About this role
EC Policy and Monitoring Coordinator Reports to: Executive Director of Exceptional Children Purpose: Serves as a Compliance Specialist for all areas of the Exceptional Children's Department for the school system. Assists with areas related to compliance of local, state, and federal compliance of EC laws, policies, processes and procedures. Assists with the development and implementation of training for staff. Qualifications Minimum
• Five (5) years of teaching experience in an area of special education
• Teaching licensure in Exceptional Children area
• Knowledge and understanding of special education policies and procedures
• Experience working directly with creation and implementation of Individualized Education Programs
Preferred
• District experience in special education
• Administrative license
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
• Planning, training, implementation and monitoring of a comprehensive system for auditing special education records to ensure compliance with state and federal laws and regulations.
• Examines programmatic issues within the district and works with the Executive Director of Exceptional Children on compliance areas/needs.
• Primary contact for ECATS including access, training, reporting, implementation, maintenance and state liaison
• Training staff to improve their understanding of and compliance with the special education laws and regulations.
• Creates and distributes reports to support programming needs, headcount information, funding needs and other areas, as needed.
• Works closely with staff and agencies who assist with Medicaid reimburse for services provided by RSS.
• Communicates new developments in special education law to teachers, administrators, and other stakeholders.
• Assesses current data collection and compilation for completeness and accuracy, along with determining other information that might be useful to administrators and/or teachers as they design and implement special education programs and services.
• Collaborates with state compliance and monitoring section
• Completes internal, state, and federal audit tasks and reports.
• Monitors and submits all Indicator Federal Reporting Data.
• Works directly with local and state officials to certify Child Count and other Indicator measures.
• Supports the knowledge of school Program Specialists and provides problem-solving guidance.
• Serves as primary contact and support for School Psychology Team
• Collaborates with the Assistant Director of Exceptional Children and others as needed
• Completes all duties assigned by the Executive Director or Assistant Director of Exceptional Children
Knowledge, Skills and/or Abilities
• Possesses exceptional verbal and written communication skills
• Possesses strong interpersonal skills
• Collaborates effectively with others
• Works well with diverse groups of people
• Maintains complete confidentiality
• Maintains organized files