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BASIC FUNCTION

Collaborate with and coordinate campus case managers to complete responsibilities in a professional, quality, and timely manner to ensure effective IEP development, implementation, and meetings.
Ensure documentation and progress monitoring occurs for each student with an IEP by conducting regular reviews using the DISD campus audit process (PLAAFPs, Goals, Objectives, Compensatory Time, etc.).
Develop and monitor systems for distributing IEPs to pertinent teachers and ensuring timely implementation of ARD decisions related to services, accommodations, and placement.
Schedule, coordinate, and facilitate all Admission, Review, and Dismissal (ARD) meetings, including notices, interpreters, required participants, and use of district-approved ARD agendas to ensure procedural fidelity and compliance with all timelines.
Monitor the completion and submission of ARD documentation for assigned student populations, including paperwork, audit files, eligibility folders, and required supplements (IEPs, BIPs, Transition Plans, etc.).
Serve as the primary point of contact for parents regarding ARD processes, procedural questions, and campus-level special education concerns, coordinating communication among parents, campus staff, district personnel, and service providers.

    Maintain neutral facilitation and apply conflict resolution strategies during ARD meetings.
Engage in weekly or bi-weekly meetings with the principal to review program implementation and timelines aligned with TEA requirements and the DISD campus audit process.

    Monitor campus special education systems for consistency, accuracy, and compliance using district tools and monitoring systems, including adherence to the 8-Step MRE/LRE process.
Provide coaching, feedback, and side-by-side support to special education teachers on IEP implementation, instructional strategies, and progress monitoring.

  Support collaboration between special and general education teachers to improve access to grade-level instruction and use student data to guide instructional feedback and campus improvement.

   Support campus administrators with special education compliance, audits, and due process requirements.
Conduct yearly family and community meetings in collaboration with the campus Dyslexia Interventionist and participate in professional development while collaborating with district special education staff.
 

QUALIFICATIONS:

    Required Bachelor's Degree from accredited university
    Preferred Master's Degree from accredited university 
    Preferred valid Teaching certification in Special Education 
    Required 3 years of Teaching experience including Special Education. 
    Demonstrated expertise in specially designed instruction and provides ongoing coaching, feedback, and support to special education teachers to strengthen IEP implementation, instructional practices, and student outcomes. 
    Demonstrated expertise in specially designed instruction and inclusive practices 
    Demonstrated experience facilitating ARD/IEP meetings and ensuring compliance 
    Strong knowledge of IDEA, ARD procedures, and special education instructional practices 
    Ability to communicate effectively with parents, educators, administrators, and service providers 
    Ability to develop and implement campus Special Education programming 
    Proficiency with district data systems (e.g., EDPlan/EasyIEP, Review 360) and Google/Microsoft tools 
 

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; and talk or hear.  The employee frequently is required to reach with hands and arms.  The employee is occasionally required to stand and walk. The employee must routinely lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and color vision.