Assistant Special Education School Director RARE OPPORTUNITY

Assistant Special Education School Director RARE OPPORTUNITY at AchieveKids

About the Employer

For over 65 years, AchieveKids has offered a place where acceptance is key to our community. AchieveKids specializes in creating learning for students ages 5 to 22 with severe emotional and/or developmental disabilities including autism spectrum disorder, intellectual disabilities, mood, disruptive behavior, and anxiety disorders. Our innovative teachers, paraprofessionals, behavioral health team, and speech therapists work collaboratively to create opportunity and independence in the lives of the students in our community. This interdisciplinary team becomes a skillful problem solving group that instructs, guides and assists these students toward greater independence and self-reliance, enabling a path to a brighter future. With a campus in Palo Alto and in San Jose, we serve multiple school districts throughout the Bay Area. AchieveKids is committed to supporting high quality, inclusive practices in our schools and programs. The diversity of our workforce and Board of Directors is essential and we are committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion throughout our company to ensure a wide range of experiences, perspectives, and skills to drive innovation and creativity, enhance decision-making, and provide better solutions.

Job Summary

Job Summary

This is a full-time, exempt, position that reports to the Director of Special Education. The Assistant School Director is a full-time, salary, exempt position, and reports to the Director of Education. The Assistant School Director helps foster an inclusive environment, which is welcoming for our visitors and the AchieveKids team. The core responsibilities include providing direct school/program support, coordinating daily activities, ensuring the delivery of the AchieveKids mission and Learning for Life approach, and developing the culture and approach to instructional services. This can include working in program, providing direct feedback and supervision, coordinating services, monitoring IEP development and delivery, and ensuring compliance and quality within the Academy. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Create and foster a welcoming environment for AchieveKids students, families, and team members* Ensure a nurturing and supportive learning environment for all AchieveKids students* Oversee and supervise 4 to 6 classrooms, or one Academy (Independence or Scholars)* Structure and facilitate Academy team meetings on a consistent basis* Provide supervision and direct support/feedback to the homerooms within the Academy* Provide direct supervision to teaching team within Academy* Monitor curricular approach within and across classrooms in the academy* Assist teachers and Academy in setting and implementing Learning for Life (Collaborative Analysis model), including meetings and plan implementation* Oversee IEP development and implementation across Academy* Work in partnership and under the direction of the Director of Education in fulfilling the vision of the school site* Assist, fill in, and support daily Academy and classroom needs, including supporting students, Academy Team members, and daily actions within the program* Ensure compliance to CA Ed-Code, including assisting in annual CDE certifications and quality based measures

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Salary : $100,000 - $110,000