Assistant Director of Special Education

Job description

Assistant Special Education (SPED) Director Position Summary: The Assistant Special Education Director works out of the Administrative Office, and assists in overseeing all relevant programs and staff at each of the schools. Duties & Responsibilities: - Provide support on elevated cases. - Responsible for department communication updates. - Troubleshoot integrity failure on SPED data in PowerSchool. - Review and investigate SPED related vendor invoices. - Act as liaison for ADE requests for mediation, state complaint, or due process complaint. - assist in Monitoring compliance to State and Federal regulations. - Lead training meetings as needed locations. - Conduct compliance monitoring activities for ADE & ESS. - Assist with SPED related grant applications as needed. - Review SPED portion of school budget meetings and offer guidance to school administration. - Assists in supervision of all Special Education programs, 504 plans, and SEI programs (example: ESS Annual Child Find and FERPA training). - Assists Special Education staff at each of the schools, overseeing these teachers’ work and guiding their continued professional development. - Assists in all relevant SPED/504/SEI pape...