SPECIAL EDUCATION LEAD TEACHERREPORTS TO: Director of Special Education
QUALIFICATIONS: - Must hold valid Teaching Certificate in Special Education
- Minimum of a Bachelor's Degree (Master's Degree preferred)
- Five or more years of successful teaching experience in Special Education
- Written and oral communication skills required
- Experience working in a collaborative environment
- Ability to travel between school sites
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, and ABILITIES: - Possesses an in-depth understanding of IDEA regulations and Georgia Special Education Rules
- Proficient in record keeping
- Ability to communicate effectively
- Ability to facilitate meetings
- Ability to develop and maintain a schedule
- Ability to maintain professional standards
DESCRITPTION OF DUTIES: - Coordinate the special education records of transfer students.
- Facilitate the collection of various information requests from BOE to include data for DOE reporting.
- Facilitate the scheduling of new students according to their IEP.
- Attend monthly meeting and disseminate information and materials to special education staff.
- Serve as consultant for IDEA compliance issues at assigned schools.
- Coordinate and supervise the ordering and spending of instructional funds.
- Designate Eligibility Designee, FBA Facilitator, FTE Designee, LEA, & AT Team Members.
- Organize the process for transferring special education records between schools/BOE.
- Provide professional learning support to general education/special education teachers.
- Facilitate mentor assignments of new special education staff on instructional, procedural, and compliance items.
- Complete and provide monthly reports to BOE.
- Facilitate the assignment of compliant caseloads.
- Facilitate the monitoring of the Special Education inventory in special education classrooms and maintain inventory information for the BOE.
- Monitor the discipline of students with disabilities.
- Collaborate with school administration regarding testing accommodations students with disabilities for local and statewide-required assessments.
- Coordinate special needs transportation requests and communicate concerns/needs with the IDEA Coordinator.
- Coordinate Senate Bill 10 Public School Choice transfers.
- Coordinate the expenditure of local school special education funds at the building level.
- Serve as consultant to regular education teachers, including addressing overall concerns regarding special education at their school.
- Secure records at the end of the year and disperse to teachers when school begins.
- Ensure records review process is implemented.
- Collaborate with administration with scheduling to ensure all special education services are accounted for.
- Coordinate transition meetings and meetings for placement changes.
- May assist in staffing and personnel assignments and recruitment.
- Conduct monthly department meetings.
- Liaison between parents and administrators.
- Consult for behavior support/discipline.
- Collaborate with administration regarding discipline for students with disabilities.
- Coordinate the processing and collection of SSI paperwork.
