Description | Job Title: Special Education ARD Facilitator
Duty Days: 187
Pay Grade: T07-T08
Salary Schedule: Click for Salary Schedule
Primary Purpose:
The ARD facilitator is responsible for coordination, planning and preparation of compliance documents for students eligible for Special Education services. The ARD Facilitator is responsible for chairing, or co-chairing, ARD meetings, and serves more than one campus
Qualifications:
Minimum Education/Certification
- Meets SBEC regulations and/or district requirements
- Bachelor's degree from accredited university
- Valid Texas teacher certification with required special education endorsements
- Minimum 3-5 years successful experience as a special education teacher with extensive experience preparing ARD documents and participating in ARD meetings
- Bilingual preferred
Special Knowledge/Skills
- Knowledge of federal, state, district and school procedures, regulations, and policies for the special education process
- Experience with eSPED, or other computer based documentation system preferred
- Knowledge of Admission, Review and Dismissal (ARD) process and Individual Education Plan (IEP) goal setting process and implementation
- Strong communication, collaboration, and facilitation skills
- Strong organizational skills
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Skill in working with computer tools, including but not limited to, email, internet, word processing and spreadsheets
- Skill in working with and presenting to diverse populations of students, parents, and community members
- Ability to exercise good judgement in decision-making, especially in difficult circumstances
- In-depth knowledge of TEKS based and specialized curriculum and instructions
- Experience in adapting and implementing curriculum to meet individual learning and behavioral needs
Major Responsibilities and Duties:
ARD Responsibilities:
- Schedules, or assists in scheduling, Admission, Review, and Dismissal (ARD) meetings and notifies parents of the ARD meeting, including distribution of ARD calendar to appropriate ARD Committee members in a timely fashion; notifies all appropriate school personnel of ARD meetings/ARD schedule changes
- Ensures that federal/state timelines are met with respect to functions of ARD Committee meetings; requests for additional assessments and required timelines set by ARD Committee
- Monitors ARD paperwork completed by campus personnel; completes and turns in ARD paper work to official audit file within 72 hours of the meeting
- Completes lists, forms, reports, and data required by the Special Education Office by due dates (e.g., transportation forms, EYS forms, October counts etc)
- Maintain current state assessment test lists; referral lists, and referrals for related services evaluation; maintains communication among assessment, service providers, and related services personnel
- Provides for systematic communication among special and general education personnel (with respect to ARD meetings and decisions, IEPs, accommodations needed in the general education setting, relevant instructional concerns and progress)
- Completes applicable ARD supplements with accompanying data collected by campus staff (i.e., EYS regression data, all IEPs, BIPs, etc)
- Follows end of year procedures for folder exchanges, summer testing, etc
- Maintains thorough documentation regarding any significant problems with ARD Committee procedures; attends Special Education Department staff meetings; attends relevant professional development
Communication
- Establish and maintain open lines of communication by conducting conferences with parents, students, principals, and teachers
- Maintain a professional relationship with colleagues, students, parents, and community members
- Use effective communication skills to present information accurately and clearly
Professional Development
- Participation in staff-development activities to improve job-related skills
- Maintain understanding of and comply with federal, state, district, and school procedures, regulations, and policies for the special education process
Other Duties
- Consult and collaboration with various campus intervention teams
- Other duties as assigned
Equipment Used:
- Computer, copy machine, fax machine, files, folders, pens, pencils, paper
Working Conditions:
Physical Demands:
While performing duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to
stand, walk, sit, talk, and hear; the employee is occasionally required to reach
with hands and arms, stoop, and kneel; the employee must occasionally lift
and/or move materials an objects
Environmental Demands:
General office environment is quiet to loud depending on the activity;
employee is continuously interacting with the public, staff, and students;
employee must meet multiple demands from several people and be able to
work effectively under pressure
6/2/2019 |