EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN DIRECTOR
Position Description
Position: Exceptional Children Director
Reports to: Assistant Superintendent of C&I
Terms of Employment: 12-month; Full time
Pay Grade: Admin VI
Pay Range: Commensurate with education and experience
FLSA Status: Exempt
Nature of Work
Under the direction of the Assistant Superintendent, the Exceptional Children Director performs a variety
of supervisory and administrative tasks in monitoring programs for exceptional children in the school
system. The Exceptional Children Director directs and supervises programs and services in developing,
implementing, monitoring and continuously improving learning systems for students with special needs.
This employee coordinates the efforts of federal, state and local agencies, private specialists, parents and
program employees to provide services needed by students with special needs. The Exceptional Children
Director aligns policies, programs, curriculum supports, and budgets to the district strategic plan to
promote the educational development of each student and the professional development of each staff
member in the exceptional needs program. The Exceptional Children Director monitors the overall
effectiveness of the programs and ensures all are implemented within federal, state and local regulations.
Education and Experience
- Valid NC Licensure in Special Education or related field or nine semester hours of coursework in an exceptional children's area
- Master's degree in an Exceptional Children Area, Advanced Degree in School Psychology or School Administration/Curriculum and Instruction
- Five (5) years of successful teaching experience (preferred)
- Supervisory/administrative experience (preferred)
Certification and Licensure Requirements (if applicable):
Valid North Carolina Professional Educators Certificate in:
- Any Exceptional Children's Area
- 0012: School Administrator: Principal
Essential Functions/Typical Tasks
- Leads the continuous improvement of learning through implementation, monitoring, and improvement of services to exceptional needs students
- Leads the exceptional children division in improvement efforts by planning the systematic implementation, monitoring, and continuous improvement of school goals, measures, and key strategies.
- Implements the goals, measures, and key strategies of the Craven County School System
- Aligns resources (financial, human, and material) to the goals, measures, and key strategies of the school improvement plan, district strategic plan and for the benefit of the learning for special needs students
- Implements, monitors, and continuously improves the EC leadership structure to ensure compliance with federal, state and local policies and regulations
- Creates an aligned management system within the EC Division to focus systematically and systemically on performance excellence and continuous improvement.
- Implements, monitors, and continuously improves the programmatic needs of special needs students in collaboration with the Assistant Superintendent
- Participates in district goal teams to support the vision and mission of Craven County Schools
- Oversees the financial budgets, special funding opportunities, EC Grants and contract services to support program needs
- Manages the EC Leadership Team
- Assists in the recruitment, selection and retention of high quality, qualified and diverse workforce to support the learning needs of exceptional needs students
- Implements, monitors, and continuously improves the professional develop of teachers working with special needs students
- Facilitates the staff orientation process
- Implements, monitors, and continuously improves a system to support and develop high expectations for staff
- Consults and collaborates with school-based staff and central office staff in all departments regarding individual cases and in the interpretation of federal, state and local laws and policies
- Consults with school board attorney regarding issues relative to the needs of EC students
- Implements, monitors, and continuously improves a communication system for the benefits of EC teachers, staff and students
- Implements, monitors, and continuously improves a process to address questions/concerns
- Implements the policy of the Craven County Board of Education
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Ability to develop and use data systems and other sources of information to identify strengths and areas of improvement for students and staff.
- Has read and understands the policy of the Craven County Board of Education.
- Ability to read a variety of correspondence, reports, forms, articles, proposals, contracts, etc.
- Ability to prepare correspondence, reports, forms, evaluations, policies, etc. using prescribed formants.
- Ability to research program documents and narrative materials, and to compile reports from research.
- Ability to review documents for accuracy of information, grammar, style, punctuation, and vocabulary.
- Ability to maintain complex schedules, records, and files.
- Ability to maintain confidential information.
- Ability to develop and modify work procedures, methods, and processes to improve student outcomes, effectiveness, and efficiency.
- Ability to type accurately at a moderate rate of speed.
- Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing.
- Ability to exercise considerable tact and courtesy in frequent contact with school officials, elected officials, and the general public.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships as necessitated by work assignments.
- Ability to build cooperative relationships with staff, parents and community groups/members.
- Ability to maintain complete and accurate records.
- Knowledgeable and makes use of community resources.
- Ability to engage with people beyond giving and receiving instructions.
- Adaptable to performing under stress and when confronted with emergency situations.
Physical Requirements
- This work requires the regular exertion of up to 10 pounds of force, frequent exertion of up to 25 pounds of force and occasional exertion of up to 50 pounds of force; work regularly requires standing, walking, sitting and speaking or hearing, frequently requires using hands to finger, handle or feel and repetitive motions and occasionally requires climbing or balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching or crawling, reaching with hands and arms, pushing or pulling and lifting; work has standard vision requirements; vocal communication is required for expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word and conveying detailed or important instructions to others accurately, loudly or quickly; hearing is required to perceive information at normal spoken word levels and to receive detailed information through oral communications and/or to make fine distinctions in sound; work requires preparing and analyzing written or computer data, operating motor vehicles or equipment and observing general surroundings and activities; work has no exposure to environmental conditions; work is generally in a very quiet location or classroom (e.g. office).
Evaluation
- Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with provisions of the Board of Education and local policy on evaluation of personnel.
Special Requirements
- Must possess a Valid NC driver's license.
Disclaimer
- The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees to this job. As such, it is not intended to contain all of the duties and qualifications required of an employee in a single position (job). Consequently, it is not to be perceived as a position (job) description or as identification of essential functions as required by ADA.
- By submitting your application you are indicating that you have read the above position description of the job for which you are being recommended. In addition, you are indicating that you are aware of the essential duties of the position and that you can perform the essential functions of the job. You agree to perform each of the duties identified on this job description and understand that failure to perform any of the duties may lead to reprimand up to and including dismissal by the Craven County Schools Board of Education.
- *In compliance with Federal Law, Craven County Schools administers all education programs, employment activities and admissions without discrimination against any person on the basis of sex, race, color, religion, national origin, age or disability.
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