Associate Director of Education Solutions - Special Education

Position Title:

Associate Director of Education Solutions - Special Education

Salary Range:

Associate Director of Education Solutions - Special Education, Grade 14, exempt, $99,647.23 - $139,506.11 per fiscal year, commensurate with experience.

Job Description Summary:

Assist the Director of School Leadership to deliver integrated solutions that empower school systems, especially in the area of special education. Through integrated, collaborative support with member leadership teams, the Associate Director of Special Education will effectively and efficiently deliver solutions that impact the challenges of regional schools and cooperatives with their assigned team. This position will also serve as a Low Incidence Facilitator, working closely with the Minnesota Department of Education to coordinate Low Incidence supports for central Minnesota schools.

Job Description:

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Help develop procedures for an area of the organization and monitor their implementation.

• Communicate the actions needed to implement the function's strategy and business plan within the team; explain the relationship to the broader organization's mission, vision, and values; motivate people to commit to these and to do extraordinary things to achieve local business goals.

• Act a business partner to key internal clients, providing high-quality professional services and a personal example to support improved practices. Build professional credibility and mutual trust. Represent the organization's practices in a professional forum.

• Manage and report on the performance of a substantial, diverse team; set appropriate performance objectives for direct reports or project/account team members and hold individuals accountable for achieving them; take appropriate corrective action where necessary to ensure the achievement of team/personal objectives.

• Signal opportunities for business performance improvement through small changes to the way work is done.

• Take part in developing and executing diverse activities for educational program evaluation.

• Contribute to the formation of one or more elements of functional strategy through specialist expertise and insights, to ensure that the strategy meets business needs.

• Plan, develop, and design support programs informed by best practice, evidence-based techniques, and service user needs to ensure that the programs support self-development and promote knowledge, skills, and resilience. Involves leading delivery of the programs.

• Take responsibility for setting and managing area budgets so they align with organizational strategy.

• Other duties as assigned.

Additional Job Description:

Required Qualifications

• Degree in special education

• Current Minnesota Special Education Director license

• Minimum ten years of experience in the field of education, including teaching experience

• Minimum five years of experience in a formal special education administrative role

• Experience in …