ESE Staffing Specialist - The Charter School at Waterstone

Job Description

Job Description

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

GIFTED:

• Responsible for scheduling and facilitating all Gifted meetings (Reviews and Staffing Eligibility).
• Develops Educational Plans.
• Provide teachers with copies of plans and ensure Receipt of Plans is signed.
• Create Logs for documenting services and ensure they are being completed per the Educational Plans.
• Conducts Gifted Screening Assessments.
• Provides professional development to school-based administrators and teachers as related to requirements of Gifted.
• Monitors the student record system to ensure that appropriate information is kept current and organized in student record folders as related to Gifted.

SECTION 504:

• Responsible for scheduling and facilitating all 504 meetings (Reviews and Eligibility).
• Develop 504 Plans.
• Provide Accommodations Logs to all teachers to document accommodations provided.
• Ensure teachers are completing all required input forms prior to meetings.
• Provide teachers with copies of plans and ensure Receipt of Plans is signed
• Provides professional development to school-based administrators and teachers as related to requirements of Section 504.
• Monitors the student record system to ensure that appropriate information is kept current and organized in student record folders as related to Section 504.

CHILD STUDY TEAM (CST) MEETINGS:

• Work collaboratively with MTSS Coordinator and school based MTSS Leads to obtain MTSS packets for any scheduled CST Meeting.
• Scheduling and facilitating CST meetings with parents, administrators, and educators to make recommendations based on MTSS data to determine if evaluations are warranted.
• Follow-up with parents when requests are made.
• Monitors the student record system to ensure that appropriate information is kept current in student record folders as related to CST Meetings held.

LOCAL EDUCATION AGENCY (LEA):

• Perform the duties of being an LEA for IEP meetings with the Speech Language Pathologists and/or the ESE Teachers at the assigned schools.
• Ensure that all requirements are met for the meeting being held and that the paperwork is properly filed in the students cumulative file (Yellow DEES folder).
• Assist with procedures that must be followed after the conclusion of the meeting (organizing and filing documents, schedule updates, J-Screen, etc.)

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Performs other duties as assigned by the ESE Director
• Assists with FTE reviews and required follow-ups.
• Collaborates with the Area ESE Director to oversee and ensure the implementation of all state and federal regulations related to special education policies and procedures.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Education
• ESE Certified
• Minimum of 3 years teaching Special Education
• Gifted Endorsed (preferred, will be required)
• Knowledgeable of the MTSS process, ESE Eligibilities, and 504 Plans.
• Excellent communication skills, especially with students and parents.
• Organizational skills and high attention to detail; written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to travel to assigned CSA managed schools.