Special Education Program Specialist

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The primary function of this role is to contribute to our Special Education mission to support all students with disabilities to have a choice-filled lives by graduating prepared to succeed in their rigorous and meaningful individualized post-secondary school, career, and life plans. This position plays a key role in strengthening inclusive academic practices and promoting access to the least restrictive environment (LRE), with the ultimate goal of equipping students for long-term success in school and beyond.

• Coaching both Special Education and General Education teachers to implement inclusive, standard-aligned instruction, intervention cycles, co‑teaching models, and proactive classroom management strategies across multiple campuses
• Demonstrated ability to teach and apply the Science of Reading, utilizing multi-tiered levels of support to accelerate reading growth for diverse learners.
• Applying knowledge of reading/math intervention program implementation through improvement science (e.g., Plan-Do-Study-Act cycles).
• Strong working knowledge of MTSS frameworks and demonstrated ability to coach staff and site teams in implementing coherent, data-driven systems of intervention across academic, behavioral, and social-emotional domains.
• Demonstrates deep knowledge of lesson and unit planning aligned to standards, supporting teachers in designing rigorous, accessible, and differentiated instruction that meets diverse learner needs.
• Promoting equitable access to rigorous academics through modeling lessons, leading focused observations, and facilitating professional learning on research-based instructional strategies and practices grounded in the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework
• Demonstrated ability to teach and apply the Science of Reading, utilizing multi-tiered levels of support to accelerate reading growth for diverse learners.
• Supporting teachers in designing flexible and differentiated learning environments that proactively reduce barriers to access and engagement for all learners.
• Utilizing a reflective coaching model to build teacher capacity through observation cycles, standards-based debriefs, and collaborative lesson planning
• Supporting educators in analyzing assessment data and student work to guide instructional decision-making that is responsive to student strengths, needs, and progress
• Collaborating with site administrators and Lead SPED Teachers to co-design school site professional development that centers inclusive academic practices and high-leverage instructional moves
• Designing and delivering district wide professional development that centers inclusive academic practices and high-leverage instructional moves
• Ensuring instructional practices support students’ post-secondary goals, with a strong emphasis on college, career, and community readiness
• Program Support:
  Providing individualized coaching before, during, and after IEP meetings to support inclusive, student-centered planning and decision-making
• Training teachers on special education policies and providing technical assistance to ensure consistent implementation of services and supports
• Co-developing inclusive program models that center student voice, family partnership, and equitable access to services and supports
• Collaborating with school leaders, program administrators and counselors to ensure master schedules and student course placements align with IEPs and promote access to the general education curriculum
• Collaborating with school leaders and special education teams to design and implement systems that promote sustainable inclusive practices, progress monitoring, and instructional coaching cycles for core and intervention programs.
• Compliance:
  Supporting the development and implementation of high-quality, compliant IEPs that reflect student strengths, needs, and aspirations
• Ensuring timely and accurate enrollment, placement, and service documentation…