Dean of Special Education (SY26-27)
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Job Location:
Dorchester County, SC - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
Yesterday
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Dean of Special Education (SY26-27)
Start Date:July 2026
Locations:Dorchester MA
About UP Education Network
UP Education Network manages and operates two schools in Boston MA. We serve over 1300 elementary and middle school students. UP is invited by local school districts to restart chronically underperforming district schools as UP Academies. Each UP Academy shares the same mission: to ensure that students acquire the knowledge skills and strength of character necessary to succeed on the path to college and to achieve their full potential.
Role
The Dean of Special Education reports to UP Academys Principal and serves on UP Academys Leadership Team. The dean is responsible for the management and development of teachers in special education classrooms. They plan professional development oversees staff orientation and takes responsibility for the academic program in place at UP Academy.
Specific Responsibilities
- Manage and evaluate all special education teachers special education paraprofessionals and some Related Service Providers
- Ensure compliance ofspecial education and ELL programs with applicable laws and regulations
- Ensure compliance with all IEPs
- Provide formal and informal feedback on observations lesson plan review and more
- Facilitate weekly meetings to analyze student work review information regarding classroom assessments and plan for instruction
- Ensure student mastery of state city and school academic and behavioral standards
- Use assessment data to refine curriculum and inform instructional practices
- Develop design implement and participate in an annual four-week staff orientation and training.
Qualifications
- A strong belief in UP Education Networks core values: Teamwork Integrity Growth Engagement and Resilience
- Bachelors degree is required Masters degree is preferred
- A valid Massachusetts Teaching License as a Special Education Administrator all levels and SEI endorsement
- Current authorization to work in the United States A candidate must have such authorization by his or her first day of employment
- At least three years experience as a Special Education teacher required 2 years experience in school leadership preferred
- deep knowledge of special education compliance
Compensation and Benefits
- Your salary is commensurate with experience; UP Academy follows the salary scales of each UP Academys host school district. As an employee of UP Academy and your respective school district you will receive the same access to personal and sick days health insurance and dental insurance as others within your union.
Working at UP Education Network
We know that great staff members directly lead to the success of our students. At UP your career is shaped by:
- Opportunities for immediate impact: UP offers a chance to bring best practices found in high-performing schools to students previously enrolled in struggling schools and to rapidly unlock the potential of these students
- Talented mission-driven colleagues: Our staff is enthusiastic dedicated and willing to do whatever it takes to put every student on the path to college
- Collaboration and teamwork: Staff members collaborate and work closely together on grade-level or content area teams using data to track student performance as well as guide instructional practice
- Consistent professional growth and development: Members of our staff typically have bi-weekly check-in meetings with their managers where they receive targeted coaching and support and the entire staff participates in weekly professional development sessions during the school year kick-started by extensive training in August.
We encourage applicants of diverse backgrounds to apply for any open position in which they feel believe that we have a responsibility to recruit retain develop and reward a diverse and talented staff. Our students must be exposed on a daily basis to a diverse group of powerful role models - in their teachers their school leaders and their supporters in the network office. With this in mind we are committed to recruiting the most talented individuals from the widest possible range ofbackgrounds to join our creative mission-driven team.
Required Experience:
Manager
Key Skills
- Early Childhood Education
- Classroom Experience
- Education Administration
- Lesson Planning
- Special Education
- Adult Education
- Teaching
- Curriculum Development
- Administrative Experience
- Leadership Experience
- Program Development
- Supervising Experience
About Company
Since opening its doors in 2010, UP Education Network has focused on taking the lowest performing schools in Massachusetts and transforming those schools into exceptional learning environments. Our mission is to rapidly transform chronically underperforming district schools into extra ... View more
