SUMMARY
Manages the activities of the Baboquivari Unified School District Exceptional Student Services program and compliance.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
- Master’s degree in special education or related field
- Arizona Administrative Certificate with Structured English Immersion (SEI) endorsement, or eligibility to obtain such certification
- Three years of experience in special education administration
- Demonstrated experience in creating, organizing, and supervising instructional programs
- Evidence of successful experience in communication with school system personnel, students, parents, and the community in promoting school-community relations
- Experience working with the Native population within the school and community
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Experience or training in both elementary and secondary education. Experience in supportive service plans and programs including special education.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS AFTER HIRE
Must hold the Arizona IVP fingerprint clearance card. Proof of immunity to rubeola (measles) and rubella (German measles), or proof of MMR immunization. Valid Arizona Driver’s License is required within ten days of hire.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
THE LIST OF ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS IS NOT EXHAUSTIVE AND MAY BE SUPPLEMENTED.
- Supervises and evaluates Exceptional Student Services employees including, but not limited to, occupational and physical therapists, the psychologist, speech pathologist(s), traveling Pre-School teacher and paraprofessional, and ESS secretary
- Mediates in multi-disciplinary conferences with parents of students who have been referred for special education evaluation when there are dissenting views of placement options
- Supervises the process of legal placements of special education students and monitors student service files for compliance documentation
- Investigates concerns by parents, staff, social services, OCR, state agencies, and the community, counsel parents on their responsibilities and obligations coordinate mutually acceptable solutions, act as ombudsperson at the district level
- Represents the district to organizations such as the Arizona School for the Deaf and Blind, alternative programs, and community agencies
- Interprets federal, state, and district policies and regulations; advises parents, administrators, and teachers on the relevance of their individual roles
- Ensures that the appropriate framework is in place to assist state and federal audit teams in monitoring approved programs, advises site administrators and teachers of audit results and recommends changes as appropriate
- Represents Exceptional Student Services to public and private school districts for the purpose of testing and evaluating special education students
- Reviews staff referrals of students for special education program consideration, ensure timelines for student evaluation and placement are met in accordance with special education mandates
- Authorizes changes for special education services to a more restrictive setting and the allocation of other resources
- Reviews enrollment, expulsions and suspensions to ensure due process is followed and student’s education rights are not denied
- Consults on teacher performance in special education programs as requested by site administrators
- Supervises implementation of CORE curriculum by exceptional student services staff
- Ensures ESS center staff are knowledgeable in curriculum, district initiatives, and current best practices
- Monitors special education student participation in state and district testing
- Ensures compliance with state requirements for students in residential or day treatment
- Administers exceptional education extended school year program and compensatory programs
- Prepares and submits all mandated Arizona Department of Education reports
MENTAL TASKS
Communicates, comprehends, and performs functions from written and oral instructions and from observing others. Evaluates written materials. Reads.
PHYSICAL TASKS
Work involves the performance of duties where physical exertion is not normally required to perform all aspects of the job, assistance is available as required to perform physically demanding tasks, work involves sitting for extended periods of time, requires moving from one location to another, reaching, stooping, bending, and holding and grasping objects, visual weakness must not prohibit the performance of assigned duties, the verbal communicative ability may be required of public contact positions.
EQUIPMENT, AIDS, TOOLS, MATERIALS
Uses office equipment such as telephone, TDD, computer, printer, and copier. May use special needs adaptive devices.
WORKING CONDITIONS
Indoor. Office environment. Contact with employees, students, and the public. Travel to community and school sites.
CONTROL, SUPERVISION
Supervisory control of Exceptional Student Services non-teaching staff, and traveling Pre-School teachers and paraprofessionals.
FUNDING SOURCE: Impact Aid
REPORTS TO: Superintendent
091503/Updated: 031315, 012720
The Baboquivari Unified School District is an Equal Opportunity/Voluntary Affirmative Action Employer.
The Baboquivari Unified School District does not discriminate on the basis of disability, race, color, religion/religious beliefs, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, or national origin.
Additional information on the District’s “Non-Discrimination Policy” can be viewed online at:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Mvr1O8G_Vy78ObFNRvdB_BoN2-beile_/view