MIDDLESEX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Position: Coordinator of Special Education

Position Summary: Coordinate the planning, implementation, and delivery of services for students with disabilities, Section 504 and the management of other responsibilities as assigned by the Director of Special Education.

Job Type: Full-Time

Contract: 11 Months

FLSA Status: Exempt

Salary Scale: Specialist III

Minimum Qualifications: 

1. A Collegiate Professional Certificate with an endorsement in Special Education with at least three years of demonstrated experience as a Special Education Teacher and/or an Administrator. 
2. Have demonstrated the professional and personal characteristics necessary for working effectively with students, parents and school personnel.

Essential Functions: 

• Provides support and technical assistance to division staff regarding required procedures and services for students with disabilities.
• Coordinates student services including the responsibility for identification, services, and compliance for students with disabilities within all programs.
• Plans and facilitates professional development programs designed to optimize delivery of specialized instruction for students with disabilities.
• Adheres to VDOE guidance both state and federal regulations
• Supports implementation of division instructional programs to meet the special learning needs of students with disabilities.
• Participates in Response to intervention (RtI) meetings to support teachers with instructional strategies and reviewing pertinent data. 
• Coordinates the implementation of policies and procedures in compliance with federal and state regulations as they relate to special education and Section 504.
• Collaborates with other agencies as necessary, such as T/TAC
• Assists in achieving Board mandated goals.
• Participates in local, regional, and state organizations, conferences, and trainings; communicates all relevant information to stakeholders.
• Engages in interdepartmental collaboration to support student academic and behavioral success, provide training to division staff, maintain accurate data, and meet reporting deadlines.
• Provides necessary professional development and training opportunities to a variety of audiences and stakeholders, including parents/guardians.
• Provides effective professional development and technical assistance, to include modeling and coaching, to school administrators, IEP team, and/or Section 504 team members in legal requirements and compliance matters necessary to ensure a free and appropriate public education (FAPE) for all students with disabilities.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: 

• Exhibits knowledge of the laws, procedures, principles, practices, and current developments associated with 504 and with the administration of special education programs under IDEA.
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing with students, parents, school personnel, and members of the community.
• Excellent oral, written, and human relations and communications skills.  
• Exhibits knowledge of the evaluation/identification and needs of students with disabilities.
• Exhibit a high degree of professionalism to include work ethic, assuming and accepting responsibility, flexibility, attention to detail, time management, organization, maintaining composure in high demand and challenging situations, and modeling a positive attitude which contributes to a positive climate and culture within the department/division.  
• Demonstrated proficiency in use and application of a variety of office and instructional technology not limited to Microsoft Office Applications, Google applications, school student information and data systems, proficient word processing/keyboarding, and others as needed

Physical Requirements: 

This work requires the occasional exertion of up to 25 pounds of force; work regularly requires standing, speaking or hearing and using hands to finger, handle or feel, frequently requires walking and occasionally requires sitting and repetitive motions; work requires close vision, distance vision, depth perception and peripheral vision; vocal communication is required for expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word and conveying detailed or important instructions to others accurately, loudly or quickly; hearing is required to perceive information at normal spoken word levels and to receive detailed information through oral communications and/or to make fine distinctions in sound; work requires preparing and analyzing written or computer data and observing general surroundings and activities; work occasionally requires exposure to blood borne pathogens and may be required to wear specialized personal protective equipment; work has no exposure to environmental conditions; work is generally in a moderately noisy location (e.g. business office, playground, classroom, light traffic). 

Supervision Exercised: 

Director of Special Education and Federal Programs