2025-2026 Director of Special Education for The Constellations Program
2025-2026 Director of Special Education for The Constellations Program
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Job Description
Crescent City Schools is seeking a fulltime wellqualified Director of Special Education. This fulltime position provides quality schoolbased leadership and compliance which includes but is not limited to program design teacher coaching assessment/evaluation intervention/treatment IEP planning and implementation legal compliance related documentation and communication between teachers paraprofessionals related services providers administration and families. The Constellations Programs Director of Special Education reports to the Principal of The Constellations Program.
The Director of Special Education impacts students lives by:
- Embodying advocating and operationalizing the mission vision and direction of the school
- Achieving dramatic and consistent improvement in the academic and functional performance of students
- Managing the special education department overseeing the performance of special education teachers and staff
- Ensuring that all students with IEPs are case managed and appropriate services are provided
- Ensuring that the program complies with all relevant local state and federal regulations governing students with exceptionalities
- Conferring with students families school leadership testing specialists and other professionals to develop IEPs designed to promote students academic physical and social development
- Developing flexible groups for students within individual classes with the assistance of teachers
- Coordinating School Building Level Committees and review of student IEPs; offering detailed recommendations on successful techniques for meeting accommodations
- Supporting and leading professional development and growth of faculty especially with regard to special education
- Observing and providing feedback to teachers and paraprofessionals to improve academic outcomes for students
- Participating in daily weekly and quarterly meetings about student achievement
- Using leadership feedback and goalsetting to improve daily practice
- Participating in the life of the school including student activities and events
- Taking on other tasks as needed
What We Offer:
- Click here for more information about our innovative compensation system. This role is on the Lead Scale and may include bumps for taking on leadership responsibilities summer work doing work outside your regular job duties or longevity with CCS.
- Click here for more information about our awardwinning benefits package which includes fullypaid health insurance immediate 4 401k match employerpaid mental health services and generous leave policies.
Apply now if you:
- Believe in the mission and values of Crescent City Schools
- Believe in the unlimited potential of each child
- Have an outstanding record of working with students with exceptionalities
- Have the desire to be a founding leadership member of a special education school or students with significant disabilities
- Inspire your students and colleagues
- Have a BA or BS Degree
- Possess Louisiana Special Education Teacher Certification (or equivalent certification in another state) SevereProfound Special Education Teacher Certification preferred
Physical Requirements
- Regularly required to sit stand walk talk hear operate a computer and other office equipment reach with hands and arms and must occasionally lift and/or move up to 80 pounds
- This is an inperson role
About Crescent City Schools
Crescent City Schools is a nonprofit Charter Management Organization whose mission is to support and develop openenrollment charter schools that raise student achievement and prepare students for college. Crescent City Schools currently operates three PreK8th grade openenrollment charter schools: Harriet Tubman and Dorothy Height Charter Schools on the West Bank and Mildred Osborne Charter School in the Kenilworth neighborhood. Our organization creates lifechanging educational experiences for students and through this work transforms a city.
At Crescent City Schools we believe in inspiring people. And we firmly believe our success is driven by dedicated and talented employees. Crescent City Schools is committed to attracting and retaining the best professionals in education with an array of backgrounds experiences and perspectives.
About The Constellations Program
The Constellations Program is a preK through 4th grade school setting for students with lowincidence disabilities. At Constellations we prepare students to achieve their highest independent level of functioning. The Constellations Program will support students in meeting their functional skill needs as well as the academic skills aligned to the LEAP Connect. While this program is geared primarily towards students with Autism it is open to other students with limited to no verbal skills intellectual impairments and similar exceptionalities.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
