What are the responsibilities and job description for the ARD Facilitator position at DistrictWide?
ARD Facilitator
Campus To Be Determined
2024 - 2025 School Year
Primary Purpose:
The ARD facilitator is responsible for coordination, planning and preparation of compliance documents for students eligible for Special Education services. The ARD Facilitator is responsible for chairing, or co-chairing, ARD meetings, and serves more than one campus.
Qualifications (Experience/Education/Certification):
Minimum of three years teaching experience, including experience teaching disabled and other students with diverse learning needs; Experience with Special Education Manager, or other computer based documentation system preferred. Special Education certification required.
Major Responsibilities:
- Schedules, or assists in scheduling, Admission, Review, and Dismissal (ARD) meetings and notifies parents of the ARD meeting, including distribution of ARD calendar to appropriate ARD Committee members in a timely fashion; ensures that ITP elements are completed in applicable cases; notifies all appropriate school personnel of ARD meetings/ARD schedule changes.
- Ensures that federal/state timelines are met with respect to functions of ARD Committee meetings; requests for additional assessments and required timelines set by ARD Committee.
- Monitors ARD paperwork completed by campus personnel; completes and turns in ARD paperwork to official audit file within 72 hours of the meeting; turns in PEIMS information to campus registrar within 48 hours of the ARD meeting.
- Completes lists, forms, reports, PEIMS forms, and data required by the Special Education Office by due dates (e.g., transportation forms, EYS forms, October counts, etc).
Equal Opportunity Employer
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