Required Qualifications:

• Licensure by the Minnesota Department of Education as a special educationt teacher, or related service provider.
• At least three years of licensed experience in Saint Paul Public Schools.

The essential job functions include, but are not limited to, the following fundamental duties:

• Provide leadership for day-to-day program operations and in implementing best practice educational service models and management systems, including actively modeling, demonstrating, and instructing program staff in management techniques and social skills instruction presently used by the Saint Paul Schools for EBD students.
• Maintain effective collaborative relationships with building administrator and Special Education administrative staff.
• Provide leadership in close coordination and involvement with parents.
• Provide leadership on program issues including, but not limited to, curriculum and instruction, scheduling, and social, emotional and behavioral factors.
• Facilitate a staff development program for all staff.
• Develop and coordinate linkages to relevant community and county resources to augment program efforts and to respond to student and family needs.
• Establish with direct services staff, program and individual student's goals.
• Maintain effective collaborative relationships with program and building staff including teachers and other school personnel regarding educational programs for students; assist in planning for all aspects of inclusion of students in general education.
• Respond to program, student and staff emergencies.
• Function effectively as a team member in all relevant issues within the program and on the building site.
• With the building principal and district Special Education administration, monitor on-site budgets.
• Facilitate and participate in regular program team meetings, Child Study meetings and IEP meetings.
• Maintain necessary records or reports related to services to students.
• Assure that staff members are compliant with due process laws related to special education students at all times.
• Perform additional duties assigned by supervising administrator.