Instructional Coach - Special Education

Job Description

The Instructional Coach of special education will provide leadership, professional learning, and coaching support to teachers on the development of special education practices that increase opportunities for all students to succeed.  The Instructional Coach-SPED will assist ACPS school-based teams in ensuring compliance with division policies and procedures related to special education services in a school setting. This will include compliance checks, appropriate eligibility, and data-based decisions related to special education services' referral and evaluation processes. The instructional coach will provide training and onsite technical assistance to school-based teams navigating the referral, evaluation, and eligibility for special education. The special education instructional coach will monitor timelines for completion and work with school administrators to submit to the Executive Director of Specialized Instruction the necessary State Performance Plan Indicator data for reporting information to the Virginia Department.  

Qualifications:

• Education:  Bachelor’s degree in Education, Master’s degree and Special Education endorsement preferred.
• Certificates & Licenses:   Valid Virginia Department of Education license required, or eligibility to obtain one.
• Experience: 
• A minimum of three to five years of successful teaching experience.
• Knowledge of current research in instructional coaching, curriculum trends in instruction, teacher effectiveness, differentiated instruction, student learning, and best practices in instruction.
• Knowledge of a variety of literacy assessments and familiarity with state assessments.

Essential Functions

• Ensures student schedules are in compliance with IEP requirements.
• Conducts all IEP draft reviews in collaboration with administrators to ensure compliant standards-based Individualized Education Programs (IEPs).
• Monitors compliance with Tier 2 and 3 Special Education Interventions.
• Ensures that students’ accommodations are implemented and reviews timelines for applications for testing (College Board, ACT, etc)
• Collaborate with Testing Coordinators to oversee the implementation of accommodations during testing windows.
• Participate in a variety of meetings to convey and/or gather information required to perform functions to include: attend IEP meetings serving as the LEA/Administrative
• Develop and implement a special education data collection model. Facilitates the analysis and interpretation of formative and summative data and continuous improvement process school-wide.
• Utilizing a Train The Trainer Model - Provide professional learning and training for staff in collaboration with Special Education instructional specialists on program specific professional learning and implementation to support the inclusion of all students.
• Manage special education caseloads and provide specially designed instruction.
• Facilitates the consistent use of effective Specially designed instruction by supporting teachers through co-planning, co-teaching, modeling, demonstration sessions, reflecting, and focused classroom observations.
• Performs other related duties, as assigned, to ensure the efficient and effective functioning of the Special Education program.

Clearances:

• Criminal Justice Fingerprint/Background Clearance.
• Tuberculosis Skin Test.

Public Health Compliance

• Must follow safety and health protocols.

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