Closing Date:
01/12/2024 Associate Superintendent for Student Services
The Associate Superintendent for Student Services provides leadership, coordination, and direction in special education, guidance/counseling, specialized education programs, psychological, social work, speech/language, and health services.
SPECIFIC DUTIES:

• Collaborates with district and building leadership to ensure equity is infused in practice and remains at the forefront of efforts to disrupt inequities.
• Communicates the district vision, goals, programs and policies to staff, students, and the community at large.
• Supervises, integrates, and supports the work of student services and educational services administrators, supervisors, and support staff in support of the district's goals.
• Collaborates with the superintendent, principals, program directors, and associate superintendents in the overall evaluation, development, and supervision of the student services and special education programs.
• Understands, articulates, and coordinates compliance with all Board policies and procedures, state and federal mandates, rules and regulations related to the student services program.
• Designs, develops, and coordinates the use of integrated systems to systematically evaluate, plan, develop, and deliver consistently effective student services and special education practices.
• Collaborates with principals, program directors, and other student services staff in solving problems and identifying and proposing programs which address district or specific building, program, and/or student needs.
• Applies specialized knowledge and skill in the areas of student services, MTSS, social-emotional learning, special education curriculum, instruction, assessment, program evaluation, supervision, systems design, and organizational and professional development to develop and integrate all components of student services and specialized programming.
• Coordinates district student services program development efforts with those of associated elementary districts and higher education.
• Coordinates district program development in partnership with the Director for EL/Multilingual programming for the screening, evaluation, and service supports and delivery for newcomer and multilingual students throughout the district.
• Coordinates and collaborates on district level student discipline with the Student Success, Safety, and Wellness Division Heads and provides oversight of suspensions and management of expulsions.
• Supervises programs of student accounting financial reimbursement such as Medicaid and Medicare.
• Complies with and enforces state and federal standards for program operation and certification.
• Acts as a child advocate, mediator and/or advisor in cases where student rights are in question or building personnel need guidance and support.
• Coordinates and collaborates on district level student discipline with the Student Success, Safety and Wellness Division Heads and provides oversight of suspensions and management of expulsions.
• Serves as the Compliance Coordinator for Section 504 of Rehabilitation Act and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
• Prepares and implements the budget for district special education and student service programs.
• Performs other tasks assigned by the Superintendent.

Qualifications:

• Presently holds State of Illinois Professional Educator License with a General Administrator Endorsement, or a Principal Endorsement;
• Previous administrative experience preferred;
• Knowledge of staff supervision and evaluation.

LENGTH OF CONTRACT: Full-year
SALARY: Regionally competitive, $170,633; excellent benefits package.
APPLICATION PROCEDURES: In addition to completing an online application, candidates are required to upload all of the following:

• A single page cover letter indicating interest in the position;
• A resume listing personal data, education, teaching, and administrative experience;
• Print out of IL State Board of Education ELIS Credentials screen (s);
• Transcript(s) [EXTERNAL CANDIDATES ONLY]; and
• Three current letters of recommendation.

Click on the RED "APPLY" button above to begin an application.
Please be aware that as a requirement of your application you will be invited to complete a digital interview via RIVS (Interviewstream). The invitation will come to your email and the RIVS (Interviewstream) system gives you ten (10) calendar days to complete the interview from the time the invitation is issued. Keep in mind that the interview must be completed before you can submit your application, even if the interview expiration is beyond the date of the application deadline. Therefore, all your application materials, interview included, must be submitted by the application deadline.
Please email hresources@d214.org to request an extension.