Executive Director of Student Support Services

Executive Director of Student Support Services

The Executive Director of Student Support Services leads district-wide programming, operations, and regulatory compliance for special education, health and nursing services, tutoring, and specialized transportation. The role ensures strict adherence to state and federal laws, ODE standards, SPRI reporting, and restraint and seclusion protocols. Additionally, the Executive Director oversees Medicaid billing operations, MANDT training, and Behavioral Safety Assessment Teams (BSAT) to maintain a safe, equitable, and compliant learning environment for all students.

Essential Job Functions:

• Program Oversight: Serves as an advisor on Special Education and Section 504 issues. Supervises the Special Education department to ensure the recruitment, selection, evaluation and training of staff, both licensed and classified, in cooperation with the administrators and staff of the schools. Implements Special Education services to students by developing, monitoring and evaluating programs. Oversight of district programs: PBIS/RJ, School Health Services, and Early Childhood Evaluation.
• District Leadership: Aligns Special Education department programs with the District's mission and vision. Serves as a member of the superintendent's cabinet and the Instructional Team.
• Legal Responsibilities: Works with school staff to resolve conflicts with parents of Special Education students. Facilitates the Special Education and Americans with Disabilities programs by representing the district in administrative hearings, complaints, due process proceedings, injunctions, and court proceedings. Assists in implementation of programs by monitoring legal interpretations that impact the district's Special Education policies.
• Inter-Agency Work: Contributes to program effectiveness by implementing, monitoring, maintaining and evaluating inter-agency agreements such as the US Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights, Oregon Department of Education, and Multnomah Education Service District.
• Professional Development: Contributes to program effectiveness by providing on-going staff development to Student Support Services staff. Ensures planning for, and facilitation of, all job-alike meetings within the department.
• Budget: Prepares, monitors and works with the superintendent to adjust the department's budget throughout the annual budget period. Contributes to fiscal responsibility by authorizing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating revenue from federal, state, county and district resources. Helps in the supervision and implementation of all state and federal grants which are linked to Special Education.

Essential Job Requirements-Qualifications:

• Experience Required: Prior job related experience with increasing levels of responsibilities in school setting.
• Skills, Knowledge and/or Abilities Required: Skills to manage personnel and programs, communicate effectively and problem solve. Knowledge of curriculum, education code, and district policies. Abilities to sit for prolonged periods, provide direction to others and make independent judgments, recall and maintain records, meet deadlines, communicate with individuals of varied cultural and educational backgrounds, and communicate in oral and written form.
• Licenses, Certifications, Bonding, and/or Testing Required: Valid Driver's License and evidence of insurability; Criminal Justice Fingerprint Clearance