Assistant Director Of Special Education

HUNTINGTON COUNTY COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORPORATION

Position Title: Assistant Director of Special Education

Evaluated By: Director of Special Education

Employment Requirements

• Indiana teaching license in Special Education

• Indiana Administrator's license

• Minimum 5 years' experience as a Special Education Teacher

• Strong communication and collaboration skills

• Knowledge of assistive technology desired

• Knowledge of behavioral interventions desired

Essential Job Duties

• Attend case conferences when requested by building level administrators and or special education teachers in order to provide additional support and/or potential solutions. Take case conference notes as necessary and clarify Article 7 for all concerned at a case conference.

• May assist Special Education Director in evaluating special education staff.

• Assist Special Education Director in evaluating and supervising all special education programs to ensure that objectives for student education are met

• Assist Special Education Teachers when writing IEP's to assure that goals and behavior plans are complete and measurable and can be accessed for and with the student to prepare for success academically and behaviorally.

• Assist building level administrators with information that will be helpful in the evaluation process for teachers. Help Special Education Teachers to understand curriculum, scheduling and data collection to ascertain and monitor student progress.

• May be responsible for manifest determination conferences as determined by Special Education Director. Assistant Director will be responsible for writing a letter to the superintendent in forming of a case conference decision regarding whether a behavior was a manifest of a student's disability for those MD conferences they attend. Assist in looking at alternative educational placements for students when necessary due to behavioral, medical or other factors.

• Responsible for pulling students from Indiana IEP when students move in to HCCSC.

• Collaborate with HCCSC staff and administrators on programming to help students to progress on each of their educational goals and services by assessing and comparing data to drive instruction.

Essential Cognitive Factors

• Plan, organize, and schedule priorities

• Use judgment and initiative in making sound decisions and in developing solutions to problems

• Discreetly handle confidential and politically sensitive matters

• Make decisions in accordance with established policies and procedures

• Tactfully and courteously respond to requests and inquiries/complaints from the general public and staff

Job Description

Assistant Director of Special Education

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• Communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing

• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with students, staff and the community

Physical Factors

(Occasionally = 0-2.5 hrs./day; Frequently = 2.5-5.5 hrs./day; Constantly = 5.5+ hrs./day)

• Sitting/standing - constantly

• Stooping/kneeling/crouching - occasionally

• Hearing and speaking clearly - constantly

• Lifting (up to 20 lbs.) - occasionally

The Huntington County Community School Corporation assures Equal Employment Opportunities for job candidates and employees. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential tasks. This job description is intended to accurately reflect the position activities and requirements. However, management and administration reserve the right to modify, add, or remove duties and assign other duties as necessary. It is not intended to be and should not be construed as an all-inclusive list of all the responsibilities, skills, or working conditions associated with the position.