Director of Special Education Evaluation

Description

Job Description

POSITION:
Director of Special Education Evaluation

REPORTS TO:

Managing Director of Special Populations - Elementary

POSITION TYPE: 12-month

START DATE:

Immediate

COMPENSATION: $80,942- $99,154, Home Office Grade 8

At YES Prep, work for a mission that impacts the life trajectory of students and their families. YES Prep creates pathways to extraordinary opportunity through best-in-class development, competitive compensation and benefits, and recognition for your impact. Grow as an authentic leader and be part of a high-performing, team-oriented culture.

Some quick stats about us:

• 21,000 Students
• 2,600 Team Members
• 16 Secondary Campuses
• 12 Elementary Campuses
• 91% Students Who Qualify for Free/Reduced-Price Lunch
• 96% Hispanic & African-American Students
• 99% Students Who Are Accepted to a 4-Year University
• 85% First-Generation College Students
• Ranked in the Top 100 High Schools in the Nation, U.S. News & World Report

We serve the students of Houston, Texas, the 4th largest city across the United States. There are over 20 public-school districts and other great public charter school options within Houston’s city limits serving our increasing population.

THE PERSON

YES Prep needs a dynamic Director-Special Education Evaluation with a robust set of experiences to make our mission a reality. As a YES Prep employee, you will achieve jaw-dropping results, create pathways to opportunity for our students, and build transformative relationships.

To put it simply, you will lead programming for district-wide special education evaluation and services.

THE ROLE

When you join the YES Prep team, some of the work and responsibilities will include:

• Setting a vision of excellence for the special education assessment team, leading all team members to achieve that vision, and
• Strategically assigning a team of Speech-Language pathologists, School Psychologists, and Educational Diagnosticians at various campuses throughout the YES Prep Public School system;
• Managing three managers on the Assessment team to ensure compliance with evaluation timelines, service hours, progress notes, and other responsibilities;
• Working strategically with the Managing Director of Special Education to ensure that YES Prep Public Schools is delivering world-class speech therapy, counseling as a related service, evaluation, and assessment to students and families;
• Leading, managing, and supporting assessment team staff, while serving your own caseload, such that all assessment team members deliver quality evaluations and services;
• Planning team meetings and development experiences for the assessment team, including scheduling outside presenters;
• Collaborating with school administrators, classroom teachers, parents, and Special Education teachers to communicate evaluation, speech therapy, and counseling as a related service procedures and progress;
• Collaborating with the Manager of Special Populations Compliance to ensure that Special Education documentation and record-keeping is accurate and timely;
• Ensuring that assessment results are communicated in a way that supports and motivates excellent services for students with special needs;
• Establishing systems and processes to identify evaluation activities used to meet the needs of students with disabilities.
• Providing leadership for campus administration, evaluation team, and case managers in understanding the relationship between disabilities, eligibility, curriculum, instruction, and state assessment.
• Establishing district processes and procedures for evaluation services in order to identify students who are eligible and in need of special education services.
• Establishing processes to align evaluation in a related service area with other evaluation requirements for students eligible for one or more of these activities.
• Reviewing district wide evaluation data to manage timelines, allocate resources, and arrange for contract vendor support during high-volume periods;
• Managing and authorizing family requests for Independent Educational Evaluations (IEEs) and coordinating expectations with outside providers;
• Overseeing the submission of state compliance metrics for State Performance Plan (SPP) Indicators 11 and 12 which govern timely initial evaluations and early childhood transitions;
• Additional duties as assigned.

THE PERSON

We seek staff with a multitude of backgrounds, talents, interests, and ideas. Certain traits consistently shine through our most successful employees: passion for the mission, drive for results, care for…