Special Education Coordinator

$1000.00 dollar sign on bonus for new hires!!

Our mission is to provide an exemplary educational program that includes all students. Our developmentally appropriate, student and family-centered educational approach nurtures students to expand their developmental skills, in order to build a foundation for life-long learning. Our Core Values are:

• Responsibility
• Engagement
• Acceptance
• Creativity
• Honesty

We are seeking passionate educators to build an inclusive Pk-5 school community. We are seeking committed individuals to provide high-quality and innovative instruction to a diverse student community. We are seeking individuals that recognize that they are in a position of public trust and are held to a high standard of personal and professional conduct. If you are a dedicated educator who is passionate about creating a culture of inclusion and respect, we invite you to join our team.

Together, we can make a difference in the lives of our students and build a brighter future for our community.

The Special Education Coordinator will be willing to learn about Universal Design for Learning (UDL) in order to provide classroom support, coaching, and in-service workshops that merge best practices in special education with UDL. The position supports programs within organization; reports major activities to senior level administrators through conferences and reports. This is a 12 month position.

• Is a unique and independent individual who is prepared to pave their own path.
• Self advocates through their preferred communication modalities.
• Welcomes diversity with inclusion, openness, acceptance, and respect for others.
• Demonstrates empathy and a desire to help and support others in need.
• Perseveres in the face of challenges to meet their individual academic, social and extra curricular goals.
• Is prepared for next steps after leaving Bridges Public Charter School.

• Managing a caseload of special education students and the implementation of their IEP/504 plans in: inclusive, self-contained and pull-out settings.
• Ensuring appropriate delivery of both special education instruction and related services as stipulated on IEPs/504 plans.
• Ensuring compliance by the school with all local and Federal laws and regulation relating to students with IEPs/504 plans and students referred to special education.
• Ensuring that services provided by contractual personnel are of high quality, provided in the LRE, and are aligned with students’ IEPs/504 plans.
• Effectively communicating to parents and guardians the special education process including process for referrals, evaluations, annual IEPs/504 plans, and re-evaluations as well as parental rights granted by IDEA.
• Facilitating IEP meetings using a strengths based and family centered approach
• Coordinating with student’s special education team to ensure all documents are completed in a timely manner (according to state, local, and school policies and procedures) prior to MDT meeting. Connect with special education team to ensure all team members (including parents) are prepared for the content of the meeting.
• Coordinating with special education team to complete quarterly IEP progress reports and provide quarterly IEP progress reports to parents/guardians.
• Maintaining student files (paper and electronic) according to school and OSSE standards.
• Providing training and technical assistance to case managers, teachers, related service providers and support service professionals on all aspects of cases management: use of computer systems for the special education process, writing of goal writing, progress reports, annual reviews and parent communication.
• Ensuring IEPs are developmentally appropriate, curriculum/standards
  -based, strength based, and relevant to individual students.
• Working to maintain school and LEA tracking and data system that includes: student information related to IEPs, services, service hours, evaluations, MDT referrals, time lines in which evaluations were competed and discipline incidents. Documented.
• Coaching special education classroom staff to strengthen classroom practices and…