Special Education Coordinator

Responsibilities

• Case-manage and chair Team meetings (including initials, 3-year re-evaluations, manifestation determinations, and contentious/legally involved cases) for all students.
• Oversee the development of all IEPs to ensure high quality.
• Progress monitor student growth with teachers and service providers.
• Review and determine needed student observations and assessments, as well as appropriate services and placement options.
• Manage cases involved in mediation, litigation, BSEA complaints, Hearings, and Office for Civil Rights investigations.
• Coordinate with staff and outside providers to ensure the provision of services.
• Assure compliance with all state and federal regulations and laws.
• Assist in organizing transportation for eligible students.
• Collect school and district statistical and individual student performance data and complete all necessary reports in a timely manner.
• Oversee specialized in-district classrooms for compliance and quality.
• Case-manage students participating in 45-day placements, extended evaluations, and long-term out-of-district placements.
• Participate actively on the building-based Administrative/Leadership Team.
• Maintain accurate student information data in ASPEN for student registration, IEPs, and state and federal reporting.
• Provide leadership in planning, organizing, and coordinating instruction and behavioral programs in the school.
• Consult with general educators regarding students with disabilities in inclusive settings.
• Assist in interviewing and selecting personnel for special education teachers, ESPs, and related services staff.
• Assist teachers and staff in developing classroom and individual student behavior intervention plans.
• Coordinate school-based staff meetings, workshops, or seminars to convey or gather required information.
• Coordinate school-based meetings related to special education and related services (e.g., CST, BBST, PLCs, staff meetings).
• Support the Middleborough Special Education Parent Advisory Council.
• Develop workshops and trainings for staff to improve compliance, instruction, and programming for students with disabilities.
• Work with the Director to complete the MA DESE’s Integrated Monitoring Review process, Circuit Breaker audits, and SPP Indicator Performance reporting.
• Conduct evaluations and observations of special education and related services staff as assigned.
• Participate in planning and organizing Extended School Year (ESY) Programming.
• Plan Transitional Planning meetings and vertical alignment meetings between grade levels and schools (e.g., K-1st, 5th-6th, and 8th-9th).
• Participate in long-range strategic planning and program projections regarding programming, staffing, enrollment growth, and facility needs.
• Attend bi-weekly meetings with the Director of Pupil Personnel Services.
• Perform other duties assigned by the Director of Pupil Personnel Services.