SPED Coordinator

Polaris Tech Charter School is looking for a Certified Special Education Coordinator (Teacher) that can work well with elementary, middle and/or high schools in various models. We seek those who will join an outstanding education team to unleash student potential and cultivate aspirations - where students are career-focused, college-ready, and invested in the community. The Special Education Teacher must ensure students have the academic, social-emotional support, transition, and behavioral services they need to achieve their highest potential within the project-based learning environment at Polaris Tech Charter School.

The Coordinator will create a rigorous but supportive environment in which all students are held to high academic expectations. The Navigator will seek evidence of achieving goals to help all students meet expectations. The Navigator will move beyond the traditional notion of providing each student with the same learning experience and be willing to apply differentiated instructional strategies.

The Navigator will recognize that not all students learn at the same pace and differentiate instruction to meet students' diverse needs.

In seeking to personalize instruction, the Navigator will recognize all students bring different strengths and needs to the classroom. The Navigator is aware of different learning preferences, diversity, and universal design principles and appropriately differentiates and adapts to meet the academic, social, and emotional individual needs of each student.

Navigators constantly enhance their skill sets through professional development opportunities. Navigators use a growth mindset in and out of the classroom to take risks in developing engaging project-based learning opportunities for all learners. They also apply the same mindset to students by encouraging them to take risks and learn from their successes and failures.

• Ensure appropriate assessment, creation, and delivery of both special education instruction and related services as stipulated on IEPs/504 plans
• Manages the MTSS process and works with other team members
• Ensure compliance by the school with all local and Federal laws and regulation related to students with IEPs/504 plans and students referred to special education
• Facilitate IEP meetings using a strengths-based and family-centered approach
• Identify students who should be assessed to determine disabled eligibility
• Oversee case management services for students and families requiring multiple resources.

• Create and deliver quarterly IEP progress reports to parents/guardians
• Communicate to parents and guardians the special education process including process for referrals, evaluations, annual IEPs/504 plans, and re-evaluations
• Assist parents to access programs and community resources available to students with special needs.

• Leadership and soft skills:
  • Excellent communication and relationship building skills
  • Ability to work effectively on a leadership team
• Technical skills:
  • Proficient in numerous clinical interventions, Enrich and Power School Data Entry

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

School, community, and office settings

This is a full-time, 40 hours per week, 205 Day position.

Some travel to other schools, various homes, and community settings, professional development, workshops

• Certification in the subject area (South Carolina or reciprocity state) is required
• Power School experience
• Experience in project-based learning is preferred
• Experience with i Ready is preferred
• Willingness to work with other navigators to promote interdisciplinary studies
• Ability to learn new technology tools quickly (e.g., database and web-based tools)
• Ability to support and guide parents as well as students
• Knowledge of effective and innovative instructional and student evaluation techniques
• Ability to develop effective relationships with pupils, parents, navigators, staff and the community
• Outstanding references from current and former supervisors
• Satisfactory SLED (SC Law Enforcement Division) report

• Benefits Packet
• Retirement: 403b
• Competitive Salary

Salary: $55000 - $65000