Director of Exceptional Children
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Director ofExceptional Children
Reports to: Superintendent
Major Job Function: Provides support interprets laws rules and regulations for School Level Administration Instructional and Support personnel for the Exceptional Childrens Program
FLSA Status: Exempt
Term of Employment: 12 Months
Pay Range: State Salary Schedule and Negotiable
PURPOSE: The Director Exceptional Childrens Programs provides the leadership to the local educational agency programs for exceptional childrens programs. The role includes the ability to motivate influence and shape individuals in order to assure continuous organizational development and improvement. Indicators of competency fall in the areas of leadership planning and improving curriculum and instruction policy and procedures community relations personnel practices and fiscal management.
The Director Exceptional Childrens Programs is part of the local leadership team and works under the general supervision of the Superintendent. The director maintains a cooperative relationship with the principals other school personnel other related service agencies and parents. The overall responsibility of the director is to administer the exceptional children program with local state and federal guidelines rules regulations and laws.
Under limited supervision the director performs a variety of supervisory and administrative tasks in overseeing and monitoring the operation of programs for exceptional students in the Stokes County Schools.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
- The role of this position is to plan develop and implement a comprehensive program for students with disabilities which assesses the needs of students establishes objectives and priorities assigns responsibilities to staff and develops strategies to achieve stated objectives and evaluate programs.
- Works in conjunction with the State Department of Public Instruction the Office of Civil Rights the Office for Special Education Programs and various other state and local agencies to meet the needs of students; monitor contracts with individuals and agencies for special services not available through the school system; and ensure compliance of program with federal state and local regulations.
- Develops and implements standards policies and procedures related to exceptional child services including 504 Plans.
- Oversees develops implements standards policies and procedures related to Pre-K Programs.
- Consults with school based staff and central office staff including the offices of Accountability Transportation Technology Student Assignment and Facilities on individual cases and the interpretation of federal state and local policies and procedures.
- Coordinates with local agencies parents and school personnel to resolve problems and secure needed resources and services.
- Monitors the progress of various services and make recommendations for change to the Superintendent.
- Respond to calls and correspondence regarding all programs and services offered by the EC Department.
- Provides consultation and conducts personnel administration duties for staff including support for hiring and terminations evaluating assigning special duties monitoring attendance and travel reports.
- Prepares and works closely with the Executive Director of Finance and Superintendent on all budgets for EC programs.
- Coordinates placement decisions for separate special educational classes via daily communication with school personnel.
- Provides consultation on available space in all classes and location of services for students
- Supervises the use of The Comprehensive Exceptional Children Accountability System (CECAS) for the State Department of Public Instruction.
- Supervises the CECAS Training
- Supervises and directs the twice yearly Child Count submission to NCDPI and OSEP.
- Supervises and directs the implementation of the IEP writing process.
- Supervises Medicaid billing and all changes to the system to meet the specific needs of Stokes County.
- Prepares and organizes data for NCDPI OSEP Board of Education Superintendent media and various other departments.
- Supports and carries out all EC Program professional development for Stokes County
- Provides direction consultation supervision and evaluation to all compliance personnel school psychologists and other EC central office personnel.
- Consults with the school board attorney on individual cases when necessary.
- Attends state level meetings regarding policies procedures and legal updates as needed.
ADDITIONAL JOB FUNCTIONS
Actively involved in all day-to-day operations of the Exceptional Children Department
Performs other related work as required.
MINIMUM TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE
Masters degree in exceptional children education psychology speech therapy or a related field and
5 to 7 years of experience working with exceptional children either as a teacher or in an administrative capacity; or any equivalent combination of training and experience providing the required knowledge skills and abilities.
KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES
- Thorough knowledge of federal state and local policies and procedures regarding exceptional children.
- Considerable knowledge of School Board policies procedures and standards regarding education.
- Considerable knowledge of the ethical guidelines applicable to the position as outlined by professional organizations and/or federal state and local laws rules and regulations.
- Considerable knowledge of the current literature trends and developments in the field of exceptional child education.
- Considerable knowledge of the principles of supervision organization and administration.
- Skill in counseling and developing staff.
- Ability to maintain complete and accurate records and statistics and to develop meaningful reports from that information.
- Ability to develop and implement appropriate programs for exceptional children.
- Ability to assess the effectiveness of programs and activities.
- Ability to interpret educational policies and procedures.
- Ability to develop implement and manage long-range plans and annual budgets.
- Ability to effectively express ideas orally and in writing.
- Ability to make oral presentations before large groups of people.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships as necessitated by work assignments.
Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full-Time
