What are the responsibilities and job description for the Assistant Director of Special Services position at Fort Leavenworth USD 207?
Purpose: This position is responsible for supporting the development, implementation, and oversight of the District's special education programs and services. This position ensures compliance with federal and state regulations, promotes inclusive educational practices, and provides leadership to special education staff. The Assistant Director works closely with teachers, administrators, and families to enhance student success and equitable access to special education services.
Reports To: Assistant Superintendent of Special Services
FLSA Status: Exempt
Required Qualifications:
- A Master’s degree in Special Education, Educational Leadership, or a related field
- Kansas certification in District Leadership, Building Leadership with a SPED endorsement, Supervisor-SPED endorsement, Program Leadership in SPED endorsement, or eligibility for certification
- Minimum 3 years of experience in special education, including leadership or administrative roles
- Knowledge of special education laws, assessment tools, instructional strategies, and intervention programs
- Health and Inoculation Certificate on file in the District Office (after an employment offer is made)
Preferred Qualifications:
- Minimum 5 years of experience in special education, including leadership or administrative roles
- Experience working with Military Populations
- Experience managing grants and special education funding
Essential Functions: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily:
- Assist in planning, developing, and evaluating special education programs to ensure compliance with IDEA, Section 504, and state regulations
- Monitor and support Individualized Education Program compliance, ensuring appropriate service delivery and documentation
- Stay updated on changes in special education laws and policies and guide staff
- Oversee data collection, file reviews, and reporting to ensure alignment with district, state, and federal requirements
- Provide leadership and support to special education staff, including teachers, paraprofessionals, and related service providers
- Conduct training and professional development sessions for educators and support personnel
- Collaborate with school administrators to develop strategies for effectively implementing special education services
- Represent the district as the LEA at IEP and Evaluation Meetings
- Assist in hiring, evaluating, and mentoring special education personnel
- Promote inclusive education practices and work towards reducing barriers to learning
- Develop strategies to improve academic and behavioral outcomes for students with disabilities
- Support transition planning for students moving from one educational setting to another (e.g., preschool to elementary, high school to post-secondary)
- Address disciplinary issues involving students with disabilities, ensuring adherence to legal protections and district policies
- Coordinate and lead training for special education staff
- Regular and consistent attendance at work.
Physical Demands: The physical demands described here represent those that an employee must meet to perform the essential functions of this job successfully. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
- Ability to sit and stand for extended periods of time
- Ability to enter data into a computer, to see and read a computer screen and printed material with or without vision aids
- Ability to hear and understand speech at normal classroom levels, outdoors, and on the telephone
- Ability to speak in audible tones so that others may understand clearly in typical classrooms, outdoors, and on the telephone
- Physical agility to lift up to 25 pounds to shoulder height and 50 pounds to waist height
- Ability to bend, stoop, sit on the floor, climb stairs, walk and reach overhead
Terms of Employment: At-will employment.
Evaluation: Performance evaluations under the Board’s policy and the Classified Employee Handbook.
Fort Leavenworth USD 207 is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It does not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training or promoting based on race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex, age, disability, veteran's status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other legally protected status under local, state or federal law.
