Position Type:
Administration/Leadership - Learning Services/Special Education Executive Director

Date Posted:
12/11/2020

Location:
Educational Support Center

Date Available:
07/01/2021

Closing Date:
Open Until Filled

  
SALARY INFORMATION: Level 19 ($101,146 - $136,844)
STANDARD HOURS PER WEEK: 40
FTE: 1.0
JOB CODE: 3095
POSITION TYPE: Replacement
LOCATION: Thornton, CO

SUMMARY: Serves as part of the Learning Services team whose primary responsibilities are to: support schools, lead a comprehensive vision for teaching and learning and to model the way regarding best practices within the district. Provide senior level, district-wide leadership, advocacy and education to schools and other departments in regard to evidenced-based best practice and programming for students with special education needs. The scope of responsibility for this position includes leadership, supervision, guidance and support for all school support staff across special education. Provide leadership for strategic professional development programming, in collaboration with the district professional learning team, for teachers and providers aligned to the District's strategic plan and district-wide beliefs about adult learning. Model strong and effective collaboration, interpersonal and problem-solving skills. Responsible for creating and monitoring budgets and administering functional and compliance areas for special education.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

1. Provide overall district vision and leadership for programming across special education.
2. Monitor the effectiveness of programming for special populations and provide guidance to the chief academic officer, superintendent and senior staff on necessary programmatic changes and expectations to ensure increased student achievement for special education students.
3. Supervise and lead a team of 2 directors, central instructional/certified and classified staff to support effective implementation of programming for special education.
4. In partnership with the teacher and principal professional learning director, design and lead effective district-wide professional development strategy in support of inclusive special education. Ensure alignment with district beliefs for professional learning, district program models for special education, and district, state and federal requirements related to programming for special education.
5. Build and deepen relationships and tactical knowledge of school-based needs for special education and strategically use those relationships and that knowledge to guide a team of directors in support of schools, principals, teachers and students.
6. Oversee state reporting and compliance for special education, including preparation and submission of all reports and data for federal, state and district monitoring in regard to special education.
7. Lead and manage multiple budgets and grants such that they align and support programming models for special populations and district, state and federal policy for funding special education.
8. Liaison with Colorado Department of Education and state agencies as the district representative for special education.
9. Perform other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION AND RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE:
- Master's degree in special education plus additional coursework required for certification or licensure in educational leadership.
- Minimum of (5) five years of experience in the field of public education, with leadership experience in serving special education programming and students.

LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS or CERTIFICATIONS:
- Criminal background check required for hire.
- Colorado administrator license with director of special education endorsement.
- Endorsement in special education and culturally and linguistically diverse preferred.

SALARY INFORMATION: The salary listed is for full time positions (1.0 FTE). This salary will be adjusted, as needed, based upon the FTE. Administrative employees' salary will be commensurate on the employees' education and/or work experience. For additional information, please review our Administrative Compensation Program or review our Administrative Salary Schedule.

BENEFITS INFORMATION:
Adams 12 Five Star Schools is committed to providing an environment that promotes a healthy employee population able to serve our students at the highest level. We offer a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision and life insurance as well as other programs for benefit eligible employees. The employee assistance program, voluntary life insurance through PERA, and 401(k), 403(b) & 457(b) plans are available to all employees regardless of hours worked and are available immediately (upon hire date).

To learn more about our benefits, including paid time off, please see our Benefits Overview.

APPLICATION INFORMATION:
All applicants (current district employees and external applicants) should list any and all work experience, including current district experience, when completing the employment application. Please include job titles and duties that you held while doing that job. Since the Human Resource department uses the application to screen for minimum qualifications required for each job, it is important to have a complete application so you will be considered for the position you are applying for.

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