Administrative - Other

Outreach Director

JOB OVERVIEW:  The primary purpose of this position is to oversee a statewide outreach system that provides consultation and technical assistance to Montana’s children who are deaf, hard of hearing, blind, visually impaired, or deafblind from birth through age 21.  The outreach program provides resources to families, schools, medical home or other community based service providers.  The Outreach Director creates a professional environment where program staff can provide appropriate quality services and where they can learn new skills, access current research, and develop their professional goals to better support their colleagues both on and off campus.

Breakdown of Essential Responsibilities:

Administrative Tasks (30%)

• Assist in the development and management of the Outreach program general budget.

• Assist in the development and management of grants that support the Outreach Program.

• Approves expenditures requested by outreach consultants.

• Be an active participant with union labor management committees where appropriate.

• Analyze EdInsights Data that pertains to outreach and work to immediately rectify any problems.

• Run monthly reports from EdInsights and provide each outreach consultant as requested.

• Develop outreach strategic plan every three years that aligns with MSDB strategic plan.

• Work with individual consultants to develop a yearly work schedule.

• Approves consultant timesheets bi-weekly.

• Maintains memorandums of understanding with Part C Providers as needed to support MSDB students.

• Work with APH census as the states Ex Officio Trustee.

• Supervise the inventory of the Technology Lending Library System.

Traveling (25%)

• Supporting consultants in the field.

• Attending events that are outlined in the other sections of this job announcement.

Communication Tasks (25%)

• Attend administrative, green team, and bi-monthly Board of Public Education meetings to share and receive information.

• Develop a schedule for regular outreach meetings.

• Attend statewide meetings and represent MSDB at stakeholder agencies and organizations (i.e OPI Meetings).

• Serve on advisory councils and task forces related to outreach services.

• Collaborate with MSDB campus programs.

• Maintain outreach manuals, guidelines, and other critical outreach resources.

• Support outreach staff with developing opportunities for students and families served by outreach.

• Collaborate with consulting audiologist on new referrals for program services.

Human Resources Tasks (10%)

• Assist with the recruitment of new outreach staff.

• Evaluate outreach staff as identified in Collective Bargaining Agreement and State Policies.

• Identify and provide professional development for outreach staff.

• Assist outreach consultants with setting up and monitoring personal growth plans.

• Work with outreach consultants on onboarding and maintaining deaf mentors and family advisors.

• Develop and maintain a program for outreach staff to increase ASL skills.

• Setup and provide regular trainings for family advisors and deaf mentors.

Self-Professional Development (5%)

• Attend and present at annual meetings of COSB, CEASD, APH, NRAER and MCASE.

• Continue learning the trends in both Visual and Deaf Education.

• Develop ASL skills and pass the ASLPI test at the appropriate level.

Student Level Support (5%)

• Participate in referral and 10-day meetings of possible campus placed students.

• Attend IEP/IFSP meetings as requested.

• As the outreach program has student numbers approaching 1200 students and climbing, it is important that the successful candidate has the following:

• Open minded.

• Flexible with schedule.

• Empathy for others.

• Sense of humor.

• Social.

• Confident.

• Positive outlook.

Minimum qualifications (Education and Experience):

Must possess or have the ability to possess the following from The Montana Office of Public Instruction by the first instructional day of the academic calendar:

Eligible Licenses Needed

Class 1 Professional Teaching License and Class 3 Administrators License, OR

Class 5 Provisional License

Eligible Endorsements

32A HI, 32A VI, 32E HIEC, 32A SPE, or 32E SPE (Need a minimum of 1)

30A PRI, 30A SPE, 30A SUP (Need a minimum of 1)

MSDB is willing to work with any candidate who is eligible for a Class 5 license while working on an administrative degree.