JOB COACHING. School employees that teach or instruct other staff members shall be compensated for instruction and preparation at his/her current hourly rate, subject to advance approval by his/her supervisor.
JOB COACHING. This is the use of structured intervention techniques to help the employee learn to perform job tasks and develop the interpersonal skills necessary to be accepted as a worker at the job site. Job Coaching services may consist of:
JOB COACHING. On-the-job training of a person with a disability by an approved specialist, who uses structured intervention techniques to help the person learn to perform job tasks to the employer’s specifications and to learn the interpersonal skills necessary to be accepted as a worker at the job site and in related community contacts. Job coaching also includes related assessment, job development, counseling, advocacy, travel training and other services needed to maintain the employment for the person.
JOB COACHING. Support services and/or strategies provided to an individual who has been placed in employment in order to stabilize the placement and enhance job retention. These services and/or strategies are provided to individuals with a most significant disability by a job coach or employment specialist to teach the individual the essential skills necessary to complete required job tasks in addition to what is normally provided by the employer. They may be provided during intensive service provision (funded by DORS) and/or during extended services provision (funded by the long-term funding source, or by DORS in the case of youth with most significant disabilities for a maximum of 4 years or until the individual reaches age 25 and no longer qualifies as a youth with a disability, whichever comes first). Job coaching services are, for the most part, provided to individuals in competitive integrated paid employment. However, it may include job coaching for unpaid internships as part of an IPE leading to competitive integrated employment. Job coaching is not provided to support students involved in work-based learning.
