Manager of Special Education Assessment

Company Description

About KIPP Texas Public Schools

KIPP Texas Public Schools is a free, public charter school network with more than 45 Pre-K - 12 schools across Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, and San Antonio. With over 30 years in Texas, we work together with our families and communities to prepare students for college, career, and beyond! Our schools provide a high-quality, well-rounded education built on academic success and personal growth, where all students learn and thrive in a productive, safe, and joyful way!

As one of the earliest charter networks in Texas-founded in Houston in 1994 and operating as KIPP Texas since

2018-we hire dynamic, collaborative, and dedicated individuals with an unyielding belief that every child will

succeed. Join a Team and Family with an unwavering commitment to creating classrooms, offices, and communities rooted in academic success and joy.

If you are passionate about joining a mission-driven community that wants every child to "run to school," the KIPP Texas Team and Family is for you! KIPP Public Schools is a national network of public charter schools that prepares students with the skills and confidence to create the future they want for themselves, their communities, and us all. We are a network of 278 schools with nearly 16,500 educators and 190,000 students and alumni.

Job Description

The Manager of Special Education Assessment serves as a critical leader within Special Populations, providing strategic oversight, operational leadership, and accountability for high-quality evaluation practices across KIPP Texas. This role collaborates closely with regional leaders, campus teams, compliance, legal, and talent partners to ensure that all assessment practices result in timely, legally sound, culturally responsive, and instructionally meaningful outcomes for students with disabilities.

This role is responsible for strengthening systems that ensure compliance with IDEA and Texas Education Code while advancing equitable identification practices and improving student outcomes. By leading statewide evaluators and building strong systems for quality assurance, coaching, and data monitoring, the Manager of Special Education Assessment supports KIPP Texas's mission to ensure every student has access to the supports and services necessary to thrive.

Position Summary

The Manager of Special Education Assessment leads the statewide implementation of special education evaluation systems across all KIPP Texas regions (Austin, DFW, Houston, San Antonio). This role directly supervises Educational Diagnosticians and School Psychologists, ensuring consistency, compliance, and quality across all Full and Individual Evaluations (FIEs), REEDs, and re-evaluations.

The position is responsible for monitoring timelines, managing caseloads, addressing escalations, improving systems, and building evaluator capacity. The role partners cross-functionally to ensure that assessment practices meaningfully inform instruction, programming, placement, and student support.

General

Role Description

* Strategy:
Supports the strategic vision for Special Populations by developing and strengthening assessment systems that promote compliance, equity, and high-quality evaluation practices. Executes, monitors, and refines systems aligned to departmental goals and network priorities.

* Communication:
Ensures clear, proactive communication across regional teams, campus leaders, evaluators, and cross-functional partners. Provides responsive support and escalation management to resolve complex evaluation concerns.

* Legal Framework & Compliance:
Demonstrates deep knowledge of IDEA, Texas Education Code, TEA guidance, procedural safeguards, and best practices related to evaluation, eligibility, and re-evaluation. Ensures systems promote legally defensible and student-centered practices.

Duties and Responsibilities

Leadership & Management

* Manage and directly supervise a statewide team of 10-month Educational Diagnosticians and School Psychologists across four regions.

* Provide ongoing coaching and professional development to build evaluator capacity in compliance, collaboration, culturally responsive practices, and high-quality reporting.

* Lead regular one-on-ones, team meetings, calibration sessions, and professional learning experiences.

* Ensure evaluators are appropriately resourced, trained, and supported to meet both quality and timeline expectations.

* Monitor workload distribution and adjust staffing, coverage, and supports to mitigate risk and promote sustainability.

* Support onboarding and performance management for new and existing evaluators.

Assessment Coordination & Oversight

* Monitor the completion, quality, and timeliness of all Full and Individual Evaluations (FIEs), REEDs, and re-evaluations to ensure alignment with TEA timelines and legal requirements.

* Serve as a point of contact for complex cases involving eligibility concerns, procedural safeguards, parent disputes, or evaluation delays.

* Partner with…