Transition Program

Concord Academy prepares students for success after high school through an individualized transition program.

An emphasis on readiness for life after Concord includes individualized transition plans for all high school students. Transition services assist our students in preparing for the future. We strive to help our students understand their disabilities and learn self-advocacy skills.

We offer transition classes in grades 9 – 12, where students practice job and life skills, such as organization and interpersonal communication. Resume building, completing job applications, participating in mock interviews and internships, and planning for college are all part of the transition curriculum.

Transition Plans

All high school students have a customized transition plan, developed as part of the ILP process, outlining their path to a post-secondary placement.

Transition Coach

A transition coach facilitates each student’s transition experience, and guides them in skill-building, community-based learning, and other authentic activities that make them better prepared for Life After Concord. 

Transition Classes

All high school students take a transition class as part of their school day, focusing on skills that will facilitate their transition to life after high school.

Job Simulation Lab

Our job simulation lab helps students discover their interests and aptitudes. Students development is monitored as they progress through levels of difficulty in five career domains.

Job and Life Skills

Transition services assist our students in preparing for the future and include: job skills and life skills; resumes, job applications, mock interviews and internships; college planning and applications; understanding disabilities and learning self-advocacy skills.

Transition to Success is a program supported in part by a grant from the Assisi Foundation, with additional support from the Speer Charitable Trust. This program features a comprehensive array of transition services and involves students more deeply and earlier in their high school experience.

Guided by a transition coach, students are immersed in authentic learning opportunities with the goal of increasing their levels of competence and confidence in life skills and job-readiness skills in both school-based lab experiences and real-world settings.