Support Specialist, Special Education

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Administration or As AssignedABOUT CLEVELAND METROPOLITAN SCHOOL DISTRICT The Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) is Ohio's third-largest public school system, serving more than 35,000 students. CMSD strives to ensure that every child receives a high-quality education, regardless of the provider. To that end, CMSD lets families choose which District schools their children attend, with options that include STEM, the arts, single-gender education, International Baccalaureate, Montessori, and early college.

Our schools have autonomy over human and financial resources in exchange for accountability for performance. The principal has primary responsibility and accountability for establishing their school as a high-quality, high-expectation academic center focusing on personalized instruction, professional support for teachers, and school-wide practices that lead to measurable results. CMSD ensures that students have access to technology and training to prepare them for the future.

The District provides a free laptop or tablet for every student and connects every family that needs internet access. Graduating seniors leave commencement with not only a diploma but also a laptop. In our pursuit of a more fair, just, and good system of education, we strive to ensure that all of our learners, both scholars and educators, to be challenged with academically and intellectually complex tasks that are worthy of their efforts and provide them opportunities to demonstrate their best work.

BUILDING BRIGHTER FUTURES The Cleveland Board of Education adopted the Building Brighter Futures (BBF) initiative on December 9, 2025. Building Brighter Futures is a strategic and data-driven plan shaped by more than a year of community engagement, information analysis, and thoughtful deliberation. The goal of this plan is to strengthen enrollment and ensure scholars attend a newer school building that offers more educational opportunities, including algebra in the eighth grade, more sports and extracurricular activities, and college credits and college and career pathways in high school.

BBF is ensuring academic excellence so every CMSD scholar can thrive.

THE OPPORTUNITY:

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Administration or As Assigned

Reports to:

Director, Special Education ComplianceFLSA Status:
Non-Exempt Salary Band: 3

Compensation: $ 43,782.00 - $ 61,294.00

We are seeking a support specialist to provide high-level administrative support by handling information requests and performing a variety of functions, including enrollment, processing records and legal documents, writing correspondence, receiving visitors, arranging transportation, scheduling meetings, and providing clerical support.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Work with parents to complete enrollments, transfers, and withdrawals for students with disabilities

Respond to records requests

Coordinate transportation for students with disabilities through the transportation dept Process SSI requests

Provide clerical support (day-to-day, submitting purchase orders, processing paperwork, etc.) for Director of Instructional Services and Program Managers Enrollment - Work with parents to complete enrollments, transfers, and withdrawals for students with disabilities

Maintains the back end of the IEPPlus and Power School Special Programs databases

Train and assist staff utilizing the front end of the systems

District point of contact for the special education data systems (IEPPlus and Power School Special Programs)
Collaborate with special education stakeholders to ensure accurate creation and completion of special education documents

Assist with EMIS reporting components required for students with disabilities

Collaborate with outside districts and separate facilities providing services for CMSD students.

Complete enrollment for CMSD students educated outside of the district (foster placements, court placements, etc.)Maintain special education EMIS data for CMSD students educated outside of the district

Maintain state reporting data for students with disabilities

Assign Parent Surrogates Able to handle basic correspondence without supervision, including memos, letters, and electronic transmissions to internal employees and external customers

Responsible for organizing and supporting the day-to-day activities to ensure efficient office operations

Screens and handles incoming and outgoing electronic communications

Maintains the confidentiality of information that could…