Salary: $64,000 Comensurate with experience.

The Special Education Specialist is actively involved at the campus and district level in the design and delivery of effective, appropriate services to students who qualify for Special Education under the direction of and collaboration with the Special Education Coordinator.

Duties:

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include but are not limited to the following. Other duties may be assigned by the Special Education Coordinator.

• Support the Special Education Coordinator in coordinating transition and employment services for students enrolled in special education; provides information and resources about effective transition planning and services to ensure that school staff communicate and collaborate with students enrolled in special education and their parents, as well as appropriate agencies and services.
• Support the Special Education, Evaluation, and MTSS Coordinators in streamlining the testing process for students by coordinating appropriate testing, evaluation, and identification of students who qualify

for special education services and students who require re-evaluation.

• Collaborates with the district special education staff including LSSPs, SLPs, SLPAs, Educational Diagnosticians, Special Education Case Manager and Behavior Interventionist.
• Support, train, coach, and assist the special education teachers with the scheduling and conducting of ARD meetings as needed.
• Communicate with outside therapy companies as needed to coordinate necessary services, including but not limited to speech, occupational and physical therapy.
• Support, train, coach, and assist special education teachers in developing and communicating individual education plans for all special education students.
• Collaborates with Principals to ensure compliance with all federal, state and local standards.
• Maintaining current, confidential, accurate, and compliant student records including becoming intimately familiar with student records and actively monitoring progress and deadlines in order to ensure compliance with district, state and federal guidelines.
• Support the Special Education Coordinator in acting as a liaison with the classroom teacher(s) for the purpose of ensuring the implementation of the established IEP of an assigned student.
• Collaborating with the Special Education Coordinator to develop, coordinate, and review district special education services; makes recommendations and adjustments in services as appropriate.
• Participate in frequent and open collaboration among special education, MTSS, Student Intervention Specialists, general education teachers, and other support staff.
• Assists the Special Education Coordinator and other district staff in maintaining and communicating current knowledge of federal, state and local requirements relevant to special education programs.
• Collaborate with the Special Education Coordinator and other district level support staff to provide relevant, research-based training to all special education and general education teachers regarding IEPs, inclusion services and other appropriate instructional strategies for students with disabilities.
• Provides thorough and timely reports, data, and information as requested.
• Assist in monitoring Medicaid, SHARS, and special education service logs to ensure compliance.
• Collaborates with the Special Education Coordinator to develop coherent, appropriate curricula and modifications for all special education students.
• Assists special education teachers in monitoring students’ progress toward IEP/academic goals, and maintaining timely communication of that progress among students, parents, teachers, and administrators.
• Collaborates with district assessment personnel to implement appropriate testing accommodations and/or modifications for all federal, state and local assessments.
• Performs any and all other duties as assigned by the Special Education Coordinator.

Skills/Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of constituents or employees of organization.
• Ability and/or willingness to learn to use and understand Microsoft Office for spreadsheets, letters and other written communications in order to effectively communicate information with employees, administration and the Board.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to grasp, handle, or feel; and talk or hear. The employee is regularly required to stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and /or move up to 25 pounds.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree from a four-year college or university.
• Valid Texas Teaching Certification required.
• Special Education Certification required.
• Reliable means of transportation