POSITION: Director - Special Education
ORGANIZATION / LOCATION: Special Education Administration
REPORTS TO: Associate Superintendent – Special Education
REVISION / REVIEW DATE:
JOB CODE:81
UNION: Executive
CLASSIFICATION: Executive
GRADE: 4
POSITION SUMMARY:Under the direction of the Associate Superintendent of Special Education, the Director of Special Education develops and coordinates programs including the planning, monitoring and evaluation of special education services designed to meet the requirements as required by federal and state regulations for students with disabilities birth to through age 21. The incumbent of this position will provide instructional leadership to ensure students with disabilities are college, career and community ready, while ensuring the school district’s compliance with all federal and state regulations regarding the provision of services for students with disabilities.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Provides
and monitors the effectiveness of the continuum of special education services
in compliance with federal and state regulations for students with disabilities
from birth through age 21; Ensures
the development, design and implementation of special education services in
alignment with best practices for serving students with disabilities; Provides
direct supervision to assigned offices within the Department of Special
Education, who are responsible for the direct oversight of infant and toddler
preschool services, school-aged services in grades K- 12, and programs and
related services in over 200 schools including charter and nonpublic schools; Develops
and monitors the Local Application of Federal Funds appropriated by the
Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE); Monitors
and provides leadership for the development and implementation of all grants; Adheres
to all reporting requirements including developing components of the special
education staffing plan for Prince George’s’ County Public Schools and the
special education child count report; Prepares
and monitors portions of the annual budget for the Department of Special
Education by overseeing selected position control and allocation processes for
staffing requests and instructional resources; Collaborates
with other school system offices including but not limited to, the Departments
of Transportation, Pupil Accounting & School Boundaries, Student Services,
and Curriculum and Instruction; Ensures
central office and school-based administrators, teachers, paraprofessionals and
related service providers receive access to high quality professional learning
activities to build their capacity to serve students with disabilities; Prepares
testimony for the Board of Education and/or during state legislative sessions
related to issues that affect special education services; and Performs
other duties as assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS Extensive
expertise and knowledge regarding federal and state mandates that governs the
provision of services for students with disabilities; Knowledge
regarding best practices for instructing and programming for students with
disabilities; Considerable
knowledge regarding budget development and fiscal management; Demonstrated
experience and leadership in the area of supervising administrative and
instructional personnel; and Excellent
oral and written communication skills.
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS: Master's degree from an accredited college or university in special education or a closely related field required. A minimum of five (5) years of instructional experience and three (3) years of supervisory experience required.
CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: Advanced Professional Certificate with Special Education and Administrator I endorsements required.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: Oversees and provides guidance and direction to the unit staff.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, talk, hear, walk, sit, and use fingers, tools or controls. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision such as to read handwritten or typed material, the ability to adjust focus, and depth perception. While performing the duties of this job, the employee may occasionally push or lift up to 25 lbs.
WORKING ENVIRONMENT: Normal
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: None.
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