SPECIAL EDUCATION RESOURCES COORDINATOR

State of Illinois

2d

About The Position

Under general supervision, monitors and tracks the provision of school district special education for adherence to state and federal special education mandates; monitors the evaluation, education and recordkeeping of students receiving special education and related services for compliance with required deadlines; documents and records data; analyzes and interprets data submitted from various juvenile special education program sources and prepares reports for instructional staff and administrative staff; acts as part of a team to design, implement, evaluate and improve the special education services of the school district and the individual facility; serves as a resource and makes recommendations to administrative staff to help to establish and improve the special education services at the facility; assists educators in evaluating and improving teaching methods and classroom strategies for students with disabilities; acquires and transfers academic and special education records to and from other juvenile justice facilities, or other public, state or local agencies serving students with disabilities; serves as a subject matter expert with regard to the compliance of records and education plans with state and federal special education mandates.

Requirements

• Requires possession of a current and valid Professional Educator License, issued by the Illinois State Board of Education, with a Learning Behavior Specialist I endorsement.
• Requires the ability to pass an IDOC/IDJJ background check.
• Requires ability to pass a drug screen. The use of unauthorized drugs by an employee, regardless of position held, is prohibited.
• Requires ability to travel in the performance of duties, with overnight stays as appropriate.
• Requires ability to attend seminars, conferences, and trainings to stay current on methods, tools, ideologies, or other industry related topics relevant to the job duties.

Nice To Haves

• Prefers working knowledge of the methods techniques and strategies used in the instruction and development of juveniles with intellectual physical or other defined developmental disabilities.
• Prefers working knowledge of agency programs and services objectives activities and operational systems.
• Prefers working knowledge of agency policies and procedures.
• Prefers working knowledge of the impact that disabilities have on the cognitive physical emotional social and communication development of an individual.
• Prefers ability to evaluate a student, select behavioral objectives to meet the student's needs, and to guide and direct family and facility staff regarding the necessary training and educational development of a student.
• Prefers ability to communicate with, and instruct, students with physical, intellectual or developmental disabilities.
• Prefers elementary knowledge of behavior modification principles.
• Prefers elementary knowledge of and ability to operate a personal computer.
• Prefers ability to prepare written documentation related to student performance and education.
• Prefers ability to 'relate' to students with extreme and profound emotional impairments.

Responsibilities

• Monitors and tracks the provision of student Individual Education Plans (IEP) for adherence to  state and federal special education mandates.
• Participates in IDJJ School District #428 and resident home school educational student conferences (upon re-entry) to determine the IEP for instructional placement of an individual student in the appropriate instructional program.
• Interprets and prepares reports for instructional and administrative staff with regard to IEP data for students in a juvenile justice facility that receive special education services.
• Acquires and distributes authorized academic records related to special education services.
• Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed