1. Disability; 2. Transition; 3. Employment; 4. Career Development, 5. Special Education, 6. Inclusive Higher Education, 7. Secondary Education

Meredith Gramlich, MA

Senior Faculty Specialist, Center for Transition and Career Innovation (CTCI)

Associate Director, TerpsEXCEED

College of Education | University of Maryland, College Park

301.442.5815 | mgramlic@umd.edu

Meredith Gramlich, M.A. is a Senior Faculty Specialist at the Center for Transition and Career Innovation at University of Maryland, College Park. Ms. Gramlich has extensive experience promoting business-education partnerships, work-based learning opportunities, customized employment solutions, and model transition services. She has over 30 years of experience with systems change demonstration projects focused on improving secondary transition and post-school outcomes and community engagement for individuals with disabilities through use of evidence-based practices, with an emphasis on competitive integrated employment, career pathways, work-based learning, financial empowerment, and performance management. 

Ms. Gramlich is Associate Director for TerpsEXCEED, the University of Maryland’s flagship inclusive post secondary education program for students with intellectual disabilities. She has provided lead technical assistance and training for model demonstration projects including Way2Work Maryland, Maryland PROMISE, Maryland Pathyways to Partnership Initiative, Maryland Customized Employment Partnership, the Maryland Transition Initiative, and Bridges... from School to Work. She taught in Montgomery County Maryland Public Schools’ Alternative Programs, where she established the Career Program. Meredith began her career promoting creative strategies for independence with her sister who lives in a supported living situation and worked for 30 years in a customized, community-based job. 

Watson Fellow, "Exploring Attitudes toward People with Disabilities in India Thailand, Australia, and China", 1990

The Thomas J. Watson Fellowship is a one‑year grant designed to give graduating seniors a rare opportunity to pursue an original, independent project outside the United States Watson Foundation+1. It is awarded to students nominated by one of 39 Watson Foundation partner institutions and is intended as a post‑college, pre‑career experience to explore interests on a global scale Watson Foundation+1.

Fellows conceive and execute their own projects in a country or region of their choice, deciding where to go, who to meet, and when to adjust their plans. The program emphasizes personal insight, perspective, and confidence, and is not tied to academic institutions or formal employment Watson Foundation+1. Since its inception in 1968, Watson Fellows have included leaders in diverse fields.

University of Maryland, College of Education Excellence in Service Award, 2025

The Excellence in Service award is specifically given to nominees who have demonstrated excellence through leadership in service to the COE. This award is meant to recognize those who have gone above and beyond to advance the mission of the College. This includes those who have sparked change and driven initiatives at the unit/department level or the college level that in turn have a substantial impact on the function, value, and prestige of the College.

Watson Fellow, "Exploring Attitudes toward People with Disabilities in India Thailand, Australia, and China", 1990

The Thomas J. Watson Fellowship is a one‑year grant designed to give graduating seniors a rare opportunity to pursue an original, independent project outside the United States Watson Foundation+1. It is awarded to students nominated by one of 39 Watson Foundation partner institutions and is intended as a post‑college, pre‑career experience to explore interests on a global scale Watson Foundation+1.

Fellows conceive and execute their own projects in a country or region of their choice, deciding where to go, who to meet, and when to adjust their plans. The program emphasizes personal insight, perspective, and confidence, and is not tied to academic institutions or formal employment Watson Foundation+1. Since its inception in 1968, Watson Fellows have included leaders in diverse fields.

Crane, K., Luecking, R., Gramlich, M., Gold, P. Fabian, P., Morris, T., and Brodock, A. (2020). Staff capacity building and accountability in transition services. Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals (December).

Abramson, L. & Gramlich, M., Zhu, Q. (2020). Way2work Maryland community rehabilitation provider work-based learning experience management. Center for Transition and Career Innovation, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, Information Brief (December).

Luecking, R., and Gramlich, M. (2020). Facilitating workplace mentorship for youth workers. In Luecking, R.: The way to work: How to facilitate work experiences for youth in transition, 2nd edition. Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes Publishing Company. Expected availability, 10/2019.

Gramlich, M. & Crane, K. (2019). Delivering Community-Based Services: Strategies for Managing Field-Based Transition Staff. Center for Transition and Career Innovation (CTCI), Promising Practices Brief, (June).

Gramlich, M. (2019). Making the Match: Aligning Work Experiences with Interests and Skills. Center for Transition and Career Innovation (CTCI), Promising Practices Brief, 3.

Gramlich, M. (2019). Matching Youth with Meaningful Work Experiences. Center for Transition and Career Innovation (CTCI), Promising Practices Brief, (March).

Crane, K. & Gramlich, M. (2019). Work Experiences for Youth with Disabilities. Center for Transition and Career Innovation (CTCI), Promising Practices Brief, 1.

Gold, P., Fabian, E., Brodock, A., Morris, T., Crane, K., & Gramlich, M. (2019). The effect of competency-based training on staff performance and retention in Maryland PROMISE. Maryland Department of Disabilities, Evaluation Brief, (June).

Luecking, R. & Gramlich, M. (2009). Workplace Mentors for Youth Workers. In R. Luecking, The Way to Work: How to Facilitate Work Experiences for Youth in Transition (pp. 171-187). Baltimore: Brookes Publishing Co.

Gramlich, M. (1999). How to facilitate workplace mentoring: A guide for teachers to support employers and student workers. Rockville, MD: TransCen, Inc.

Gramlich, M. (1999). Workplace mentoring: A guide for employers to support student workers. Rockville, MD: TransCen, Inc.

TerpsEXCEED

Maryland Pathways to Partnership Initiative

Moving Maryland Forward

Way2Work Maryland

Maryland PROMISE

Maryland Customized Employment Partnership

Maryland Transition Initiative

Bridges... from School to Work

 

 

EDSP 311 Peer Mentoring Training and Certification 

College Reading and Learning Association (CRLA)-International Peer Educator and Training Program Certification (IPTPC)TerpsEXCEED CRLA-IPTPC Level 2 Certification,  2 seminar sections

EDSP 220 Disability in Community: Access, Accommodation, and Adaptation

CHSE 200 College Success and Life Planning

CHSE 220 TerpsEXCEED College and Career Studies

CHSE 389 TerpsEXCEED Independent Study

CHSE 489 TerpsEXCEED Career Class

EDCP 668A IH14 Special Topics in Rehabilitation: Job Development and Job Placement