Job Description:REPORTS TO: Deputy Chief of Services and Accountability or their Designee
RESPONSIBILITIES:
The Assistant Director provides leadership for Compliance
- Support of Professional Development for coordinators, COSE clerks, teachers, paraprofessionals, and staff, including planning and execution
- Provide Technical Assistance on compliance related matters as they arise to schools and staff
- Assist in the development of guidance documents for the district and collaborate with the data team to create and disseminate compliance data reports to regional ADs and superintendents, school leaders, and OSS
- Evaluates, supports, and manages the Equitable Services division. Conducts consultation meetings with private/ parochial and homeschooled families. Maintains data on Child Count relative to students placed in private/ parochial and homeschooled students.
- Collaborates across departments and schools, including Charter schools, students in institutional settings, and home/hospital to ensure special education services are provided in these unique circumstances
- Manages LEA assignments
- Manages all aspects of the provision of compensatory services, including tracking the plans, developing avenues to provide compensatory services, managing contracts with vendors who provide compensatory services.
The Assistant Director partners with other OSS leaders
- Senior Program Director for Mediation and 504
- Regional Assistant Directors
- Assistant Director for Behavioral Health Services
- Senior Program Director for Related Services
The Assistant Director collaborates with
- Families as partners in planning and problem solving
- Office of Instructional and Informational Technology - Enrollment Planning and Services
- Office of Operations Transportation and Facilities Departments
- Office of Family and Student Engagement
- Offices of Human Capital and Labor Relations
- Office of Finance - Budget, Payroll, Purchasing, Contracts Departments
- Office of the Legal Advisor
- Community-Based Organizations
The Assistant Director arranges and/or provides professional development, guidance and support to
- Principals and Headmasters
- OSS Coordinators and COSE clerks
- Teachers, Support Service and Related Service Providers
The Assistant Director may supervise
- Schools Unit Supervisors
- Schools Unit Clerks
- Schools Unit Management Staff
The Assistant Director performs other related duties as requested by the Manager of Compliance, Executive Director, or Assistant Superintendent of Special Education
QUALIFICATIONS - REQUIRED:
- Master's Degree in a related field
- MA DESE or Board of Registration Licensure in Special Education or Related Field
- MA DESE Licensure in Supervision or Administration
- Three (3) years experience teaching or providing services in urban special education or related field
- Experience providing leadership and supervision in urban special education or related field
- Demonstrated knowledge of special education regulations and best practices
- Current authorization to work in the United States - Candidates must have such authorization by their first day of employment
QUALIFICATIONS - PREFERRED:
- Experience in special education administration and supervision
- Proficiency in a language other than English
TERMS: BASAS, Group 11B, 12 months, 225 days
Please refer to www.bostonpublicschools.org/ohc (Licensed Staff >> Employee Benefits and Policies) for more information on compensation. Salaries are listed by Unions and Grade/Step.
