Full Time PK-12 Special Education Coordinator

Position: Special Services Coordinator

Responsible to: Superintendent

For Whom/What Responsible: Overseeing of staff, regulations and budgets of programs assigned to the position such as special education, federal programs, migrant, homeless, foster care,  ELL, PAT and school based therapy.

Qualifications:  Valid Missouri special education director certificate or proof  of ability to attain. Such alternatives to the above qualification as the Board may find appropriate and acceptable.

Primary Responsibilities:                            

Grants Management

Federal & State Compliance

Staff Supervision:  Educational & Policy

Parent & Community Involvement

Program Effectiveness

Essential Job Functions:

1. Grants Management

• Coordinate federal, state, and discretionary grants and entitlements for special services.
• Coordinate and manage special services grant budgets to meet needs to district.
• Stay abreast of all federal program regulations to ensure district compliance.
• Attend necessary state and regional meetings.
• Work with district colleagues to plan effective implementation and record-keeping for grant compliance.
• Prepare necessary year-end reports for federal program grants.
• Supervises preparation of core data and similar reports necessary for reimbursement of funds, receipt of entitlement grants, collection of tuition for out-of-district students and similar fiscal matters.
• Develops budget recommendations and provides expenditure control on established budgets for special education and support services.
• Keeps informed regarding state and federal financial aid for special education services.
• Maintains a permanent inventory of equipment purchased for special education and support services.
• Monitors the Parents as Teachers Program in the areas of record keeping and budget.

1. Federal & State Compliance

• Stay abreast of all federal program regulations to ensure district compliance.
• Attend necessary state and regional meetings.
• Assists in the development of school policies and programs which promote the inclusion of students with disabilities in the general education program provided to all students.
• Keeps informed of all the legal requirements governing special education and shares this information with administration and staff.
• Provides leadership in establishing new services and refining existing services for students with disabilities and special needs.
• Develops and initiates survey and screening programs for continuous identification of exceptional children.
• Facilitates procedures and processes for the screening, referral and identification of students with disabilities in accordance with state and federal regulations.
• Coordinates a continuum of services and educational placements for students  with disabilities and special needs.
• Establishes necessary procedures for referral and cooperative planning with other agencies, both local and state, that provide services to children.
• Assumes responsibility for compiling, maintaining, and filing all reports, and other documents legally required or administratively useful.
• Develops and maintains complete and cumulative individual records of all students receiving special education services.
• Evaluates on an ongoing basis the total special education and support services program.

1. Staff Supervision:  Educational & Policy

• Evaluates individual job performance of special education staff, and collaborates with school administration in the job performance evaluation of special education staff assigned to school sites.
• Assists in the recruitment, selection and recommendation for hiring of special education, related service and support service staff.
• Acts as hearing officer, 504 coordinator for the district.
• Participates in the planning and implementation of staff development related to students with disabilities and special needs.
• Complies with good safety practices.
• Complies with all district rules, regulations, and policies.
• Participates in administration meetings, board meetings and other appropriate meetings.
• Works with staff to ensure appropriate certification.
• Demonstrates effective communication and human relations skills.  

1. Parent & Community  Involvement 

• Arranges for transportation of all students placed in special classes outside their attendance area and for those who require special transportation as a related service.
• Interprets the objectives and programs of special education and support services to the Board, the administration, the staff, and the public at large.
• Participates in the planning and implementation of staff development related to students with disabilities and special needs.
• Works with parent groups and advocates..
• Seeks to mediate and resolve parent complaints regarding special education procedures or services.
• Organizes Parents as Teachers annual programs.
• Participates in the district’s pre-school screening program
• Assists in making appropriate referrals for Parents as Teachers’ families.
• Participates in DESE and Parents as Teachers National Center in service training as needed for the program.
• Demonstrates the ability to work cooperatively with staff, program participants, school personnel, and community members.

1. Program Effectiveness

• Assumes responsibility for own professional growth.
• Completes required district needs assessments for special services
• Demonstrates effective human relations and communication skills.
• Conducts yearly program evaluations of assigned programs.
• Completes required program reports.
• Other duties as assigned by the superintendent.

1. Other Responsibilities

• Academic testing if needed
• Interpreting testing results
• Evaluating Special Education Teachers and Paraprofessionals using the District designated evaluation system
• Coordinate with Occupational Therapist and Physical Therapist to provide services for students
• Completes required program reports.
• Other duties as assigned by the superintendent.

Term of Employment: Salary and length of contract subject to Board approval. Salary commensurate with experience.

Evaluation:  The evaluation is conducted by the superintendent according to board policies and Concordia R-II adopted model of performance based evaluation.

Board Adopted: 11/10/2022

It is the policy of the Concordia R-II School District not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age or disability in its’ programs or employment practices as required by Title VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, The Age Discrimination Act of 1975 and Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.