# Program Specialist, Integrated Special Education

**Company**: Rocketship Public Schools
**Location**: San Jose, CA
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Job type**: Full-time
**Salary**: USD 98,000-115,000 per-year-salary
**Category**: Education
**Industry**: Education

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## Description

At Rocketship Public Schools, we believe in the infinite possibility of human potential. We believe that every student deserves the right to dream, to discover, and to develop their unique potential and it is our responsibility and our privilege to unleash the potential inside every Rocketeer we serve.

Our non-profit network of public elementary charter schools propels student achievement, develops exceptional educators, and partners with parents who enable high-quality public schools to thrive in their community.

The Program Specialist, Integrated Special Education role is based in the Bay Area and reports to the Director of Integrated Special Education (ISE). The Program Specialist will be a key strategic leader on the Schools team and critical to driving forward the quality of Integrated Special Education within Rocketship schools.

The Program Specialist will drive school teams toward ensuring that all Rocketeers are served in a compliant, effective and high-quality environment, with the goal to achieve 1.5 years of growth (based on NWEA annually) in both math and literacy.

Essential Functions:

School Support:

- Support ISE team visions at school sites for network initiatives and school priorities in collaboration with school leaders and directors of schools.

- Regularly meet with schools leaders to develop, monitor, and adjust school-level special education instructional and compliance efforts.

- Co-develop and support the coaching plans for ISE teachers and ISE teams with the support of the managing school leader.

- Provide direct and indirect coaching support to ISE teams around instructional practice and compliance initiatives.

Instructional Support:

- Provide ISE Managers with resources and expert guidance to support the data-based decision-making process to guide instructional planning.

- Support effective instructional planning through the selection of appropriate tiered interventions at school sites, consultation on implementation and planning, as well as the development of effective service schedules.

Supporting IEP and Compliance Processes at School Sites:

- Oversee and support staff member skill in IEP development and meeting facilitation.

- Serve as special education “compliance expert” and provide consultation on compliance-related questions and concerns, create compliance systems and structures to support campuses and coaching scope and sequence.

Professional Development:

- Support the development of regional and school-based professional development plans to support staff.

- Co-create and facilitate professional development opportunities on campuses.

Qualifications:

- Valid Special Education teaching credential or administrative license; Master’s degree in Special Education or related field strongly preferred.

- Demonstrated track record of improving academic outcomes for students with disabilities.

- Embrace the mission of Rocketship Education and our inclusive approach to serving students with disabilities.

- Knowledge of federal and state laws and regulations associated with special education.

- Experience working with students with a range of disabilities (learning disabilities, emotional and behavioral disorders, autism, etc.).

- Experience implementing student supports through a Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS)

- Experience working with elementary-age students (strongly preferred)

- Excellent written and oral communication skills

- Thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic work environment

- Ability to be flexible and adaptive in a work environment that is constantly evolving.

## Skills

### Required
- Special Education
- Instructional Planning
- Compliance
- IEP Development
- Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS)

### Nice to have
- Master's degree in Special Education or related field
- Experience working with elementary-age students

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