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Full Time Elementary Special Education Coordinator

Iron County School District
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Iron County School District has a vacancy for your consideration. Please find the details below.
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Category: Specialist/Elementary SPED Specialist
Date Posted: 4/22/2025
Location: District Office West
Date Closing: 05/06/2025
 

We want you to join our team! Come work for the Iron County School District in Cedar City, UT and help to make a difference in the lives of students and families in your community!  The Iron County School District supports families in developing college and career readiness by BUILDING knowledge, skills and relationships for ALL.  Empowering ALL to learn at high-levels through systematic district and school-wide support. 

The Iron County School District is seeking a Elementary Special Education Coordinator beginning in August for the 2025-2026 school year.

The primary responsibility of the Special Education Coordinator is to ensure that all students with disabilities have available to them a free appropriate public education (FAPE) that emphasizes special education and related services, as specified in an Individualized Education Program (IEP), designed to meet the unique needs of the student and help prepare them for further education, employment, and independent living. The Special Education Coordinator will provide adequate and appropriate administrative/supervisory support and training for special educators and related service providers to ensure the delivery of appropriate education to all identified students with disabilities in the Iron County School District. Function duties and responsibilities may include the following. Regular, reliable worksite attendance and timeliness is an essential job function to perform the essential duties and responsibilities of the position.  While this job description attempts to outline all essential duties of the position, the description is not a contract and the job functions are subject to change at the organization’s discretion.  Other duties may be assigned.

  • Ensures that the rights of students with disabilities and their parents are protected as stated in the Procedural Safeguards: Due Process Procedures for Parents and Students with Disabilities. 
  • Ensures the effective use of the Iron County School District (ICSD) electronic IEP Program, the assessment, identification, and eligibility of students with disabilities and the development and implementation of IEPs, and Behavioral Intervention Plans (BIPs). 
  • Ensures compliance to local, state, and federal special education policies, procedures, and laws and ensures students with disabilities are educated in the Least Restrictive Environment (LRE), in the appropriate Continuum of Alternative Placements, and, to the maximum extent appropriate, in classrooms/schools with their age-mate peers who are not disabled. 
  • Coordinates the implementation of evidence-based instructional practices to meet the individual learning needs of students with disabilities, to maximize access to and progress in the general curriculum. Vital behaviors include: data collection observation, coaching, modeling, providing feedback and/or additional resources to special education teachers as needed. 
  • Oversees the implementation of positive behavioral interventions as outlined in the Utah State Board of Education (USBE) Least Restrictive Behavioral Intervention (LRBI) manual and meets the training needs of special education teachers in writing and implementing Functional Behavior Assessments (FUBAs) and Behavior Intervention Plans (BIPs) via coaching, modeling, observing, providing feedback or providing additional resources as needed. 
  • Coordinates and provides technical assistance to principals, district personnel and support staff in the implementation of services for students with disabilities. 
  • Monitors special education files and provides compliance training to special education teachers and related service providers
  • Provides assistance with up-to-date knowledge of ICSD Special Education policies and procedures and state and Federal laws and regulations. 
  • Provides input and assistance in development and training related to ICSD Special Education policies and procedures and state and Federal laws and regulations related to special education. 
  • Coordinates and informs staff development of Special Education staff and assists in the development of a master calendar for staff development. 
  • Participates in Child Find activities and generates student/teacher/paraprofessional projections for the coming year. 
  • As needed, attends meetings as District representative (LEA) on the multi-disciplinary team for eligibility, IEP, discipline, and placement meetings involving the Disability Law Center and/or other parent advocates, LRBI, and for Manifestation Determinations. 
  • Responds to parent complaints, concerns, and/or requests. 
  • Attends state and district meetings and participates in District Leadership Team as assigned by the Special Education Director. 
  • File compliance monitor
  • Case management/evaluation of out of district, online files
  • Oversees Preschool Special Education teachers and services
  • Oversees district SLPs 
  • Participates in Emergency Safety Committee
  • Attends/Coordinates District Office SpEd PLC
  • Reads and responds to Results Driven Accountability (RDA) system
  • Provides written reports to Director of Special Education
  • Facilitates Special Education Educator Support Plans  
  • Regular, reliable, predictable attendance and job performance is required


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