Director of Student Supports

3 weeks ago


Chelsea, Massachusetts, United States Excel Academy Charter Schools Full time

Job Summary

Excel Academy Charter Schools is seeking a highly skilled and dedicated Director of Student Supports to join our Network Team. This key leadership role will provide oversight, coaching, and support to all Excel schools, ensuring that students have access to high-quality support services that meet their needs.

Key Responsibilities

  • Set and uphold the vision for the Excel approach to Special Education
  • Lead the department to articulate and implement Excel's philosophy and approach to special education in accordance with state and federal guidelines
  • Ensure that schools with high-needs programs or individual students can serve them in alignment with Excel's approach to Special Education
  • Support the Dean of ROSE programming and the Head of School at Excel Academy East Boston to create and uphold a vision, both academically and behaviorally, for the substantially separate program
  • In collaboration with DOSSes and School Leaders, make decisions on network-wide learning support team onboarding, meetings, and professional development
  • Oversee and manage the Network Special Education budget
  • Set and uphold the vision for the Excel approach to Multilingual Learner (MLL) Education
  • Support the Network ELL Department Heads to make decisions on network-wide ELL team meetings and professional development
  • Support the Network ELL Department Heads and School Leaders to ensure alignment of service delivery and programming access for English Language Learners across the network
  • Oversee Network Compliance for Special Education
  • Through direct management of the Director of Compliance, oversee compliance with DESE reporting requirements related to special populations (for example, CPR, Focused Tiered Monitoring)
  • Serve as Local Educational Agency representative (LEA) for the network in situations when that responsibility is not delegated to school-based special education administrators or the Director of Compliance
  • Oversee Network Compliance for English Language Learners (ELLs)
  • Coordinate Student Support and Intervention Leadership and Guidance
  • Serve as the Network Liaison to the Network Nursing and Counseling Departments
  • Serve as a resource and support to school-based Student Support Teams and foster sharing of information and best practices related to student supports across the Network
  • Serve as Foster care liaison for the Excel network
  • Serve as Civil Rights Coordinator and Title IX officer for the Excel network
  • Directly manage and cultivate key staff members
  • Support Deans of Student Supports at each school, and facilitate regular meetings and collaboration between the school-based special education administrators
  • Directly manage and support key shared service-providers across the network, including Speech Language Pathologists, Reading Specialists, and network school psychologists
  • Serve as a productive member of the Network team

Requirements

  • A Bachelor's degree is required
  • Learning Specialists, Special Education Teachers, ROSE Teachers, and Special Education Coordinators and Administrators must hold a Moderate Disabilities or Severe Disabilities license
  • A minimum of three years' special education teaching experience in an urban public school or charter school setting required
  • Experience as a Special Education Administrator, Multilingual Learner Administrator, or Student Supports Administrator in a school setting required
  • Preference will be given to applicants who share points of intersection with our students, such as speaking Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, or a language commonly spoken by our students and families at an advanced level, being first generation college graduates, or having grown up low-income

What We Offer

Excel Academy Charter Schools is committed to providing a supportive and inclusive work environment that values diversity, equity, and inclusion. We offer a competitive salary and benefits package, as well as opportunities for professional growth and development.



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