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Facilitator IV: Special Education
Position Profile
Position: Facilitator IV: Special Education
Department: Central Administration
Reports To: Director of Individualized Education
FTE: 1.0
Days/Year: 207
Salary Schedule: 2025–2026 Executive Professional Salary Schedule (Group C)
Paygrade: E09A
FLSA Status: Exempt
Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
Position Summary
Provides strategic, districtwide leadership to design, implement, and sustain high-impact instructional systems and frameworks. Leads large-scale initiatives, aligns instructional practices across content areas, and advises district leadership to improve teaching quality and student outcomes systemwide; Supervises a team of instructional leaders.
Essential Job Functions
Strategic Instructional Leadership
- Lead development and implementation of districtwide instructional frameworks and initiatives
- Ensure coherence across curriculum, instruction, assessment, and professional learning systems
- Advise senior leadership on instructional strategy and improvement efforts
System Design & Implementation
- Design scalable systems for professional learning, coaching, and instructional support
- Lead large-scale implementation efforts and monitor effectiveness
- Align work across multiple departments and initiatives
Professional Learning Systems
- Develop comprehensive, districtwide professional learning systems
- Build leadership capacity among facilitators, coaches, and school leaders
- Ensure consistency and quality of instructional support across the district
Data & Continuous Improvement
- Analyze system-level data to evaluate program effectiveness
- Identify trends and recommend strategic improvements
- Monitor progress toward district instructional goals
Collaboration & Leadership
- Partner with executive leadership and cross-functional teams
- Lead cross-department collaboration to support instructional priorities
- Represent the district in external partnerships and initiatives
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Knowledge of
- System-level instructional design and continuous improvement frameworks
- Large-scale change management and implementation science
- Cross-content instructional systems (curriculum, assessment, MTSS, etc.)
- District strategy, policy, and organizational dynamics
- Advanced data analysis and program evaluation
Skills in
- Designing and leading districtwide instructional systems and initiatives
- Advising senior leadership on instructional strategy
- Building scalable professional learning and coaching systems
- Leading cross-functional teams and complex initiatives
- Evaluating program effectiveness and recommending improvements
Ability to
- Think strategically and systemically about instructional improvement
- Influence executive-level decision-making
- Lead large-scale change with measurable impact
- Align diverse stakeholders toward common goals
- Anticipate challenges and proactively design solutions
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Education or related field
- Valid administrative license and/or Principals License
- Minimum of 7 years of experience in teaching and instructional leadership roles
- Demonstrated experience leading large-scale instructional initiatives or systems-level work
- Experience in language acquisition and teaching
- Strong expertise in data analysis, program evaluation, and continuous improvement
Preferred Qualifications
- Master’s degree or higher (Educational Leadership, Curriculum & Instruction, or related field)
- Experience advising senior or executive leadership
- Experience leading cross-functional or districtwide strategic initiatives
- Knowledge of change management and system implementation practices
- Experience aligning multiple instructional systems (curriculum, assessment, MTSS, etc.)
- Spanish/biliterate
Working Conditions & Physical Demands
Work is primarily sedentary with periods of light activity. Essential functions may include walking or standing for brief periods; lifting and carrying materials up to 20 pounds; climbing stairs; bending; reaching; handling objects; and operating a computer and standard office equipment. The role requires effective communication and the ability to receive and process information through normal or aided vision, hearing, or other assisted means.
Work is performed in a district office or administrative setting with regular collaboration across departments and external partners, and may include occasional evening or weekend responsibilities. Duties may be performed with or without reasonable accommodation.
Employees in this category will also receive the following for the 2025-2026 school year:
- Non-Recurring Pay: 8% of base salary in Non-Recurring Pay (distributed as 4% on November paycheck and 4% on May paycheck).
- Professional Development Fund (PDF): __EXEC Pro employees will be allocated $1,500 annually towards a Professional Development Fund (PDF) to be used for professional growth opportunities. Amount allocated will be prorated based upon date and length of hire.
Base Salary Setting: Employment, assignment and salary placement, is in accordance with job description requirements. A work history is required to demonstrate job title, job duties and time worked in the position. Reference the linked How Your Compensation Is Determined for more details.
Salary Setting (New Hires): Newly-employed Executive Professionals will be placed on the twenty (20) step system. Each step represents two years of experience, based upon equivalent experience. Beginning in July 2025, The maximum number of years of experience granted is 14, which is equivalent to placement on step seven (7). Steps are determined by experience listed on the application and resume.
Salary Setting (Rehires): Returning employees who have previously resigned or separated from the District will be rehired at the same step they were on at the time of resignation/separation plus any new experience gained in the same job, provided step increases were approved by the Board during the years in question.
Employees with experience in the District who have left the District and then returned to the same position shall be hired at the same pay grade (refers to the __EXEC Pro placement on salary schedule by job title) and step at time of resignation. Additional relevant experience gained after resignation may be evaluated from the employee’s application and updated resume.
See Employee Handbook (located on the D11 website) for information on salary setting for rehires (after retirement), promotions and lateral transfers.
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
School District 11 is committed to a policy of nondiscrimination in relation to disability, need for special education services (whether actual or perceived), race, creed, color, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, transgender status, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, religion, ancestry, age, genetic information, or protected activity in its programs and activities and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. Any harassment/discrimination of students and/or staff, based on the aforementioned protected areas, will not be tolerated and must be brought to the immediate attention of the school principal, D11 administrator/supervisor or D11 nondiscrimination compliance/grievance coordinator.
NONDISCRIMINATION COMPLIANCE COORDINATOR, the Office of Equal Opportunity Programs and Ombudservices, has been designated to coordinate compliance with: Equal Pay Act of 1963, Civil Rights Act of 1964, as Amended, Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, Title IX – Education Amendments Act of 1972, Section 504 of Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978, and Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. For additional information, please contact the District 11 Office of Equal Opportunity Programs & Ombudservices at 1115 North El Paso Street, Colorado Springs, CO 80903-2599, Phone: 719-520-2288, FAX: 719-520-2442
The following Board policies address nondiscrimination in District 11: AC, AC-R, GBA, GBAA, JBB, JBB-R
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