Special Education Supervisor

Special Education Supervisor  School Year)

• Date Posted: 6/11/2026
• Location:
  
  Administration
• Closing Date: 6/21/26

To help provide effective programmatic and supervisory support to professional staff, nonprofessional staff, and parents/ guardians to ensure that students with disabilities (ages 3-21) and gifted education students, that are the responsibility of the school district, receive a Free and Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) in accordance with federal, state and local laws, regulations, and policies.

• Follows all laws, Board Policies, regulations, rules and procedures, and complies with the instructions and/or directives from his/her supervisor(s).
• Establishes an effective working rapport with all other staff and maintains a positive relationship with the school district's internal and external publics.
• Assists in the development, revision, and/or adaptation of school district policies, procedures, and programs to help ensure that students with disabilities and gifted education students receive a FAPE.
• Assists the Director of Special Education in recommending policies, procedures, and programs essential to the needs of students with disabilities and gifted education students.
• Keeps current with regard to legal requirements governing special education and gifted education.
• Assists the Director of Special Education in providing leadership in establishing new programs and developing an improved understanding of existing programs.
• Assists the Director of Special Education in the supervision and coordination of special education and gifted education programs and ancillary services.
• Consults with and communicates programming and personnel needs to the Director of Special Education.
• Assists the Director of Special Education in the supervision and evaluation of applicable staff by performing functions that include, but are not limited to, classroom observations, reviewing reports, monitoring paperwork compliance and artifact review, and, based on such, helps to plan and make recommendations for staff improvement and program improvement, including assisting in the construction of and adherence to improvement plans.
• Assists the Director of Special Education in providing staff development programming for such things as best instructional practices, improving instructional delivery; managing data; improving student performance; adherence to laws, regulations, guidelines, policies and procedures; and other perceived areas of need.
• Assists the Director of Special Education in effectively delegating staff to complete tasks in an effective, efficient, and timely manner.
• Assists the Director of Special Education in the evaluation of secretarial staff assigned to the department.
• Assists the Director of Special Education in coordinating services, maintaining records, and submitting required reports involving students with disabilities and/or gifted education students.
• Assists the Director of Special Education in monitoring compliance with policies, procedures, laws, regulations, and guidelines, and addressing noncompliance issues.
• Assists the Director of Special Education in the recruitment, selection, and recommendation for hiring special education and/or gifted education personnel.
• Assists the Director of Special Education in working cooperatively with the transportation department to ensure the appropriate transportation of students with disabilities.
• Assists the Director of Special Education in overseeing the IEP process and ensuring the allocation of resources/services needed for the delivery of FAPE.
• Responds in an effective and timely manner to issues raised by parents/guardians, staff, representatives of agencies who administer out-of-district placements, and other appropriate persons and/or agencies.
• Creates memos, communiqués, reports, data bases, spreadsheets, and the like and makes phone or personal contact with appropriate staff, administration, outside agencies, and/or parent(s)/guardian(s) to effectively address issues of concern.
• Assists the Director of Special Education in developing a cost-effective budget and controlling expenditures.
• Keeps informed with regard to potential sources of state…