Special Education Compliance Specialist

Job Description:

The Special Education Compliance Specialist will oversee the IEP process to ensure that all IEPs are correctly written and implemented in accordance with state and federal guidelines, ensure that special education budgets are balanced, specific inventories of materials, supplies, and services, relative to vendors, are noted and monitored, and each school and the system are consistently ready for state visits and monitorings, and other duties assigned by the Special Education Officer and Superintendent.

The Special Education Compliance Specialist will also ensure that the district operates in accordance with the Arkansas Department of Education requirements as well as federal and state regulations.

Qualifications:

Valid Arkansas teacher license in special education.

Must have three (3) to five (5) years of successful school administrative or supervisory experience as a school-based administrator (preferred)

Must have supervision of special education at the school level (district level preferred), and/or appropriate supervision of special education at the state level, and/or compliance at the district or state level

Must have three (3) to five (5) years, at minimum, of experience as a special education teacher

Must possess strong leadership skills and the ability to be an initiator of tasks

Must demonstrate a strong sense of finance and curriculum background

Must possess excellent computer skills and be technologically literate, and be able to fluently demonstrate these skills to teachers and administrators, especially relevant to special education

Must be aggressive in the pursuit to transform a systemic department, the mindset of school leaders and teachers relative to how they view and respond to special education matters, instruction, parents, and community, and be able to quickly bring about significant change to bring cohesiveness within a department and across a system

Must be able to have courageous conversations with school leaders, staff, and parents, and maintain dignity and respect

Must understand how to disaggregate and have experience using data to drive instruction in a school;

Must be willing to engage in and attend extra-curricular activities appropriately

Must possess the attitude and ability to desire learning and be open to new experiences

Must have current knowledge of effective instructional practices, especially relative to special education

Must have experience with school curriculum standards and assessment, relative to special education

Must have the ability to work with and contribute to building a high-energy team

Must have experience with effective classroom management strategies

Must commit to the individual worth, dignity, potential, and success of each

child

Must have and demonstrate knowledge of the school improvement process

Must be knowledgeable of the Student Code of Conduct

Must have excellent management skills and the ability to plan, organize, implement, and evaluate programs, and create next steps

Must demonstrate successful ability to work with staff, parents, and students as an effective communicator

Must have excellent oral and written communication skills

Must have the ability to work with and contribute to building a high-energy team

Duties and Responsibilities:

Ensures that there is successful implementation of district initiatives (i.e., School Improvement Process, Classroom Dojo (or its equivalent at the secondary level), District's Literacy Plan, District's Blueprint for Excellence (Strategic Plan), P.B.I.S., Collaborative Planning, Student Intervention Team (S.I.T.) meetings using R.T.I. (Response to Intervention), etc.) based on district directives

Monitors the school's IP plan every week through Indistar

Monitors attendance, discipline, culture data, student progress, and other data sources using APSCN every week for accreditation and cycle reporting

Ensures that you are engaged in PD that supports district initiatives and focuses on moving the school in an onward and forward direction to achieve excellence for all scholars relative to the school improvement process

Assists in the evaluation of the district's special education program every quarter

Attends monthly mandated area special education meetings

Assists the LEA Supervisor with preparing, submitting, and monitoring the Special Education Budget, Budget Amendments, and other reporting as required by ADE to the Special Education Officer for review

Maintains students' records and ensures accountability, as required by federal, state, and local regulations, are in compliance with issues based on ADE procedural requirements and program standards

Monitors all Special Education billing, payment distribution (JDC Co-op and JJC), state, local, and federal Special Education funding received for the Special Education Officer's review

Monitors and manages the Special Education department and employees in the Pine Bluff School District

Provides assistance, support, and training to principals, teachers, and parents in policies…