BASIS Ed · 2 weeks ago
Exceptional Student Services Regional Coordinator
BASIS Ed is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Exceptional Student Services Regional Coordinator. This role involves overseeing all aspects of the Special Education program at a school site, ensuring compliance with regulations, and providing guidance and professional development to educators.
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Responsibilities
Comprehensively manage the special education process including child find activities, the evaluation and identification process, the plan creation process, the implementation and periodic review process under IDEA, EL and Section 504 for assigned region
Campus oversight to ensure specially designed instruction is consistent with individual student needs as articulated in the students’ Individualized Education Program (IEP)
Compliance review of evaluations, IEP, prior to securing documents in student system and permanent files
System administrator for IEP-Pro
Provide guidance and professional development to general education teachers on student accommodation implementation, IDEA, FAPE, Child Find obligations, the student referral process, etc
Provide guidance and professional development to special education teachers on a variety of special education/compliance topics
Responsible for transfer in process for any new student enrolling at a BASIS school
Responsible for initial evaluation and re-evaluation process
Ensure compliance with all State and Federal Special Education requirements
In collaboration with appropriate school leaders, schedule and facilitate all hearing and vision screenings for current ESS students
Collaborate with the school’s testing coordinator to ensure appropriate accommodations are provided according to student IEP’s, 504 plan or EL services, for district and state testing
Maintain appropriate communication with Head of School and Central Office
Supervise itinerant related service providers
Serves as private/out of district placement coordinator
Evaluate programming needs to make appropriate staffing allocations
Coordinating and ensuring full state and federal compliance with all aspects of programming (identification, review, dismissal) for students with disabilities per the IDEA and Section 504
Preparing and reporting accurate and timely data for internal and external regulatory purposes
Oversee ADE monitoring
Supporting general education teachers and collaborating with administrators to ensure the availability of a FAPE to eligible students
Responsible for accurate census reporting to ADE
Provide guidance to school leaders on contingent meetings (serve as legal education agent for the school as needed)
Services as liaison between SPED and EL school personnel and school leaders
Support school based EL coordinator in meeting EL compliance
Support school based SPED/ESS Teachers and Coordinators in meeting compliance
Maintain regular, full, predictable attendance
ESS and EL trainings and staff coaching as needed
Other duties assigned
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in special education or related subject matter
Valid Identity Verified Prints (IVP) Fingerprint Clearance Card and/or satisfactory applicable state background check
1+ year experience in a special education leadership role
Microsoft Office Suite
Preferred
Master's degree in special education or related subject matter
CPI or TACT-2, current special education certificate
Data entry-systems: e-IEP-Pro and/or PowerSchool student system
Benefits
Employer paid medical and dental insurance
Vision insurance
PTO
Ability to add dependents
401k with partial match that grows over time
Employee Assistance Program
Childcare Savings Opportunity (KinderCare tuition discount)
Company
BASIS Ed
BASIS Charter Schools have been raising the level of American education to the highest international standards for more than 20 years, since our first school opened in 1998.