LOCATION/DEPT: Central Office/Curriculum
REPORTS TO: Assistant Superintendent for Instructional Services
FLSA Status: Exempt

Start Date: 11/16/2026; Permanent Full Time with Full Benefits
12 month, 8 hr position

The Director will provide leadership in assuring the accomplishments of the school system’s ongoing goals, strategic plan and core values as part of the Instructional Services Team. The Director will advocate and promote the Core Values of the Henderson County Public Schools.

Preferred Qualifications / Requirements

An Exceptional Children Program Director’s license which requires:

• a Master’s Degree in an Exceptional Children’s area with three graduate semester hours of credit in each of the following: Administration, Curriculum development, and Supervision;
• OR a Master’s Degree in the area of School Administration and/or Curriculum and Instruction with at least nine semester hours of course work in the area of exceptional children;
• Hold a current, valid North Carolina Teaching License, preferably in an exceptional children area, but not required.

Minimum of five (5) years of successful experience in exceptional children’s programs; strong interpersonal skills with students, staff, parents, and community members; experience in a leadership role at the school or district level.

Performance Responsibilities

• Provides leadership for all aspects of the exceptional children’s programs to include compliance with local, state, and federal guidelines, rules, regulations, and laws and the implementation of appropriate instructional programs and assessment practices for exceptional children.
• Maintains a cooperative relationship with the principals, other school personnel, other related service agencies, and parents/guardians.
• Provides effective leadership in developing comprehensive program plans and implementing and evaluating the planned programs.
• Prepares budgets, coordinates with other departments or agencies to assure maximum services, and maintains records/reports/inventories in accordance with local/state/federal policies, including federal and state grants as well as North Carolina Medicaid.
• Shares information about programs with various publics, serves as a liaison between the school system and other agencies, and assists in the development of in-service staff development. The Director accomplishes personal growth objectives and demonstrates professional ethics.
• Assists in selection and placement of personnel, delegates and supervises staff responsibilities, and assists in evaluating staff. Supervision of staff may include, but is not limited to, speech-language therapists, occupational therapists, physical therapists, behavior specialists, teachers of the deaf and hearing impaired, teachers of the visually impaired, preschool teachers, and the teacher for homebound students.

Disclaimer:

The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees to this job.