Special Education Coordinator

• Position Type:
  Special Education
• Date Posted: 10/13/2026
• Location:
  
  Hiawatha Collegiate High School (High-Needs School)

Reports To: Building Principal

FLSA Status: Exempt

School Classification:
Certified Staff Onsite

Starting Pay Range: $44,683 - $80,456

Hiawatha Academies is a network of college-preparatory schools focused on closing the opportunity gap in Minneapolis. We seek to create a K-12 school experience for scholars that empowers them with knowledge, character, and leadership skills.
At Hiawatha Academies, we are committed to making our city and our world a more inclusive, equitable, and just place.

Our equity vision: to honor the humanity of all people, we actively disrupt systemic inequity in pursuit of an equitable world. Hiawatha Academies permanently disrupts educational inequity by ensuring a great school for every child.

The Special Education Coordinator is the campus compliance anchor for the Special Education team. This role owns IEP due process management, compliance monitoring, family engagement, and data integrity for all students with IEPs on the assigned campus. This is not a caseload-carrying teaching role. The Special Education Coordinator is a compliance and coordination specialist who works alongside Special Education teachers, the Dean of Special Education, and the Network Support Team to keep every student's IEP on track and every family meaningfully informed.

At Hiawatha Academies, the Special Education Coordinator is the person who makes the system run. They know every timeline, every student file, every family relationship, and every documentation requirement on their campus. They are the first line of compliance defense and the primary partner to Case Managers in building high-quality, compliant IEPs.

The Special Education Coordinator will work collaboratively to create a school community where ALL Hiawatha Academies scholars are empowered with the knowledge, character, and leadership skills to graduate from college and serve the common good.

• Support Hiawatha campus as assigned to provide full Special Education Coordinator coverage , managing all IEP and evaluation timelines, meeting facilitation, documentation, and family communication with no drop in service
• Schedule, coordinate, and facilitate all IEP and evaluation meetings on assigned campuses , managing all paperwork and documentation to meet compliance deadlines under IDEA and MN Rule 3525
• Monitor all IEP and evaluation timelines during coverage assignments to maintain zero overdue annual meetings, reevaluations, or initial evaluation timelines, flag risks to the Network Special Education Team immediately
• Draft and distribute Prior Written Notice (PWN) for all changes to a student's IEP in the family's preferred language with accuracy and timeliness
• Confirm procedural safeguards are provided to families at all legally required intervals and documented in each student's file
• Lead Manifestation Determination Review (MDR) coordination for students facing suspension of 10 or more days, convene the team and complete all required documentation
• Conduct file audits on assigned campuses and flag compliance gaps to the Network Special Education Team with a corrective action recommendation
• IEP Quality and Program Support
• Serve as a resource and thought partner for Special Education teachers on IEP goal writing, in-class supports, accommodations, and service delivery alignment
• Support teachers in completing quarterly IEP progress reports with accurate, standards-aligned data
• Collect and maintain ESY eligibility data in partnership with Case Managers and flag students who meet eligibility criteria before required deadlines
• Facilitate student scheduling sessions using IEP Playground , build service grids that match IEP requirements to the campus master schedule during coverage assignments
• Identify and elevate gaps in service delivery, scheduling, or IEP fidelity

• Maintain accurate and complete special education student records across all required platforms, SpEdforms, IEP Playground, MARSS, and any network-designated tracking systems, during all coverage assignments
• Conduct periodic file audits across campuses to verify records are complete, accurate, and compliant
• Identify and recommend improvements to due process systems and data collection practices across the network

When not assigned to full campus coverage, the…