C Coordinator of Evaluation Services Comal ISD Braunfels

The Coordinator of Special Education Evaluation Services provides leadership and oversight for the student referral and evaluation process. The Coordinator monitors timeline compliance under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), coordinates assessment logistics, and reviews evaluation data for accuracy and compliance. This role serves as a key liaison between evaluation personnel, general and special educators, administration, and families.

• Manage all initial and triennial evaluation referral workflows. Plans and designs assessment activities to identify the needs of students with disabilities age 0-22.
• Monitor and enforce state and federal evaluation timelines.
• Assign and coordinate evaluation cases among school psychologists, speech therapists, and diagnosticians.
• Review evaluation reports for clinical accuracy and legal compliance before distribution.
• Assists campus administration, appraisal staff, and case managers in the relationship between disabilities, eligibility, curriculum, instruction, and state assessment.
• Evaluates total program outcomes and assists in updating special education goals and objectives based on students' needs.
• Coordinates assessment services in order to identify students who are eligible and in need of special education services.
• Serves as coordinator for assessment and provision of related services to all students eligible for one or more of these services.
• Designates assignments of appraisal staff, including the Licensed Specialists in School Psychology (LSSPs), Educational Diagnosticians, LSSP trainees, interns or practicum students from local universities.
• Provides/arranges for the appropriate supervision of trainees, interns and practicum students as required by state law.
• Meets regularly with assessment staff to streamline assessment processes across the district, as well as to evaluate needs for professional development and specific materials (technology, protocols, test kits, etc.).
• Maintains an assessment caseload of varied age levels.
• Works with assessment staff to coordinate coverage of assessment caseloads, including assistance with assessments when needed.
• Coordinates annual home school/private school meeting, evaluations, and Individual Service Plan (ISP) services.
• Coordinates Independent Educational Evaluations (IEE).

• Serves as consultant in the identification, evaluation, selection, and application of appropriate activities and materials to be used in implementing special education programs.
• Assists the teacher, the appraisal staff, and the school administration in criterion referenced testing, educational observation, and diagnosis of a student's instructional needs.
• Serves on the Admission, Review, and Dismissal (ARD) Committee upon request.
• Promotes the use of technology to improve the assessment and instructional process.
• Assists the director of special education in the development of the overall staffing plan for special education.
• Assists in the development of the district's operating guidelines consistent with policies established by federal law, state law, and local board policy.
• Provides technical assistance in the areas of selection of appropriate assessment instruments, administration and interpretation of assessments.

• Assists in the determination of staff development needs with a focus on student success.
• Plans, supervises and conducts professional development for staff providing services to students with disabilities.
• Assists in orientation of new staff members by providing information and technical demonstration to ensure success and efficiency.
• Takes a lead role, in conjunction with other special…