EC POLICY AND MONITORING COORDINATOR

EC Policy and Monitoring Coordinator

Reports to: Executive Director of Exceptional Children

Purpose : Serves as a Compliance Specialist for all areas of the Exceptional Children’s Department for the school system. Assists with areas related to compliance of local, state, and federal compliance of EC laws, policies, processes and procedures. Assists with the development and implementation of training for staff.

Qualifications

Minimum

Five (5) years of teaching experience in an area of special education

Teaching licensure in Exceptional Children area

Knowledge and understanding of special education policies and procedures

Experience working directly with creation and implementation of Individualized Education Programs

Preferred

District experience in special education

Administrative license

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Planning, training, implementation and monitoring of a comprehensive system for auditing special education records to ensure compliance with state and federal laws and regulations.

Examines programmatic issues within the district and works with the Executive Director of Exceptional Children on compliance areas/needs.

Primary contact for ECATS including access, training, reporting, implementation, maintenance and state liaison

Training staff to improve their understanding of and compliance with the special education laws and regulations.

Creates and distributes reports to support programming needs, headcount information, funding needs and other areas, as needed.

Works closely with staff and agencies who assist with Medicaid reimburse for services provided by RSS.

Communicates new developments in special education law to teachers, administrators, and other stakeholders.

Assesses current data collection and compilation for completeness and accuracy, along with determining other information that might be useful to administrators and/or teachers as they design and implement special education programs and services.

Collaborates with state compliance and monitoring section

Completes internal, state, and federal audit tasks and reports.

Monitors and submits all Indicator Federal Reporting Data.

Works directly with local and state officials to certify Child Count and other Indicator measures.

Supports the knowledge of school Program Specialists and provides problem-solving guidance.

Serves as primary contact and support for School Psychology Team

Collaborates with the Assistant Director of Exceptional Children and others as needed

Completes all duties assigned by the Executive Director or Assistant Director of Exceptional Children

Knowledge, Skills and/or Abilities

Possesses exceptional verbal and written communication skills

Possesses strong interpersonal skills

Collaborates effectively with others

Works well with diverse groups of people

Maintains complete confidentiality

Maintains organized files