Description

This position is responsible for supporting students with disabilities, special education staff, building leaders, and parents/guardians of students with disabilities. This position will oversee the departments of therapy staff, nursing, school psychologists, school social workers, and school counselors.   

Requirements

• Provide administrative leadership for all special education and student services.
• Provide efficient and appropriate leadership to plan, develop, implement and evaluate appropriate special education offerings to all children with disabilities.
• Provide leadership that integrates special education with regular education.
• Leads the process for placement, admission, programming and termination decisions and follow up for individual children with disabilities from early childhood through age 21.
• With members of the administrative team, administer, supervise and coordinate services of special education and pupil services personnel.
• Develop, administer and oversee the entire individualized education program (IEP) team process including reports and forms developed for children with disabilities in accordance with local, state and federal laws.
• Serve as liaison between special education services for children with disabilities and regular education, parents/guardians, the community and other agencies.
• Coordinate and provide related development activities for special education instructional and ancillary personnel, regular education personnel, and other district personnel, parents/guardians and other community personnel.
• Provide/arrange for appropriate facilities, special transportation and resources for students, staff, programs and services.
• Prepare applicable budgets, manage budget implementation and provide for fiscal accountability of student service and special education programs.
• Complete all special education report forms and district plans as required by the Department of Public Instruction (DPI).
• Oversee the screening, identification and referral of children suspected of displaying disabilities.
• Assist in the recruitment, selection and recommendation of hiring student service and special education personnel.
• Keeps informed and informs staff of all legal requirements governing student services.
• Maintains District’s confidentiality standards.
• Perform all other duties as assigned by the Superintendent.