Special Education Coordinator

Minimum Qualifications:

• Master's Degree or higher

• Minimum of 5 years teaching experience

• Valid Ohio Administrative License

• Documentation of a clear criminal record

• Complies with drug-free workplace rules and board policies

Note: This assignment may require a valid driver's license and access/availability of reliable of a reliable vehicle. Employees must meet all prerequisites and ongoing qualifications to be covered by the service center's insurance carrier.

FLSA Classification: Exempt 

Reports To:  Director of Student Services

Job Objectives: Assistpartner school districts with the delivery of special education programs and services.  Develop, promote, supervise, and evaluate programs/services to meet the needs of students with disabilities and positively impact student achievement. 

Responsibilities and Essential Functions: 

"The following duties are representative of performance expectations. However, the list below is not ranked in order of importance or intended to be all inclusive."

• Work collaboratively with district administrators, educational staff, parents, and community partners to coordinate, provide, and continuously improve special education programs.  

• Provide staff with leadership, help resolve problems that negatively impact student achievement and/or student/staff safety, and work to resolve staff conflicts.

• Collaborate with educational teams to modify the curriculum as necessary and to assist with research-based and evidence-based interventions to address the academic, adaptive, social-emotional, and behavioral needs of students.

• Plan, organize, and conduct comprehensive professional development opportunities and participate in professional growth opportunities.

• Ensure paperwork is accurate, all timelines and deadlines are met (annual reviews, progress reports, etc.), and assist with the collection of student and staff data for educational management information (EMIS) reporting and deadlines.

• Comply with Federal and state laws, model policies and procedures, rules, and regulations for the education of students with disabilities. Ensure paperwork is accurate, all timelines and deadlines are met (annual reviews, progress reports, etc.), maintain confidentiality, strictly adhere to HIPAA and FERPA, respect personal privacy, and maintain confidentiality of privileged information.

• Assist in the recruitment, hiring, orientation, and evaluation of staff.

• Coordinate and monitor programs/services to ensure compliance with Federal and state law, state learning standards/extended standards, monitor graduation requirements, and oversee state and local testing requirements.

• Partner with school districts to coordinate the transition process for students entering or leaving the program, participate in parent meetings, and serve as district representative when directed.

• Incorporate and promote instructional, assistive, and other types of technology; and uphold the acceptable use policy.

• Serve as a role model in upholding high ethical and professional standards (e.g., Complies with Governing Board Policy/Administrative Guidelines, district, state, and Federal regulations, maintains satisfactory attendance and punctuality, accepts responsibility for decisions and conduct, promotes a favorable image of the Agency, etc.).

• Adapt to unique circumstances and factors such as travel, extended hours, student behavior, lifting/transferring students, interactions with aggressive/disruptive individuals, etc.

• Complete other duties as assigned by the Superintendent or his/her designee.

   

Working Conditions: 

Exposure to the following situations may range from remote to frequent based on circumstances and factors that may not be predictable.

• Duties may require bending, crouching, kneeling, reaching, and standing.

• Duties may require lifting, carrying, and moving work-related supplies/equipment.

• Duties may require operating and/or riding in a vehicle.

• Duties may require traveling to meetings and work assignments.

• Duties may require using a computer keyboard and monitor.

• Duties may require working extended hours.

• Duties may require working under time constraints to meet deadlines.

• Potential for exposure to adverse weather conditions and temperature extremes.

• Potential for exposure to blood-borne pathogens and communicable diseases.

• Potential for interaction with aggressive, disruptive, and/or unruly individuals.

   

Performance Evaluations:

Job performance is evaluated according to the policy provisions adopted by the Governing Board of the EDUCATIONAL SERVICE CENTER OF CENTRAL OHIO.

Conduct:

Each staff member shall remain free of any alcohol or non-prescribed controlled substance and abuse of any prescribed controlled substance in the workplace throughout his/her employment in the Agency.

Terms of Employment:

Each staff member shall be a role model for students to conduct themselves as citizens and responsible, intelligent human beings. Each staff member has a legal responsibility to help instill in students the belief in and practice of ethical principles and democratic values. 

The employees are responsible for maintaining proper certification/licensure and initiating the renewal process in sufficient time to receive the updated certificate/license before the present certificate/license expires.

The Educational Service Center of Central Ohio Governing Board does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, disability, sexual orientation, or age in its programs and activities, including employment opportunities.  This job description summary does not imply that these are the only duties to be performed.  This job description is subject to change in response to funding variables, emerging technologies, improved operating procedures, productivity factors, and unforeseen events.    

Application Procedure: 

Please apply online at www.escco.org/careers

Job ID 23943 - Special Education Coordinator 

June 2026