SPED Campus Coordinator (Grades: 9-12)

About the role

Engage in weekly or bi-weekly meetings with the principal to review program implementation and timelines aligned with TEA requirements and the DISD campus audit process.

Responsibilities

• Commence and coordinate campus case managers to complete responsibilities in a professional, quality, and timely manner to ensure effective IEP development, implementation, and meetings.
• Ensure documentation and progress monitoring occurs for each student with an IEP by conducting regular reviews using the DISD campus audit process (PLAAFPs, Goals, Objectives, Compensatory Time, etc.).
• Develop and monitor systems for distributing IEPs to pertinent teachers and ensuring timely implementation of ARD decisions related to services, accommodations, and placement.
• Schedule, coordinate, and facilitate all Admission, Review, and Dismissal (ARD) meetings, including notices, interpreters, required participants, and use of district-approved ARD agendas to ensure procedural fidelity and compliance with all timelines.
• Maintain neutral facilitation and apply conflict resolution strategies during ARD meetings.
• Monitor the completion and submission of ARD documentation for assigned student populations, including paperwork, audit files, eligibility folders, and required supplements (IEPs, BIPs, Transition Plans, etc.).
• Serve as the primary point of contact for parents regarding ARD processes, procedural questions, and campus-level special education concerns, coordinating communication among parents, campus staff, district personnel, and service providers.
• Provide coaching, feedback, and side-by-side support to special education teachers on IEP implementation, instructional strategies, and progress monitoring.
• Support collaboration between special and general education teachers to improve access to grade-level instruction and use student data to guide instructional feedback and campus improvement.
• Support campus administrators with special education compliance, audits, and due process requirements.
• Conduct yearly family and community meetings in collaboration with the campus Dyslexia Interventionist and participate in professional development while collaborating with district special education staff.

Qualifications

• Required: Bachelor's Degree from accredited university
• Preferred: Master's Degree from accredited university
• Required: Valid Teaching certification in Special Education
• Required: 3+ years of Teaching experience including Special Education
• Demonstrated expertise in specially designed instruction and provides ongoing coaching, feedback, and support to special education teachers to strengthen IEP implementation, instructional practices, and student outcomes.
• Demonstrated expertise in specially designed instruction and inclusive practices
• Demonstrated experience facilitating ARD/IEP meetings and ensuring compliance
• Strong knowledge of IDEA, ARD procedures, and special education instructional practices
• Ability to communicate effectively with parents, educators, administrators, and service providers
• Proficiency with district data systems (e.g., EDPlan/EasyIEP, Review 360) and Google/Microsoft tools

Pay

Minimum Salary: $68,000.00

Schedule

Full-time