Position: Special Education Administrative Assistant
Department Campus: Special Education/District
Reports to: Assistant Director of Special Education and Director of Special Education
Job Type: Full Time
Position Qualifications:
Equivalent to four years of high school resulting in diploma or GED or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Job Goal: to provide clerical and fiscal administrative assistance to the Office of Special Education in the administration of federal and state programs.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Perform a wide variety of highly skilled clerical work including the personal performance or supervision of typing checking and recording information compiling information for and preparing reports and maintaining filing systems.
- Creates and maintains various databases and spreadsheets on the computer systems i.e. Student Information Systems.
- Serve as receptionist; answers telephones; gives information to the public and/or directs calls to proper departments/staff.
- Reviews documents for accuracy completion and conformance to established procedures.
- Composes either independently or from oral instructions letters requesting or giving information or letters dealing with various school district activities.
- Contacts other agencies districts schools and district employees to discuss departmental procedures and to give authoritative information on records maintained.
- Maintains confidentiality concerning student data and records.
- Obtain parental consent to access public insurance and TPL from each Medicaid eligible student who is receiving related services
- Provide assistance by requesting or sending records as needed for Special Education students
- Send and Receive records/ adds and drops throughout the year
- Schedule setup and attend required meetings pertaining to Special Services staff meetings and any other assigned by the Director of Special Services
- Schedule setup and attend required meetings pertaining to Special Services staff meetings and any other assigned by the Director of Special Services or Assistant Director of Special Education
- Other duties as assigned