Student Transition Specialist

Position Type : Support Staff

Date Posted : 9 / 29 / 2025

Location :

District Wide - Location To Be Determined

Date Available : 10 / 21 / 2025

Closing Date : 10 / 08 / 2025

Job Type

Full time

Hours Per Week

40

Schedule

9-months Monday through Friday

Salary Range

Group 8 from $24.74 to $30.35 per hour

Position Purpose : The Student Transition Specialist supports successful academic, behavioral, and emotional transitions for students entering, attending, and exiting Dakota Memorial School (DMS). This position serves as a vital liaison among DMS, home school districts, families, referral sources, and community service providers to ensure personalized, coordinated, and compassionate support. Through direct student engagement, collaborative planning, and school leadership direction, the specialist helps students prepare for reintegration into less restrictive learning environments and fosters continuity of care across settings. This position is located at Dakota Boys and Girls Ranch & is contingent upon the availability of grant funding.

Responsibilities

1. Provide direct support to students to foster academic, social, and emotional adjustment.

Priority : Essential Percent of Time : 50%

Examples of this work include :

• Conduct or coordinate, under the direction of the building principal, transition assessments to identify students' strengths, needs, preferences, and post-placement goals.
• Provide one-on-one and small-group support to help students adjust academically, socially, and emotionally to new settings, including public high schools.
• Guide students in developing executive functioning skills such as organization, time management, study habits, self-advocacy, and goal setting.
• Serve as a consistent, trusted adult advocate for assigned students, fostering connection and resilience throughout the transition process.
• Provide de-escalation and crisis support in collaboration with the leadership team.
• Support classroom teachers with trauma-informed strategies.

2. Collaborate with school teams and external partners to develop and implement individualized transition plans.

Priority : Secondary Percent of Time : 25%

3. Coordinate and connect students to supplemental services.

Priority : Secondary Percent of Time : 20%

4. Other duties as assigned.

Priority : Secondary Percent of Time : 5%

Minimum Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

This position reports to : Building Principal

Personal contact with students, staff, parents / guardians, faculty, and administrators is an essential part of the position and requires the ability to share information and must be sensitive to people and their needs. The position may handle confidential and private data.

Work involves differing situations and the ability to rapidly access and prioritize competing demands. It is important to identify the problem and resolve it promptly and tactfully?.

The incumbent performs tasks under the direction of building principal and responds to day-to-day needs, answer questions, and responds to emergent issues. Non-emergent issues are discussed with the building principal.

The incumbent takes the initiative to ensure completion of all tasks and will adjust priorities to accommodate competing workload demands. All employees must comply with department and institution procedures and policies, Fargo Public School policies and procedures, as well as local, state and federal laws, regulations, guidelines and business and industry standards.

Physical Requirements

The physical demands are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud. Work is performed primarily indoors, occasionally outdoors.

Application Procedures

All applications for open Fargo Public Schools positions must be made via www.applitrack.com / fargo / onlineapp. Paper submissions will not be accepted. Application materials must clearly explain how experience and education are related to the minimum qualifications and job duties.

Job postings will be closed for applications at 8 : 00 AM Central Standard Time (CST) on the closing date listed in the posting.

Applicants who are residents of ND and eligible to claim veteran's preference must upload a Form DD214. Claims for disabled veteran's preference must include a current statement of disabled status from the Veterans Affairs Office.

For more information or questions please call 701-446-1000 or email humancapital@fargo.k12.nd.us.

The Fargo Public School District is committed to maintaining a learning and working environment free from discrimination and harassment in all employment and educational programs, activities, and facilities. The District prohibits discrimination and harassment based on an individual's race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, disability, age, or other status protected by law.