Job Description
POSITION SUMMARY
Under the direction of the Special Education Support Facilitator, the Education Specialist is responsible
for providing Special Education, Academic and Social Skills Intervention Services to identified students.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
• Perform initial, triennial, and other assessments for students having IEPs (or those with signed
assessment plans);
• Plans and designs curricula for educational programs; researches and defines educational goals,
objectives, and methodologies to meet program goals;
• Determines formats and approaches to achieve program and budget objectives; defines needs of
target populations; researches trends at the national and state level, as appropriate to the
position;
• Coordinates activities of support staff, consultants, faculty, and/or volunteers engaged in
implementation and administration of program objectives;
• Manages and facilitates program activities, to include classes, trainings, conferences, seminars,
and/or other special projects;
• As appropriate to the nature and objectives of the individual role, provides student advisement
and support services, coordinates curriculum, and serves as a student liaison and advocate with
faculty and staff;
• Writes, edits, and coordinates development of course catalogs, promotional materials,
educational materials, training manuals, newsletters, and/or brochures, as appropriate to the
program;
• Assist with state standardized testing, as needed;
• Attend IEP meetings invited to including transition, pre-enrollment, initial, annual, triennial, etc.;
• Provide IEP- Special education services at all OGCS Learning Centers;
• Write initial, annual, triennial and exit IEPs (excluding Speech/Language);
• Maintain special education records to meet compliance guidelines;
• Create assessment reports when appropriate;
• Ensure that current IEPs are on file at school sites and oversee student working folders;
• Annotate goals/objectives when appropriate for each student when designated; place progress
report in IEP file;
• Maintain schedule of assigned caseload IEP deadlines;
• Communicate with parents about student progress and recommendations for home-based
methods and materials; follows up on progress regularly;
• Participate in kindergarten screenings, as needed;
• Collaborate with administration and classroom teachers at times regarding academic curriculum
materials; provide instructional materials when needed/ applicable;
• Assist with implementation/understanding of accommodations/modifications ;
• Attend staff meetings;
• Consult with school administrators, Special Education Support Facilitator,
regular education teachers, other specialists and parents regarding behavior
management, ADHD issues, etc.;
• Provide consultation regarding students involved in the SST process/504;
• Collaborate with NPA contractors who provide related services as outlined in student's IEP
• Maintain schedule of NPA contractors for assigned caseload
• Other duties as assigned.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
This position works in a variety of settings including offices, classrooms and outdoors and may
experience heat or cold extremes as well as fumes, odors, dust, noise level is moderate to loud.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
• Spends the majority of the day standing and sitting in an office setting. While standing the
controller will frequently hold light objects they are working and demonstrating, etc. These can be
held from waist level to slightly above the principal’s head. The position can entail kneeling or
squatting, stooping and bending from 50-70 degrees at the waist on an occasional to frequent
basis on a given day
• May use computers, overhead projectors, or monitors etc.
• Must sit on a consistent basis. This is done at the desk with forward bending from the waist,
leaning on the forearms, and looking down which requires neck flexion.
• It is necessary to grasp and manipulate pens, markers, scissors, staplers, etc., either occasionally
or frequently, depending on the day.
• May occasionally have to climb or balance on counters, stepladders or chairs.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
• Bachelor’s Degree
• Education Specialist Instruction Credential with Mild/Moderate Authorization
• NCLB compliance
• Demonstrated use of modern technology for teaching, communicating, and reporting;
• Demonstrated effective oral and written communications to direct, motivate, listen and encourage
students and parents/guardians;
• Demonstrated ability to implement an IEP with student goals;
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