Senior Director, Market Expansion
Habitat Health
Associate Director, Integrated Special Education
Rocketship Public Schools
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States
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Senior
About the role
- Reporting to the Senior Director of Integrated Special Education (ISE), the Associate Director of ISE is an organizational leader responsible for driving forward the quality of and vision for Integrated Special Education within Rocketship.
- This leader will further establish Rocketship as the premier national model for meaningful inclusion among charter schools and traditional districts.
- By partnering with other organizational leaders, supporting vision implementation, coaching a high-performing team, and ensuring excellence in compliance, this leader will have a profound impact on the nearly 10,000 Rocketeers in our network, including approximately 10% of students currently receiving special education services.
- The following are essential functions related to the position:
- Implement Rocketship’s vision and approach to Integrated Special Education in collaboration with all key stakeholders; ensure high-quality outcomes for students with unique learning and behavioral needs within present and envisioned future scale of the network;
- Develop an effective approach to curriculum, instruction, and assessment which leads to rapid growth for students with disabilities; ensure exceptional outcomes for students with unique learning and behavioral needs; model and sustain a culture of high performance and service orientation among team members.
- Serve as a trusted strategic partner to the Sr Director of ISE, providing support to maintain the high achievement levels of all Rocketeers.
- Serve as an ambassador of Rocketship Public Schools internally and externally.
- Maintain a close working relationship with other members of the Network Support Team (NeST—Rocketship’s centralized office that operates in support of its schools and regions), school directors, and all school staff (teachers, school leaders, support staff, etc.) to ensure exchange of best practices, coordination of efforts, data driven decision-making, and general support for the special education department.
Requirements
- A deep belief in the mission and educational model of Rocketship Public Schools and our inclusive approach to serving students with disabilities with the ability to work in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial, flexible and autonomous environment;
- A minimum of 3 years of successful experience managing special education and compliance initiatives with a track-record of successful instructional expertise in realizing high levels of student achievement in a complex, multi-site environment;
- 4 additional years of successful teaching/instructional expertise with a record of strong achievement results
- Experience navigating cross-functional organization relationships and achieving results through influence and collaboration,
- Knowledge of federal and state laws and regulations associated with special education and successful application across multiple cases;
- Experience working with students with a full range of disabilities (learning disabilities, emotional and behavioral disorders, autism, etc.) and with elementary-age students (strongly preferred).
- Strong pedagogical, culturally responsive, and personalized learning skills to effectively innovate upon the current approach and systems to achieve greater student achievement outcomes and opportunities, whilst constantly thinking about, innovating upon and implementing new strategies and approaches to our meaningful inclusion approach in order to always ensure that the Rocketship model offers our Rocketeers and families the most robust learning experience;
- Valid Special Education teaching credential or administrative license; Master’s degree in Special Education or related field strongly preferred.
Benefits
- excellent health and wellness benefits
- 403b retirement plan
- flexible spending account (FSA)
- generous paid time off
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
special education managementcompliance initiativesinstructional expertisecurriculum developmentassessment strategiesdata-driven decision-makingpedagogical skillsculturally responsive teachingpersonalized learningexperience with disabilities
Soft skills
leadershipcollaborationinfluencecoachingorganizational skillscommunicationstrategic partnershipservice orientationflexibilityentrepreneurial mindset
Certifications
Special Education teaching credentialadministrative licenseMaster’s degree in Special Education
