Assistant I Job Description
Under direction of the SELPA Director or Designee, to provide job coaching, training, and clerical support to foster instruction and experiences that reinforce core curriculum concepts and skills leading to gainful employment.

Distinguishing Characteristics
This position requires working with students, parents, school employees and local business partners with minimal supervision, which includes inside and outside of a classroom, as well as on- or off-campus with small groups of students with IEPs.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Under the direction of the SELPA Director or Designee, incumbent will:

Work with Case Managers to train Transition Assistants.

Provide pre-employment skills training (through job coaching), vocational training, employment placement and follow-up for high school students with IEPs who are making the transition from school to work, independent living, and postsecondary education or training.

Assist the Special Project Coordinator or Case Manager with Work-Based Learning activities that involve actual work-site learning experiences or connect classroom learning to work and help students with IEP to achieve Competitive Integrated Employment (“CIE”) experiences.

Please see Job Description for full list of duties and responsibilities, knowledge, and abilities and skills.

Minimum Qualifications 
Experience:

· Youth-related activities and training and/or assisting students with disabilities

· Some job coaching, job placement experience is desired

Education:

· Equivalent to high school diploma

· Two-year college degree desirable

Upon Conditional Offer of Employment:

• DOJ and FBI Criminal Background Check

• TB Test within the last 60 days (Education Code 49406, Assembly Bill 1667)

• Complete district Mandated Reporter training, Sexual Harassment, etc.

Comments and Other Information:

The Folsom Cordova Unified School District prohibits discrimination, intimidation, harassment (including sexual harassment) or bullying based on a person’s actual or perceived ancestry, color, disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, immigration status, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or association with a person or a group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics. For questions or complaints, contact:

Jim Huber, Ed.D., Assistant Superintendent, Educational Services
Compliance Officer, Section 504 Coordinator, ADA Coordinator (students)
jhuber@fcusd.org
916-294-9000 x 104580

Shannon Diaz, Director of Compliance
Compliance Officer and Title IX Coordinator
sdiaz@fcusd.org
916-294-9000 x 104415
1965 Birkmont Drive
Rancho Cordova, CA 95742

The Folsom Cordova Unified School District does not discriminate on the basis of sex and prohibits sex discrimination in any education program or activity that it operates, as required by Title IX and its regulations, including in admission and employment.

Inquiries about Title IX may be referred to the Folsom Cordova Unified School District’s Title IX Coordinator, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, or both. The District Title IX Coordinator is:

Shannon Diaz, Director of Compliance
Compliance Officer and Title IX Coordinator
sd