Special Education Director BETTER WAGE ($80,000 yearly)
About The Position
The Special Education Director designs, implements, and monitors special education programs for students with disabilities. The role manages caseloads, budgets, and resources; provides services as directed in students’ IEPs; monitors IEP goals; and reports progress to parents four times per year. The director also develops and implements vocational ISP programs and participates in ISPs and multidisciplinary team meetings for new and current students. The position collaborates with general education and related-service staff, families, districts, and outside agencies to support student progress and participation in the general education curriculum. It maintains required Nebraska Department of Education documentation, documents relevant interactions, supervises paraprofessionals, conducts diagnostic observations and evaluations, attends special education meetings, and complies with NDE Rule 51 guidelines.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree required.
- Must possess a Nebraska Teaching Certificate throughout employment, with endorsements required by NDE Rule 10.
- Must possess the Special Education Endorsement appropriate to the assigned instructional responsibility, including grade level and disability, as required by NDE Rules 24 and 51.
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and monitor special education programs to meet the needs of students with disabilities.
- Maintain pertinent NDE documents and comply with NDE Rule 51 guidelines.
- Manage budgets and coordinate resources to support special education services.
- Manage caseloads and provide services as directed in IEPs.
- Monitor IEP goals and provide written progress reports to parents four times per year.
- Participate in ISPs concerning vocational services for new individuals and individuals already on the caseload.
- Develop and implement a vocational ISP program.
- Participate in MDTs for new and current students on the caseload.
- Collaborate with general education and related-service staff regarding student progress and participation in the general education curriculum.
- Develop working knowledge of students on the caseload to provide special education services.
- Document pertinent interactions with parents and outside agencies, including phone calls and notes.
- Supervise paraprofessionals.
- Conduct formal and informal diagnostic observations and evaluations.
- Communicate with districts and outside agencies.
- Attend regularly scheduled and other announced special education meetings.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
