Needed: Director of Special Education

Director of Special Education
Location: Chicago, IL
Salary: $105k - $140k, based on experience
Responsibilities:
- Guide the development and implementation of short and long-range plans to achieve network SPED goals
- Direct SPED services for all students with disabilities
- Monitor the development and implementation of SPED programs
- Approve hiring of SPED teachers
- Supervise and evaluate network psychologists and other network SPED staff
- Facilitate and participate in all relevant matters with local education agencies, ISBE and Office of Civil Rights 
- Direct the allocation of SPED staff to schools
- Ensure compliance with SPED regulations
- Respond to concerns of parents, school leaders and CMO leaders
- Monitor school achievement testing
- Ensure effective Multi-Disciplinary Support Systems in place
- Plan and implement professional development
- Manage 12 staff and dotted line for all SPED teachers and social workers in the network
 
Qualifications:
- 5+ years teaching special education
- Experience managing SPED programs in a network or multi-school environment
- Illinois LBS I Certification of Highly Qualified according to ISBE
- Director of SPED IL License Endorsement preferred
- Experience in an urban area
- ELL and school psychologist experience preferred
- Demonstrated track record of delivering gains in academic achievement
- Experience analyzing student academic data

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Jeffrey Balfour
Managing Partner
BridgePointassociates
T: 203.402.7277
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