Teacher Profile: Marlene Azzolino, South Bergen Jointure Middle/ High School, Lyndhurst
The Record, Bergen County, NJ › June 10, 2008
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Marlene Azzolino has been a transition counselor and head teacher at South Bergen Jointure Middle/High School, Lyndhurst, for 2 years. As a transition counselor, she is responsible for training students so they are provided with the necessary skills to procure a job and live independent lives as contributing adults.
The students receive their instruction in the following areas: retail, grocery store, laundry and housekeeping, shipping and handling, and restaurant and food services in the training center. This affords the students the opportunity to develop the skills they need to work in the school cafeteria and office, as well as assisting in gardening, maintenance and janitorial tasks throughout the building and grounds.See the full content of this document
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Teacher Profile: Marlene Azzolino, South Bergen Jointure Middle/ High School, Lyndhurst
When the students are 16, Azzolino arranges placement for unpaid structured learning experiences where they work for local businesses as trainees, assisted by mentors and job coaches under her supervision.
Prior to this position, she has spent many years working with cognitively impaired students, as well as d...See the full content of this document
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