Education Bureau Chief (Office/On-site)

CT; Hartford (CT); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional growth and development

Healthy work/life balance

Job summary

The State of Connecticut, State Department of Education seeks an Education Bureau Chief for Dyslexia and Reading Disabilities to lead the Office of Dyslexia and Reading Disabilities, ensuring compliance with educator preparation programs and certification statutes.

The role includes reviewing processes, developing structured literacy targets, assessing EPP compliance, and guiding in-service training for boards of education to improve literacy outcomes for students.

Qualifications

• Earned advanced degree and ten years of experience in education or related area.
• Three years at the full advanced working level overseeing the development or administration of an educational bureau.
• Substitutions allowed: 092/093 certificates or higher degree with managerial experience may substitute.
• Experience with Educator Preparation Program accreditation, curriculum, and state legislative processes preferred.

Responsibilities

• Directs education programs and staff activities and manages all related functions.
• Develops long- and short-term goals and objectives supporting educational initiatives.
• Participates in policy review and formulation, funding, legislation, and regulation.
• Develops educational programs in the area of specialty and provides consultative services.

Skills

Education administration

Budgeting

Interpersonal skills

Oral and written communication

Public school administration

Management principles

Education

Advanced degree

92/93 administrator certificates

Job description

Introduction

The State of Connecticut, State Department of Education is now seeking to fill the position of Education Bureau Chief overseeing�the Office of Dyslexia and Reading Disabilities.

What We Can Offer You

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• Professional growth and development opportunities
• A healthy work/life balance to all employees

Position Highlights

• Full Time, 40 Hours/week.
• Monday through Friday.
• Potential for telework.
• First Shift.
• Location: 450 Columbus Boulevard in Hartford.

The Role

The Education Bureau Chief for Dyslexia and Reading Disabilities will oversee the Office of Dyslexia and Reading Disabilities. This office is responsible for ensuring compliance with requirements for Educator Preparation Programs (EPP) and applicants, including professional educator certification and statutes related to dyslexia instruction and training. The successful candidate will review and recommend necessary changes to the State Board of Education’s process for the approval of educator preparation programs related to these compliance requirements.

Responsibilities

• Reviewing, identifying, developing, updating, and implementing evidence-based competency targets for structured literacy.
• Evaluating compliance measures for EPPs to ensure that they include literacy instruction and processes that reflect current research and best practices.
• Overseeing the development of model dyslexia in-service training programs for local and regional boards of education, aligned with identified educator competencies in structured literacy.
• Collaborating on the development of evidence-based reading assessments to identify students at risk for dyslexia or other reading-related learning disabilities.
• Appointing full-time staff as needed to support the operations of the office.

The ideal candidate will have experience and certification in integrated Early Childhood, Comprehensive Special Education and Remedial Reading, and a passion for applying data analytics to enhance the learning experience and support the development of highly effective educators for our children.

Selection Plan

Note: The only way to apply to this posting is via the ‘Apply’ or ‘Apply Online’ buttons on the official State of Connecticut Online Employment Center job posting.

This employer may participate in E‑Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I‑9 information to confirm work authorization.

Additional Information

Salary Calculations: For current state employees, salary calculations are not necessarily comparable from one of the three branches of state government (i.e., Executive, Legislative, Judicial) to the other.

The immediate vacancy is listed above, however, applications to this recruitment may be used for future vacancies in this job class.

Note: This position will be filled in accordance with contractual language, reemployment, SEBAC, transfer, promotion and merit employment rules.

Candidates who are offered and accept a position with the State of Connecticut are bound by the State Code of Ethics for Public Officials and State employees, available at www.ct.gov/ethics.

Special Requirements

Incumbents in this class may be required to possess an appropriate certificate issued by the State Board of Education.

Conclusion

AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

The State of Connecticut is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and strongly encourages the applications of women, minorities, and persons with disabilities.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

As defined by Sec. 5-196 of the Connecticut General Statutes, a job class is a position or group of positions that share general characteristics and are categorized under a single title for administrative purposes. As such, a job class is not meant to be all-inclusive of every task and/or responsibility.

Purpose of Job Class (Nature of Work)

In the Departments of Aging and Disability Services and Education this class is accountable for directing the operation of an education services bureau.

Examples of Duties

• Directs Education programs and staff activities and manages all related functions;
• Develops comprehensive long and short-term goals and objectives which support educational initiatives and agency mission;
• Participates and makes recommendations in review and formulation of agency policy, program priorities, funding, legislation and regulation;
• Develops or assists in the development of educational programs in area of specialty;
• Provides consultant services for these programs and services;
• Interprets and administers pertinent laws within assigned bureau;
• Controls fiscal operations within bureau by determining priority of expenditures of financial and related resources;
• Evaluates and assesses staff performance;
• Responds to inquiries from the public, Governor’s office, and federal, state and local educators concerning education initiatives and programs;
• Maintains statewide responsibility for all bureau programs and activities and represents agency and state in related activities as required;
• Leads the recruitment and hiring of staff, including outreach, interview and selection;
• Performs related duties as required.

Knowledge, Skill and Ability

• Considerable knowledge of
• and ability to interpret and apply relevant state and federal laws, statutes and regulations;
• philosophy and methods of education with emphasis on educational administration and management;
• objectives and purposes of educational programs within area of specialty;
• principles of professional management;
• public school administration;
• Knowledge of
• and ability to apply management principles and practices;
• principles and techniques of budgetary preparation and fiscal management;
• Considerable
• interpersonal skills;
• oral and written communication skills.

Minimum Qualifications - General Experience

An earned advanced degree and ten (10) years of experience in the field of education or in a related area.

Minimum Qualifications - Special Experience

• Three (3) years of the General Experience must have been at the full advanced working level in the oversight of the development or administration of an educational bureau, system, operation, school or service.
• NOTE: For state employees, this experience is interpreted at the level of an Education Consultant.

Minimum Qualifications - Substitutions Allowed

• A 092 certificate (Intermediate Administrator), or 093 certificate (Superintendent), or Sixth Year Diploma in Educational Leadership, or an Ed.D. (Doctorate in Educational Leadership) may be substituted for one (1) additional year of the General Experience.
• An advanced degree and three (3) years of managerial experience in the oversight of the development or administration of an educational bureau, system, operation, school or service may be substituted for the General and Special Experience.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• An 092 Intermediate Administrator, 093 Superintendent or equivalent certification.
• Experience in Dyslexia diagnosis and intervention.
• Experience developing and implementing Educator Preparation Programs.
• Experience with Educator Preparation Program accreditation analysis.
• Experience with Educator Preparation Program curriculum analysis.
• Experience with the State Legislative Process.