Senior Regional Director of Special Education (Central Valley)
Senior Regional Director of Special Education (Central Valley)
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Job Description
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- Develop support and monitor the integration of Special Educational programming with General Education academic program
- Manages Regional Program Specialists and other Special Education staff in the region
- Leads comprehensive LEABased Student Support Reviews to monitor and report on regional trends and needs
- Utilizes data to make decisions about special services staffing and budgetary decisions for the Central Valley Special Education program
- Monitoring and supervision of Special Education Related Service Providers (SLP School Psych Special Ed MHT OT APE PT Other)
- Collaborates with Principals and Associate Superintendents to optimize Special Education programming at their LEA
- Provides constructive feedback Regional Senior Leadership Team regarding trends and needs within the region
- Oversight of NonPublic School Placement for students with IEPs
- Oversight of CalPads Reporting for students with IEPs
- Oversight of ADR/Mediation/Due Process Filings for students with IEPs
- Oversight of State Compliance Audits annual and ongoing
- Oversight of Transition Planning and Services for students with IEPs
- Works with other appropriate partners to create highquality and costeffective services for students (i.e. counseling special education services afterschool programs)
- Identifies resources to provide training for individuals and groups of educators and plans/supports planning of Professional Development and Communities of Practice for Special Educators Related Service Providers and RegionWide training needs
- Evangelizes the Aspire Public Schools mission
- Participates in the EDCOE Charter SELPA and outside legal support in highrisk cases
- Oversees day to day special education operations
- Runs each school as an LEA
- Keeps uptodate on educational research and best practices
- Demonstrate knowledge of and support the Aspire Public Schools mission vision value statements including antiracism policies and procedures operating instructions confidentiality standards and the code of ethical behavior
- Perform other related duties as required and assigned.
- Deep knowledge of the instructional needs of special education services
- Deep knowledge of the intricacies of the implementation of special education programs
- Outstanding training and presentation skills
- Ability to participate in a dynamic team to develop a cuttingedge program with inclusive practices early intervention practices and response to intervention.
- Ability to facilitate discussions and partnerships with other agencies and groups
- Ability to communicate with parents
- Demonstrated ability to support teachers lead teachers and principals
- Strong problem analysis and problem resolution skills at both a strategic and functional level
- Ability to thrive in a fastpaced entrepreneurial environment; flexible able to work autonomously as well as take direction as needed
- Bilingual Spanish preferred
- Masters Degree required
- Valid California credential in Special Education or equivalent experience education and training.
- 5 years administrative experience in special education
- Proficiency with MS Office & Google Suite
- Experience in performance assessment
- Experience in budget management
- Experience in creating systems to track compliance monitor a variety of regional trends and collaborate with teams to adjust systems and programming
Compensation:
Aspire Public Schools is dedicated to our teammates wellbeing! In addition to a competitive base salary that is benchmarked against local districts and charter schools we offer employees exceptional benefits including paid time off 100% core health benefits coverage on select plans life insurance/longterm disability participation in a CA state retirement plan tuition reimbursement plan and adoption assistance program. Our salary schedule based on years of experience for this position type is reflected here:
Senior Regional Director of Special Education salary schedule linked here
Aspire Public Schools is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race color gender religion age sexual orientation national or ethnic origin disability marital status veteran status or any other occupationally irrelevant criteria. Aspire promotes affirmative action for minorities women disabled persons and veterans.
Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full-Time
