| Joyce has lived in
Livingston County all her life, graduating from Chillicothe High
School. Joyce received
her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Missouri Western State College in
St. Joseph, Missouri. After graduation, she worked in industry for 14 1/2 years before
deciding to teach business, receiving her Masters in Vocational Business Education from
Northwest Missouri State University.
The
Vocational Resource Educator is assigned to assist students enrolled in the Grand River Technical School technical programs with special vocational and academic needs. The VRE is the link between the student, instructor, and the sending high school in meeting special needs of students and ensuring accommodations identified in the student’s IEP or 504 plan are made available.
Specific Duties include:
- Provide GRTS students with academic support relative to vocational courses.
- Member of the GRTS Care Team
- Serve as resource between technical teacher, sending school administration, parent, and student.
- Attend IEP and 504 meetings of GRTS students.
- Serve as member of GRTS Pre-Employment Preparation Committee.
- Assist with presentations, recruitment activities, and enrollment of GRTS students.
- Monitor GRTS student progress of special needs students and communicate students’ progress to parents and sending school administrators.
- Assist GRTS students with career development including placement of graduates.
- Compile data/accountability information required for Perkins Act.
- Compile data required by Core Data.
- Coordinate the GRTS student management system.
For additional information for students or parents of special
needs students, please visit:
Other GRTS Student
Services Pages:
Vocational Counselor
Financial
Aid Director
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