What are the responsibilities and job description for the Early Childhood Special Education Specialist, Special Education position at Region 7 ESC?
Job Summary: Improve outcomes for students with disabilities through data analysis and implementation of targeted strategies. Serve as an ESC 7 liaison and provide assistance to Region 7 LEAs with the alignment of general education and special education programs/services to ensure the advancement of the achievement of students with disabilities.
Qualifications:
Education/Training:
Bachelor Degree or required license
Prefer Master Degree in related field
Experience:
At least 5 years of related experience.
Knowledge / Skills:
Ability to build, develop, and inspire teams
Task execution (result-oriented)
Build and cultivate relationships
Excellent communication
Financial knowledge
Mental Demands/Physical Demands/Environmental Factors:
Must be able to maintain emotional control under stress
Work with frequent interruptions; irregular hours
Frequent regional travel; occasional statewide travel
Major Responsibilities and Duties:
1. In collaboration with other ESCs, will research, develop, and produce statewide professional development materials, tools, resources, and training-of-trainers guides that will be distributed to all 20 ESCs.
2. Provide leadership in the implementation of regional functions, grants, statewide initiatives, Special Education statewide networks and projects, and the Commissioner’s Priorities in the assigned areas.
3. Plan and facilitate regional professional development for Region 7 customers based on requests and needs assessment data from district/regional data sources, including local education school personnel serving students with disabilities in special education programs.
4. Provide technical assistance to Region 7 customers in understanding and maintaining compliance with current Special Education federal and state laws, rules, regulations, and guidance, including the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), Federal Accountability, Results-Driven Accountability (RDA), State Accountability through the Texas Reporting Performance System (TPRS), and the State Performance Plan (SPP).
5. Analyze state and regional data to collaboratively develop the Special Education Continuous Improvement Plan (SECIP).
6. Demonstrate effective leadership in collaboration with LEAs, ESC 7 staff, other ESCs, and TEA through program assistance and activities in the areas of Early Childhood Special Education, Early Childhood Intervention (ECI), Assistive Technology for students with early childhood special education services, Nonviolent Crisis Intervention (CPI) Training, Community Resource Coordination Group (CRCG), School and Family Engagement, Small and Rural Schools, and SPP 7 designed to promote improved performance for students with disabilities in an early childhood special education classroom.
7. Collaborate with and coordinate workshop efforts with ESC 7 Centers to provide leadership, technical assistance, and professional development in the assigned areas.
8. Support the continuous improvement of ESC 7 through activities such as collection and analysis of needs assessment, customer satisfaction, training, technical assistance, and district data for use in planning services and supporting the development of ESC staff.
9. Collaborate with supervisors to maximize funding by monitoring expenditures to meet programmatic needs.
• Regular and reliable attendance.
• Other duties as assigned.
The above statements are intended to describe the general purpose and responsibilities assigned to this job and are not intended to represent an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required.
Funding
All Region 7 employees are at-will employees. Because your assignment is funded by grants, federal funding, and/or special funding, your continued employment is expressly conditioned on the availability of funding for the position. If funding becomes unavailable due to loss of state/federal funding or due to financial constraints of Region 7 ESC, your position is subject to immediate termination.
Salary : $80,732 - $111,482