<p>ABOUT YOU: You are an energetic and empathetic leader who believes that having fun can make a positive difference for students. With a can-do spirit and a great sense of humor, you approach challenges as opportunities to build stronger relationships, foster collaboration, and creatively solve problems. You deeply value relationship-building and invest in authentic connections with students, staff, families, and community partners. You are highly communicative, reflective, and attuned to interpersonal interactions, believing in "yes, and" thinking. You enjoy coaching others and watching them grow. While kindness and compassion guide your interactions, you are not afraid to hold people accountable, ensuring our shared goals and expectations are consistently met. You see conflict as a chance for growth, embracing difficult conversations with openness and optimism to build a supportive, engaging, high-achieving school community.</p> <p>ABOUT THE JOB: The Director of Student Services (DSS) is part of a thoughtful, energetic, and passionate administrative team. The DSS adds to our collective work by providing visionary leadership and strategic oversight in developing, implementing, and continuously enhancing a responsive and supportive learning environment for all students. The DSS is responsible for the strategic planning, administrative management, and systematic implementation of district-wide Student Services programs, including direct supervision and evaluative oversight of intervention specialists, school psychologist, and behavior support personnel. The DSS supervises contracted nursing services and works closely with our mental health and school counseling personnel. The DSS ensures rigorous adherence to federal statutes and state regulations, compliance codes, and operational standards. The DSS facilitates aligning departmental initiatives with overarching instructional objectives and educational outcomes by collaborating extensively with district administrators, building principals, instructional leaders, and professional staff. The DSS demonstrates advanced competencies in strategic thinking, proactively identifying and addressing potential areas for enhancement, anticipating institutional challenges, and implementing evidence-informed solutions.</p> <p>ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: 1.Utilize systems thinking to improve organizational structures and maximize human and financial capital. 2.Supervise the district's Title IX and nursing program. 3.Assist in the evaluation of appropriate ESC personnel. 4.Design and manage a data collection plan. 5.Create a positive workplace culture and climate focused on the district's mission and vision. 6.Assist in planning budgetary resources for the programs. 7.Assist with the work focused on inclusive practices, which embraces all learners as valued members of the school community and ensures that children who need additional interventions or intensive support can learn alongside their peers in their neighborhood school. 8.Support office staff with the maintenance of student records. 9.Assist in establishing long-term and short-term goals for implementation plans and district growth. 10.Leverage and build the talents of team members while providing effective coaching in identified growth areas. 11.Effectively and consistently communicate with all stakeholders, including parents and outside agencies. 12.Evaluate personnel and assist in the determination of goals to improve performance. 13.Work with the Chief Academic Officer (CAO) to support teachers in ensuring instructional improvement and maintaining the highest instructional standards for all students. 14.Support students' transition to/from alternative learning settings and monitor student performance while placed. 15.Attend district and administrative meetings and other meetings or events as assigned. 16.Ability to build a vision and develop goals for the department, aligning with the District's mission and values. 17.Maintain and manage budgets and accounts for the department. 18.Oversee the implementation of special education services; ensure guidelines, procedures, and instruction comply with state and federal laws, rules and regulations, and Board Policy. 19.Conduct training for and collaborate with staff about academic instruction, special education services, data-based decision-making, IEP and Transition Planning, and special education policies and procedures. 20.Assist building personnel with curriculum adaptation, intervention selection, and implementation to support students with support needs. 21.Meet regularly with intervention specialist teachers to help guide, coach, and problem-solve. 22.Effectively communicate with all parents regarding the needs of all students and comply with communication protocols for special education student needs. 23.Serve as LEA when appropriate. 24.Ensure the district has an appropriate continuum of services to place students in the least restrictive environment. 25.Oversee transportation for students who require special transportation. 26.Use systems data to lead the district's improvement to impact students and staff positively. 27.Work with staff to address building needs and create processes and procedures that effectively support students. 28.Conduct program evaluations and make recommendations for improvement in how we provide student services along a robust continuum of services. 29.Provide professional development and programming on strategies and supports for student and staff social and emotional well-being and build a positive culture and climate in the buildings. 30.Seek ways to impart a restorative and rehabilitative approach to student conduct. 31.Understand the spectrum of student interventions and help staff implement best practices. 32.Demonstrates the ability to organize tasks to completion. 33.Identifies, analyzes, and solves problems. 34.Seeks to improve personal and organizational performance by measuring and monitoring outcomes. 35.Is open to change and willing to be involved in the change process.</p>