Special Education Coordinator
Special Education Coordinator
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Job Description
Position Overview:
The Special Education Coordinator (SEC) is responsible for ensuring that all students receiving special education services receive comprehensive compassionate and equitable services to achieve significant academic gains for all our students with IEPs.
The Special Education Coordinator will also be responsible for supporting Student Support Team (SST) Teachers in delivering datadriven highquality special education services.
The Special Education Coordinator will work collaboratively with all SST Teammates (Director of Student Support Services Psychologist SST teachers Paraeducators SLP PT and OT) Service Providers and families to provide a strong educational program for all KIPPsters.
The Special Education Coordinator will coach SST teachers and paraeducators and lead the implementation and management of KIPP Tulsas special education policies and procedures by driving results and managing people.
Key SEC Leadership Skills:
Collaborate with the Director of Student Support Services to:
- Execute consistent and effective coaching cycle with SST teachers (aligned to KIPP Tulsas coaching focus)
- Develop and lead special education professional development with general education teachers and special education teachers
- Analyze student achievement data (Progress Monitoring & Checkpoint/Unit) and develop strategic plans that target student/teacher gaps
- Manage a team of SST Members to achieve rigorous outcomes
- Track and maintain suspension of students with an IEP
- Hold and lead manifestation determination meetings
- Maintain organization systems for IEP Meetings & IEP Student Records maintenance
- Execute system audits for IEP Meetings & Student Records
- Communicate and collaborate with families to ensure deep partnership & transparency in supporting students with IEP
Special Education Coordinator Instructional Duties:
- Engage in observation realtime coaching & feedback cycle for ALL SST Teachers and paraeducators on Instructional Coaching caseload
- Plan Prepare and execute weekly coaching checkins with ALL SST Teachers on Instructional Coaching caseload
- Review and provide feedback on all IEPs modified lesson plans and student materials for all SST teachers
- Develop maintain and audit SST teacher urgent schedules to ensure maximized instructional minutes aligned to IEP minutes
- Manage SST teachers to collect analyze and inform reteach plans with progress monitoring data
- Meet weekly with the DSSS to collaborate on instructional goals with special education teachers
Special Education Coordinator Compliance Duties:
- Train case managers on how to effectively write an IEP Track IEP Goals & hold IEP meetings
- Attend all IEP meetings within the timeline & provide feedback to case managers on 100% of IEPs before finalizing IEPS in EdPlan.
- Develop maintain and share the IEP calendar with all key stakeholders to ensure case managers are able to execute 100% of IEP meetings within the timeline.
- Ensure that all teachers are aware of scholars IEP accommodations and modifications.
- Manage all service providers through weekly checkins to ensure all compliance outcomes within the timeline (OT PT Speech).
- Collaborate with the Manager of ELL & Special Programs to coordinate and manage ESL & AFS/BSP services.
- Collaborate with the Director of Student Support to ensure a clear alignment of vision mission and yearly WIG goals are executed.
Qualifications :
Skills & Qualifications
- Bachelors Degree (required); Masters Degree in special education (highly preferred).
- A minimum of 3 years teaching in a lowincome school with demonstrated exemplary student results.
- At least 3 years of work in a special education leadership role in a lowincome school with demonstrated exemplary student results.
- Ability to effectively manage instructional and noninstructional personnel.
- Ability to evaluate instructional programs and teaching effectiveness.
- Excellent communication public relations and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to implement effective business systems that ensure proper stewardship of school funds.
- Ability to exercise excellent judgment in decisionmaking.
- Knowledge of the selection training and supervision of personnel.
- Knowledge of the laws rules procedures and programs specifically related to the operation of a special education program.
Additional Information :
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Compensation and Benefits:
This is a FullTime 10month teaching position.
Employees are eligible to participate in employer benefits including health dental life accidental death and dismemberment short and long term disability and participation in Oklahoma Teacher Retirement plans.
As an equal opportunity employer KIPP Oklahoma does not discriminate on the basis of race color religion (creed) gender age national origin (ancestry) disability marital status sexual orientation military status or any other basis made unlawful by applicable federal state or local laws or regulations.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
