QUALIFICATIONS:
- A valid Maryland teachers certificate with appropriateAdministrative endorsement
- At least five years experience as a classroom teacher,Administrator or supervisor.
- Such alternatives to the above as the Board may findappropriate and acceptable.
REPORTS TO: Director of Special Education
SUPERVISES: Selected related service providers and teachers
JOB GOAL: To ensure that each student is provided with a rich educational
experience. To provide leadership in maintaining a qualify program for
students with disabilities.
ESSENTIALPERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:
Develops and implements an effective system-wide program that provides the followingfor administrators, teachers, students, and parents, relative to education for students with disabilities:
Inservice education
- Curriculum development and instructional programs
- Fiscal planning including annual budget and grant proposals.
- Evaluation
- Orientation of new staff members
Rules, regulations, and policy interpretations
Interprets and presents the philosophy, goals, and objectives of programs to the Boardand the general community, as appropriate for students with disabilities
- Integrates instructional programs
- Keeps informed about current trends and practices in special education anddisseminates professional information and materials to respective school staff
- Provides leadership in meeting the needs to students with disabilities byproviding appropriate teaching and leadership resources to staff.
- Serves as liaison between the school system and the community relative to theexceptional population.
- Coordinates the activities of admission, review and dismissal procedures for special education.
- Visits schools to observe teacher performance and evaluate teaching methods and tomeet with staff and assist with program implementation
- Participates in the activities of the Local Care Team, and other interagencyPrograms.
- Assures the State and Federal requirements relative to P.L. 99-457 and P.L 101-476aremaintained and interprets their intent to all certified and classified personnel.
- Assists the Maryland State Department of Education in the monitoring and evaluationofall special education programs.
- Assists in the recruitment and selection of special education staff and conducts observations of assigned staff, providing data as required by the Boards Observation and Evaluation Policy and Administrative Regulation.
- Performs such other tasks and assumes such other responsibilities as may from timeto time be assigned by the Director of Special Education, Assistant Superintendent, Superintendent or designee.
TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT: Exempt position. Twelve month work year.
