DIRECTOR

State of careers Rhode Island • Derry, NH

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Incumbent is responsible for leading, managing, and providing technical assistance to district and school personnel and parents to ensure that all children -- especially those with disabilities and, learning English as a second language -- are instructed by well-prepared teachers using proven methods. Incumbent is responsible for leading the state initiative on achievement gap closure using all tools at his or her disposal including federal funding, state policy and regulations, and community and parent partnerships. Incumbent is responsible for ensuring state compliance with all federal regulations associated with Title III, and IDEA. The functions of leadership, management and collaboration are to be integrated so as to achieve both product and process objectives. Teamwork and mutually supportive methods are ascribed as successful outcomes and are necessary for providing high quality service and achieving high standards of performance. Work must be conducted in ways that include and involve those who have a stake in the outcome and must ensure that issues related to equity and special needs are addressed in a comprehensive fashion. The context for this work must be strong advocacy for districts, schools, students, and parents and a positive commitment to the role of the Department of Education as a central state level policymaking and quality assurance body.

Requirements

• Knowledge of applicable Federal and State laws and regulations including Title III, and IDEA
• Knowledge of the needs and rights of differently abled students and multilingual learners.
• Familiarity with federal and foundation grant management, including reporting requirements and fiscal management
• Knowledge of budgeting and funding opportunities.
• Skilled in working with diverse populations.
• Skilled in facilitating meetings.
• Skilled in monitoring and evaluating staff.
• Skilled in providing leadership.
• Skilled in working collaboratively.
• Skilled in administering grants.
• Skilled in building and maintaining strong community partnerships that serve differently abled students and multilingual learners and/or meet the goals of the Office.
• Master’s Degree in Education.
• At least five years of management level experience in special education.
• Any combination of education and experience that shall be substantially equivalent to the above.
• Must have own transportation and be available evenings and occasionally on weekends.
• Reasonable accommodations can be made for individuals with a disability.

Nice To Haves

• PhD. preferred.
• At least 5 year(s) of relevant experience preferred.
• Master degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Collects and examines data and information relative to existing policies and procedures and oversees the implementation and evaluation of federal and state policies and procedures to determine their effectiveness and/or applicability.
• Conducts needs assessments to identify gaps in services or unmet needs and develops related training and technical assistance for practitioners and consumer audiences.
• Facilitates meetings with groups and partners within and outside of the organization to examine needs data and designs related training and technical assistance to respond to identified needs.
• Reviews the office’s quality assurance and compliance related policies, procedures, and practices to ensure effectiveness, efficiency, and utility for both federal and LEA stakeholders
• Develops, implements and evaluates standards for program design, review, and approval.
• Establishes and maintains strong relationships between RIDE and community-based partners to support the goals of the office.
• Provides day-to-day leadership to staff and works in close, collegial workgroups across divisions.
• Completes projects as assigned through a combination of individual effort and through delegation to staff.
• Development and management of annual office budget that serve both the long and short-term goals of the office and ensure maximum efficiency and effectiveness of invested funds.
• Provides primary leadership and project management on large-scale initiatives that serve differently abled students and multilingual learners and their families.
• Performs related work as assigned.

Benefits

• For information regarding the benefits available to State of Rhode Island employees, please visit the Office of Employee Benefits' website at http://www.employeebenefits.ri.gov/.
• new provision in RI General Law 35-6-1 was enacted requiring direct deposit for all employees.
• Specific to new hires, the law requires that all employees hired after September 30, 2014, participate in direct deposit.
• Accordingly, any employee hired after this date will be required to participate in the direct deposit system.
• At the time the employee is hired, the employee shall identify a financial institution that will serve as a personal depository agency for the employee.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees