JOB TITLE: Special Education Coordinator
AIM, Assessment Intervention Management
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor’s Degree
- Master’s Degree
- Valid Texas teacher certificate and School Administrator Certificate
- A valid TX driver’s license
JOB DESCRIPTION:
AIM is an award-winning company that has won Best Place to Work, Top Workplaces, Best Workplaces in Texas, Top Company Cultures, and is a certified Great Place to Work!
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AIM has an opening for Special Education Coordinator to support the special education director with all administrative duties.
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:
- Delivering Professional Development.
- Providing teacher and paraprofessional support.
- ARD procedures.
- Knowledge of education of special education students.
- Understanding and development of PLAAFP and IEP goals and objectives.
- Understanding of the federal law I.D.E.A.
- Knowledge of curriculum; and state assessment.
Excellent organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills. - Knowledgeable and skilled with working with special education programming.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Communicate with school staff and families regularly regarding student’s progress or needs
- Maintain students’ confidentiality
- Maintain a safe, clean, and organized work environment
- Maintain current knowledge of Special Education law (as it pertains to Behavior Management)
- Maintain electronic eligibility and on-site folders in a manner consistent with TEA and Wayside
- Network requirements; Ensure the confidentiality of information regarding special education
- Overseeing/managing a caseload of special education students and the implementation of their IEP plans in inclusive, self-contained,, and pull-out settings.
- Know campus data regarding the state assessment, benchmarks, and available interventions.
- Attend ARD Committee meetings and provide follow-up to special education placements including planning and implementation of ARD Committee decisions.
- Serve as liaison between parents, teachers, counselors, nurses, outside agencies, and various campus departments.
- Serve as conflict mediator/problem solver in crisis situations concerning instructional programs, placement, and behaviors of students.
- Perform special education audits and gather State Performance Plan data to submit to TEA.
- Be fully informed of staff and position management, student cases, classroom, and equipment need.
- Demonstrate proficiency with Frontline.
- Demonstrate high ability to communicate orally and in writing.
- Have excellent time-management skills, attention to detail, and the ability to work independently.
- Adhere to a high level of professional and ethical standards.
- Effectively communicating to parents and guardians the special education process including the process for referrals, evaluations, annual IEPs/504 plans, and re-evaluations as well as parental rights granted by IDEA.
- 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.
- Discuss student’s progress with parents, teachers, counselors, and administrators
- Establish and maintain a cooperative working relationship with students and families based on trust, understanding, and respect for the communities in which they identify.
WORKING CONDITIONS
- Maintain emotional control under stress.
- Daily attendance and punctuality at work are essential functions of the job.
- Regular District-wide travel to multiple work locations as assigned; frequent standing, stooping, bending, reaching, pulling, pushing, heavy lifting, and moderate carrying.
- May be required to lift and transfer students to and from wheelchairs or assist with positioning students with physical disabilities.
- Ability to adjust and adapt to a multitude of situations in the school environment
- Strong family engagement and communication
COMPENSATION
- Competitive regional market salary for Special Education Coordinators
- Health benefits package available
- Offers/contracts are pending a background check
