2026-2027 SY Special Education Coordinator
for section headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections when posting has real specific content.
We have:
- Summary: "To assist in the organization, management, leadership and monitoring of the Educational Development Center at Gallup McKinley County Schools". That's about the role. Could be About the role.
- Supervision Received and Exercised: maybe part of responsibilities.
- Essential Duties and Responsibilities: list of duties.
- Qualification Requirements: Knowledge Of ... Ability To ... (these are knowledge and abilities). Could be Requirements.
- Required Qualifications: Master's degree, Level III license, 5+ years experience.
- Preferred Qualifications: Master's or terminal degree in Special Ed, NM K-12 Admin license, experience supervising, etc.
- Physical Requirements: list.
- Equipment/Technology Handled.
- Work Environment.
- Terms of Employment: Salary and work calendar established yearly by the district. All GMCS schools are eligible for PSLF. All applicants must upload copies of official transcripts... Updated date.
- Also includes Work Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Contract Length: 236 Day Contract, Non-CBA Salary: $114,995 or $121,383. So we have Pay and Schedule info.
We need to include Pay and Schedule sections only if posting actually states them. Yes we have salary numbers and work hours, contract length. So we can include Pay section with salary range and maybe note contract length? Schedule section could include work hours and contract length.
Benefits: mention PSLF eligibility. That's a benefit. So we can include Benefits section.
We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID.
We must not include boilerplate like EEO etc. Not present.
We need to preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to keep details like duties list exactly as given (but we can format as - ). Must not omit any duty. Must preserve all qualifications etc.
We need to be careful not to add filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present.
We need to output only HTML fragment, no /, no markdown fences.
Let's structure:
About the role
To assist in the organization, management, leadership and monitoring of the Educational Development Center at Gallup McKinley County Schools.
Maybe also include supervision received/exercised as part of responsibilities? Could be under Responsibilities.
Responsibilities
- Demonstrate foresight, examines issues and takes initiatives to improve the quality of education in the community.
- Embrace and encourage the acceptance of diversity.
- Use effective people skills to communicate.
- Provide and maintain an environment where optimal student growth can take place.
- Demonstrate instructional leadership.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the dynamics of educations organization.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the IEP writing and implementation process.
- Use supervision, staff development and performance evaluation to improve the educational program.
- Maintain a familiarity with current educational issues through a process of ongoing personal development.
- Work cooperatively with building administration and staff in planning, implementing and managing programs and services for students with disabilities.
- Ensure that all students with disabilities in the Gallup McKinley County Schools are provided a free and appropriate public education through the provision of instructional programs, and related services.
- Assist the Direct of Special Education in the development of local policies and procedures to ensure compliance with state and federal regulations.
- Assist the Direct of Special Education in the development of policies and procedures to govern the delivery of special education and related services, including staff assignments.
- Assist the Director of Special Education in the development of policies and procedures to govern the evaluation of students referred for special education services, including staffing patterns and organizational structure.
- Assist in the coordination of staff development opportunities to enable staff to better serve the needs of special education students.
- Assist in coordinating the delivery of homebound services when recommended through the IEP process.
- Assist in conducting, in cooperation with building administrators, staff, parents, and community, on-going evaluation of programs, services, and coordinate the long-range planning process to meet the needs of students.
- Work cooperatively with the transportation department in planning and delivery of services to students whose IEP's require.
- Establish and maintain on-going communication with the administration and regular/special education staff.
- Other tasks as may be deemed appropriate and necessary by the Director of Special Education.
Note there is a typo "Direct of Special Education" appears twice; we keep as is.
Now Qualifications/Knowledge and Ability sections: Could be Requirements.
We have "Qualification Requirements Knowledge Of ..." and "Ability To ..." These are lists.
We could combine into Requirements section with two sublists? But we must use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So we can make a Requirements section with two sub-sections? Not required but we can just list all items as
- . However we need to preserve the grouping? Not required but we can keep as is.
Let's extract Knowledge Of items:
- Operational characteristics, services and activities of Special Education programming
- Modern and complex principles and practices of program planning and preparation
- Methods and techniques of program evaluation
- Principles of school district budget preparation and control
- Purchasing procedures and regulations applicable to school systems
- Principles of supervision, training and performance evaluation
- Pertinent federal, state and local laws, codes and regulations
Ability To items:
- Supervise, direct and coordinate the work of lower-level staff
- Select, supervise, train and evaluate staff
- Interpret and explain district policies and procedures
- Prepare clear and concise reports
- Present information and facilitate workshops and in-services
- Simultaneously manage several program projects
- Communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing
- Establish and maintain effective working relationships with all those contacted in the course of work
- Maintain mental capacity which allows the capability of making sound decisions and demonstrating intellectual capabilities
- Maintain physical condition appropriate to the performance of assigned duties and responsibilities
We'll put these under Requirements.
Then Required Qualifications:
- A Master's degree in an educational or counseling field.
- Possess a Level III Instructional Leader License (a Level III license is required within 90 days of hire).
- Five or more years of successful teaching experience in a Special Education program
Preferred Qualifications:
- A Master's or terminal degree in Special Education.
- Possess a New Mexico K-12 Administrator license
- Direct experience supervising and/or evaluating Special Education teachers and support staff
- Direct experience in facilitating administrative staff in ensuring compliance with IDEA and Special Education programming requirements.
We could have a Qualifications section with Required and Preferred subheadings? But we only allowed headings from list: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we can use Qualifications heading for both required and preferred. We'll list them as
- items, maybe separate with notes? Could add Required: etc inside li? But that might be considered adding formatting not present. Safer to just list all items as li, but we need to differentiate required vs preferred? The instruction: preserve ALL substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. If we just list them without labeling required vs preferred, we lose that distinction. So we need to keep that distinction. We could embed headings inside the Qualifications section using
or but not as separate . That's allowed. We'll do:
Qualifications
Required:
- A Master's degree in an educational or counseling field.
- Possess a Level III Instructional Leader License (a Level III license is required within 90 days of hire).
- Five or more years of successful teaching experience in a Special Education program.
Preferred:
- A Master's or terminal degree in Special Education.
- Possess a New Mexico K-12 Administrator license.
- Direct experience supervising and/or evaluating Special Education teachers and support staff.
- Direct experience in facilitating administrative staff in ensuring compliance with IDEA and Special Education programming requirements.
That preserves info.
Now Skills: Not explicitly listed; we have abilities but those are under Requirements. Could we create a Skills section? The posting does not have a separate Skills heading; we could omit Skills section because no specific content. Better to omit.
Benefits: PSLF eligibility. Also maybe mention "All GMCS schools are eligible for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF)." That's a benefit. So we can have Benefits section.
Pay: Salary numbers: $114,995 or $121,383. Also note Non-CBA Salary. We'll include that.
Schedule: Work Hours: 37.5 hours per week; Contract Length: 236 Day Contract. Also maybe mention "Terms of Employment: Salary and work calendar established yearly by the district." That's schedule info.
We'll create Schedule section with those details.
We also have Equipment/Technology Handled, Work Environment, Physical Requirements. Those could be under Requirements? But they are not exactly qualifications; they are job conditions. Could be under Requirements or maybe a separate section like "Working Conditions". Not in allowed headings. Could we put them under Requirements? Might be okay but they'd be mixed with knowledge/abilities. Better to create a section like "Requirements" already used for knowledge/abilities; we could add these as additional list items under Requirements. But the instruction: Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we can combine Physical Requirements, Equipment/Technology, Work Environment into Requirements section as additional items. However we already have Requirements for knowledge/abilities; we could rename that section to "Requirements" and include all: knowledge, abilities, physical, equipment, work environment. That would be a big list but okay.
But we also have Qualifications separate. So we have:
- About the role
- Responsibilities
- Requirements (knowledge, abilities, physical, equipment, work environment)
- Qualifications (required/preferred)
- Benefits
- Pay
- Schedule
That seems fine.
Now we need to ensure we don't repeat content. Let's extract Physical Requirements:
- Ability to perform the job and access the environment for which you are hired. The following may be required: Sitting, standing, lifting, moving about the room or school, carrying (up to 50 pounds), reaching, squatting, kneeling, prolonged typing, physical ability to type on a keyboard terminal, and moving light furniture.
We'll break into items? Could keep as one sentence but better as list items? The instruction: Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. This is a list of requirements, so we should list each item.
Thus:
- Sitting
- Standing
- Lifting
- Moving about the room or school
- Carrying (up to 50 pounds)
- Reaching
- Squatting
- Kneeling
- Prolonged typing
- Physical ability to type on a keyboard terminal
- Moving light furniture
But the lead sentence "Ability to perform the job and access the environment for which you are hired. The following may be required:" we can incorporate as a then list.
Equipment/Technology Hand
About the role
To assist in the organization, management, leadership and monitoring of the Educational Development Center at Gallup McKinley County Schools.
Maybe also include supervision received/exercised as part of responsibilities? Could be under Responsibilities.Responsibilities
- Demonstrate foresight, examines issues and takes initiatives to improve the quality of education in the community.
- Embrace and encourage the acceptance of diversity.
- Use effective people skills to communicate.
- Provide and maintain an environment where optimal student growth can take place.
- Demonstrate instructional leadership.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the dynamics of educations organization.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the IEP writing and implementation process.
- Use supervision, staff development and performance evaluation to improve the educational program.
- Maintain a familiarity with current educational issues through a process of ongoing personal development.
- Work cooperatively with building administration and staff in planning, implementing and managing programs and services for students with disabilities.
- Ensure that all students with disabilities in the Gallup McKinley County Schools are provided a free and appropriate public education through the provision of instructional programs, and related services.
- Assist the Direct of Special Education in the development of local policies and procedures to ensure compliance with state and federal regulations.
- Assist the Direct of Special Education in the development of policies and procedures to govern the delivery of special education and related services, including staff assignments.
- Assist the Director of Special Education in the development of policies and procedures to govern the evaluation of students referred for special education services, including staffing patterns and organizational structure.
- Assist in the coordination of staff development opportunities to enable staff to better serve the needs of special education students.
- Assist in coordinating the delivery of homebound services when recommended through the IEP process.
- Assist in conducting, in cooperation with building administrators, staff, parents, and community, on-going evaluation of programs, services, and coordinate the long-range planning process to meet the needs of students.
- Work cooperatively with the transportation department in planning and delivery of services to students whose IEP's require.
- Establish and maintain on-going communication with the administration and regular/special education staff.
- Other tasks as may be deemed appropriate and necessary by the Director of Special Education.
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So we can make a Requirements section with two sub-sections? Not required but we can just list all items as
- . However we need to preserve the grouping? Not required but we can keep as is.
Let's extract Knowledge Of items:
- Operational characteristics, services and activities of Special Education programming
- Modern and complex principles and practices of program planning and preparation
- Methods and techniques of program evaluation
- Principles of school district budget preparation and control
- Purchasing procedures and regulations applicable to school systems
- Principles of supervision, training and performance evaluation
- Pertinent federal, state and local laws, codes and regulations
Ability To items:
- Supervise, direct and coordinate the work of lower-level staff
- Select, supervise, train and evaluate staff
- Interpret and explain district policies and procedures
- Prepare clear and concise reports
- Present information and facilitate workshops and in-services
- Simultaneously manage several program projects
- Communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing
- Establish and maintain effective working relationships with all those contacted in the course of work
- Maintain mental capacity which allows the capability of making sound decisions and demonstrating intellectual capabilities
- Maintain physical condition appropriate to the performance of assigned duties and responsibilities
We'll put these under Requirements.
Then Required Qualifications:
- A Master's degree in an educational or counseling field.
- Possess a Level III Instructional Leader License (a Level III license is required within 90 days of hire).
- Five or more years of successful teaching experience in a Special Education program
Preferred Qualifications:
- A Master's or terminal degree in Special Education.
- Possess a New Mexico K-12 Administrator license
- Direct experience supervising and/or evaluating Special Education teachers and support staff
- Direct experience in facilitating administrative staff in ensuring compliance with IDEA and Special Education programming requirements.
We could have a Qualifications section with Required and Preferred subheadings? But we only allowed headings from list: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we can use Qualifications heading for both required and preferred. We'll list them as
- items, maybe separate with notes? Could add Required: etc inside li? But that might be considered adding formatting not present. Safer to just list all items as li, but we need to differentiate required vs preferred? The instruction: preserve ALL substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. If we just list them without labeling required vs preferred, we lose that distinction. So we need to keep that distinction. We could embed headings inside the Qualifications section using
or but not as separate
. That's allowed. We'll do:
Qualifications
Required:
- A Master's degree in an educational or counseling field.
- Possess a Level III Instructional Leader License (a Level III license is required within 90 days of hire).
- Five or more years of successful teaching experience in a Special Education program.
Preferred:
- A Master's or terminal degree in Special Education.
- Possess a New Mexico K-12 Administrator license.
- Direct experience supervising and/or evaluating Special Education teachers and support staff.
- Direct experience in facilitating administrative staff in ensuring compliance with IDEA and Special Education programming requirements.
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. This is a list of requirements, so we should list each item. Thus:
- Sitting
- Standing
- Lifting
- Moving about the room or school
- Carrying (up to 50 pounds)
- Reaching
- Squatting
- Kneeling
- Prolonged typing
- Physical ability to type on a keyboard terminal
- Moving light furniture But the lead sentence "Ability to perform the job and access the environment for which you are hired. The following may be required:" we can incorporate as a
then list. Equipment/Technology Hand
- items, maybe separate with notes? Could add Required: etc inside li? But that might be considered adding formatting not present. Safer to just list all items as li, but we need to differentiate required vs preferred? The instruction: preserve ALL substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. If we just list them without labeling required vs preferred, we lose that distinction. So we need to keep that distinction. We could embed headings inside the Qualifications section using