Executive Director of Special Services **2024-2025 SY
Bentonville Schools
- Arkansas
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Provides leadership and vision to ensure continuous development and improvement.
- Collaborates effectively with district staff, families, department members and the community for the purpose of planning, developing, implementing, and evaluating educational services and programs.
- Sets staffing levels for school special education programs fro the purpose of providing services with fiscal efficiency.
- Maintains a high level of knowledge of district, state, and federal regulations and laws for special education.
- Develops proposals for programming for the purpose of meeting the District’s strategic plan and goals.
- Evaluates district and school Special Education programs and monitors the implementation of special education and compliance with regulations in each location.
- Develops relationships with community partners to provide transitional services.
- Manages special education complaints and legal concerns.
- Recruits, hires, supervises, and evaluates district level Special Education staff.
- Oversees the Medicaid Administrative Claiming process.
- Manages fiscal resources from district, state, and federal funding.
- Communicates information on programs, services, and regulations to school personnel.
- Maintains a high level of knowledge regarding developing Special Education issues, changes in rules and regulations, case law, and pedagogy of education of students with special needs.
- Maintains a high level of visibility in classrooms/programs and community events for students with special needs.
- Other duties as assigned.
Performs other related tasks as assigned by the Superintendent.Note: The above description is illustrative of tasks and responsibilities. It is not meant to be all inclusive of every task or responsibility.Equipment
Uses standard office equipment such as personal computers, printers, copy and fax machines, and telephone.Travel Requirements
Travels to school district buildings and professional meetings as required.Knowledge, Skills and Mental Ability
- Ability to maintain emotional control and make decisions in stressful situations
- Ability to efficiently gather information used to make sound decisions
- Knowledge of federal and state regulations
- Strong organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills
- Ability to maintain confidentiality of privileged and sensitive information
- Ability to organize and manage multiple complex tasks simultaneously and independently to meet deadlines
- Skill in conflict resolution and de-escalation with administrators, parents, teachers, staff, and community
- Knowledge of current teaching methods and educational pedagogy, as well as differentiates instruction based upon student learning styles.
- Knowledge of best practices in administration, program evaluation and staff supervision.
- Knowledge of data information systems, data analysis and the formulation of action plans.
- Ability to effectively communicate in both written and oral formats with students, parents, staff, and community.
- Ability to work with people of various personality types.
- Ability to write clearly and concisely.
- Possess sound emotional judgment.
- Ability to use computer network systems and software applications as needed.
- Ability to develop, implement, and maintain vision and mission of programs.
- Ability to organize multiple tasks and conflicting time constraints.
- Ability to engage in self-evaluation with regard to leadership, performance, and professional growth.
- Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with others contacted in the course of work.
- Maintain emotional control under stress.
- Frequent interruptions.
- Frequent district-wide travel with occasional travel outside school boundaries.
- Workload is deadline driven.
- Works in standard office and school building environments.
- Frequent contact with parents, community, and/or other district/campus employees.