Special Education Coordinator - Primary​/ECSE

Essential Duties and Responsibilities Organization and Administration

• Coordination:
  • Convene and facilitate quarterly meetings of the Springfield School District Early Education Partnership.
  • Convene and facilitate other meetings as needed between members of the Partnership.
  • Consult with EEE coordinator and lead teacher to support appropriate placement of EEE eligible children in pre‑k programs.
  • Consult with Public Pre‑K Partners to ensure appropriate referral of children with developmental concerns and address placement needs.
  • Serve on the professional development committee of the Springfield Building Bright Futures Council to ensure that professional development activities address the needs of pre‑k partner staff.
• Collaboration:
  • Work with each of the entities in the partnership to address the needs of the various programs.
  • Participate in Head Start self‑assessment process to support continuous program improvement efforts.
  • Work with the Building Bright Futures Council to ensure meeting the needs of all area preschool children and ensure best practice for members of the SSD Partnership.
  • Work with Springfield School District to provide and share appropriate professional development opportunities to pre‑k partners.
• Financial:
  • Help develop the Partnership budget.
  • Oversee the Partnership budget.
  • Develop contracts with SEVCA and Private Providers.
• Organization:
  • Schedule quarterly partnership meetings and other meetings with members as needed.
  • Assure that all preschools with the partnership meet publicly funded pre‑k requirements.
  • Partners maintain licenses.
  • Partners are served by a licensed teacher.
  • Partners maintain StARS and/or NAEYC accreditation.
  • Partners are trained to assess using Teaching Strategies GOLD assessment tool.
  • Partners use a play‑based curriculum using the Vermont Early Learning Standards.
  • Support programs as feasible to meet Act 166 quality criteria through:
    • Supporting appropriate pre‑k partnership staff to obtain a Vermont teaching license with an early childhood education endorsement.
    • Providing services to programs to meet Act 166 criteria for high quality publicly funded pre‑k programs.
  • Maintain files of information such as licenses, DCF Childcare, License Field Form, etc.
  • Compile student data and enter into a data base for management.
  • Student census data.
  • Attendance.
  • Maintaining pre‑k child registration files.

• Public Relations with local community:
  • Develop and maintain website.
  • Present information about the Partnership to the community in a variety of ways:
    • School Board meetings
    • Public information sessions
    • Newspaper articles
    • Brochures and other advertising media
    • Relationship with the State
  • Attend state‑wide trainings related to Publicly Funded Pre‑K and Early Education as appropriate.
  • Be informed of Legislative changes that affect preschool funding and share them with Partnership members and School Administrators.
  • Request support from the Agency of Education to compile and analyze data related to child outcomes.

Perform all other duties as directed by the Supervisor.