Executive Director of Student Support Services

Gresham-Barlow SD

Multnomah County

The Executive Director of Student Support Services leads district-wide programming, operations, and regulatory compliance for special education, health and nursing services, tutoring, and specialized transportation.

District

Administrator Role Special Education

Position Type Full-time

The Executive Director of Student Support Services leads district-wide programming, operations, and regulatory compliance for special education, health and nursing services, tutoring, and specialized transportation. The role ensures strict adherence to state and federal laws, ODE standards, SPRI reporting, and restraint and seclusion protocols. Additionally, the Executive Director oversees Medicaid billing operations, MANDT training, and Behavioral Safety Assessment Teams (BSAT) to maintain a safe, equitable, and compliant learning environment for all students.

COMPENSATION:
Contract 235 Days;

Start Date November 2026.
Salary Range: $158,332- $173,013 plus benefits package.
This position is not part of a bargaining unit and reports directly to the Superintendent.

JOB TITLE:
Executive Director of Student Support Services

Job Summary:

The Executive Director of Student Support Services leads district-wide programming, operations, and regulatory compliance for special education, health and nursing services, tutoring, and specialized transportation. The role ensures strict adherence to state and federal laws, ODE standards, SPRI reporting, and restraint and seclusion protocols. Additionally, the Executive Director oversees Medicaid billing operations, MANDT training, and Behavioral Safety Assessment Teams (BSAT) to maintain a safe, equitable, and compliant learning environment for all students.

Essential Job Functions:

Program Oversight

• Serves as an advisor on Special Education and Section 504 issues
• Supervises the Special Education department to ensure the recruitment, selection, evaluation and training of staff, both licensed and classified, in cooperation with the administrators and staff of the schools
• Implements Special Education services to students by developing, monitoring and evaluating programs
• Oversight of district programs: PBIS/RJ, School Health Services, and Early Childhood Evaluation
• Aligns Special Education department programs with the District's mission and vision
• Serves as a member of the superintendent's cabinet and the Instructional Team

Legal Responsibilities

• Works with school staff to resolve conflicts with parents of Special Education students
• Facilitates the Special Education and Americans with Disabilities programs by representing the district in administrative hearings, complaints, due process proceedings, injunctions, and court proceedings
• Assists in implementation of programs by monitoring legal interpretations that impact the district's Special Education policies

Inter-Agency Work

• Contributes to program effectiveness by implementing, monitoring, maintaining and evaluating inter-agency agreements such as the US Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights, Oregon Department of Education,and Multnomah Education Service District

Professional Development

• Contributes to program effectiveness by providing on-going staff development to Student Support Services staff
• Ensures planning for, and facilitation of, all job-alike meetings within the department

Budget

• Prepares, monitors and works with the superintendent to adjust the department's budget throughout the annual budget period
• Contributes to fiscal responsibility by authorizing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating revenue from federal, state, county and district resources
• Helps in the supervision and implementation of all state and federal grants which are linked to Special Education
• Other duties as assigned

Essential

Job Requirements
- Qualifications:

• Experience
  
  Required:
  
  Prior job related experience with increasing levels of responsibilities in school setting
• Skills, Knowledge and/or Abilities
  
  Required:
  
  Skills to manage personnel and programs, communicate effectively and problem solve. Knowledge of curriculum, education code, and district policies. Abilities to sit for prolonged periods, provide direction to others and make independent judgments, recall and maintain records, meet deadlines, communicate with individuals of varied cultural and educational backgrounds, and communicate in oral and written form. Significant physical abilities include reaching/handling/fingering,…