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ORLEANS PARISH SCHOOL BOARD Success is the Only Option!

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Special Education Director Special Education Central Administration Chief Academic Officer

Job Summary Under the supervision of the Chief Academic Officer, the Special Education Director will provide effective leadership in all areas that relate to educational opportunities and services for exceptional students, including effective communications with parents, schools, the Louisiana Department of Education and the community.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Other minor duties may be assigned.

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Administers all services for identifying, locating, evaluating, and developing appropriate educational programs, and provides services to exceptional children to assure the district’s full compliance with federal and state regulations.

Ensures that all identified students with disabilities receive a Free Appropriate Public Education.

Establishes the special education framework for the school system in compliance with all federal and state regulations.

Provides leadership for the analysis, development, interpretation and implementation of policies and legislation related to exceptional children’s services.

Develops, implements and continually reviews the processes for referral, identification, and placement of exceptional children in order to ensure maximum educational opportunities.

Develops a plan to continually receive input from parents, school site administrators, teachers and support personnel on the effectiveness of special education services and processes, and modifies special education procedures and processes, as necessary, based upon input.

Collects data on the students entering the rolls of special education and of students exiting the rolls of special education.

Designs and administers the inclusive practices program throughout the school district to maximize educational opportunities for all students with disabilities.

Develops annual applications and budgets for administering local, state and federal funds for programs and services for exceptional children.

Establishes a plan for regular meetings with school site administrators, receives input on effective service delivery and acts on input.

Establishes a plan for regular meetings with parents, receives input regarding service delivery and acts on input.

Reviews and recommends priorities and allocations for the distribution of funds from approved sources.

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ORLEANS PARISH SCHOOL BOARD Success is the Only Option!

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Conducts needs assessments to identify school system priorities in special education Collects, maintains and utilizes multi-source data for the development of long and shortrange prioritized goals and objectives for special education.

Provides professional development opportunities for school site instructional and support staff and Central Office special education personnel.

Maintains liaison with community, state and federal agencies as the special education representative for the school district.

Prepares reports and other pertinent documentation required by local, state and federal agencies.

Works with public and private agencies and organizations within the community to secure funding and provide services to exceptional children.

Ensures the provision of special education services to students voluntarily enrolled in nonpublic and Charter schools in accordance with all federal and state regulations.

Prepares informational documents regarding special education services, programs, policies, procedures, laws and regulations for distribution to other departments, school site personnel, external agencies, community groups and parents of exceptional children.

Supervises the district’s Section 504 program for LEA compliance.

Supervises the district’s Medicaid Reimbursement Program for educational, support and health services billing.

Performs other duties as required.

Supervisory Responsibilities Supervises the Special Education Department and the Medicaid Billing Manager.

Qualifications The requirements listed below are representative of the qualifications necessary to perform the job.

A. Education and Experience Master’s Degree required. Five years of proven experience as an administrator, to include leadership experience within a school and/or Central Office.

B. Certificates, Licenses, Registrations or Other Requirements Louisiana certification as Director of Special Education C. Other Knowledge, Skills or Abilities Required Expertise and knowledge of Special Education.

The ability to fulfill the responsibilities listed above

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ORLEANS PARISH SCHOOL BOARD Success is the Only Option!

Work Environment Listed below are key points regarding environmental demands and the work environment of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

• Required to use motor coordination with finger dexterity (such as keyboarding, machine operation, etc.) part of the work day; • Required to exert physical effort in handling objects less than 30 pounds rarely; • Required to be exposed to physical occupational risks (such as cuts, burns, exposure to toxic chemicals, etc) rarely; • Required to be exposed to physical environment which involves dirt, odors, noise, weather extremes or similar elements rarely; • Normal setting for this job is an office/school setting.

Salary Range: Grade EC09 of the Orleans Parish School Board Central Administration Certificated Salary Schedule.

How to Apply: Interested applicants should mail, e-mail or fax a letter of interest, resume and a copy their Louisiana Teaching Certificate to the Chief of Staff, Dr. Armand B. Devezin, 3520 General DeGaulle Drive, Suite 5055, New Orleans, Louisiana 70114. The e-mail address is job_applications@opsb.us and the fax telephone number is (504) 379-4171. Applicants not following the application directions or meeting the requirements in the job description will be eliminated from the process.

DEADLINE TO APPLY: November 14, 2013

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