Assistant Director - Special Services

About the role

This position's responsibilities include the implementation of all department goals to meet the district mission for inclusive educational programs for students with disabilities with a focus on instructional best practices and compliance. The assistant director provides leadership and direction of all assigned programs and is responsible for the success of those programs at designated locations.

Responsibilities

• Provides leadership in Professional Learning Communities and Professional Learning Teams by supporting Ed Specialists, ESA leaders, and special services leaders' meetings.
• Create professional development support for these teams to strengthen their leadership skills.
• Supports Safety Net and guides the department members in meeting the Safety Net requirements.
• Provide continuing support and act as liaison between special programs (e.g., ESY, self-contained), support services, community outreach, public agencies (e.g., inter-district agreements), building principals and staff.
• Provide leadership for all instructional support services and communicate with stakeholders.
• Monitor all locations to ensure compliance with all program regulations and policies, including the preparation of all federal, state, and district reports.
• Aid building administrators, staff, and families with special education law/compliance; IEP process and the writing of measurable goals/objectives, assessment, implementing data management systems, designing Functional Behavior Assessments (FBA), Behavior Intervention Plans (BIP), manifestations, and ensuring state standards are met through the IEP process.
• Aid with the hiring, supervision, and evaluation of certificated and classified staff.
• Aid with budget planning and program staffing.
• Aid in interpreting and administering policies, rules and regulations.
• Be actively involved at local, state, and federal administrative and program association meetings as a district representative.
• Plan and implement effective student transition between elementary and secondary programs addressing curricular, social, and program focuses.
• Assure due process compliance of special education activities, including assessment and student placement.
• Report incidents of child abuse, altercations, and substance abuse for the purpose of maintaining personal safety of students, providing a positive learning environment, and adhere to the educational code of ethics and district/school polices.
• Cook up-to-date with current research-based practices to improve content and sequence of the teaching/learning process and its outcomes for students with disabilities.
• Ensure appropriate confidentiality of reports, records, and files in compliance with state/federal law.
• Maintain positive, effective working relationships with those contacted in the performance of work (e.g., district parent advisory Council, staff).
• Perform such other duties as may be assigned by the executive director or designee.

  Qualifications

  • Masters degree in administration or principal program.
  • Valid certifications for building or program administration in the state of Washington.
  • Previous building level administrative experience.
  • Five years experience in public education, including special education, related services, and relevant administrative positions.
  • Experience at multiple levels (elementary, middle school and high school) desirable.

  Skills

  • Demonstrated skills in the instructional leadership, research strategies, teambuilding, district level projects and instruction.
  • Demonstrated skills in effective relations with students, staff, parents, advisory committees, businesses, and the community with a silent personal visibility and accessibility.
  • Ability and understanding of the relationship among academic, special needs learning populations, and applied learning.
  • Ability to implement sound instructional and management skills, including education reform and alternative assessments.
  • Ability to provide input in maintaining and revising policies and procedures, and guidelines concerning special education programming.
  • Ability to recruit and select staff members and provide ongoing evaluation and in-service to maintain and improve staff performance.
  • Ability to use current research-based practices to improve content and sequence of the teaching/learning process and its outcomes for students with disabilities.
  • Ability to maintain appropriate confidential reports, records, and files in compliance with state/federal law.
  • Ability to establish and maintain positive, effective working relationships with those contacted in the performance of work (e.g., district parent advisory Council, staff).

  Benefits

  Not specified.

  Pay

  $142,976.00/annual salary

  Schedule

  Not specified.