Special Education Compliance Coordinator

Southampton Elementary School; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 67,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Southampton Elementary School in Richmond, Virginia is seeking an Instructional Compliance Coordinator to support exceptional education programming and ensure compliance with local, state and federal regulations.

The role focuses on IEP reviews, audits, and collaboration with case managers to promote student progress while upholding Virginia requirements. A Master’s degree and VA teaching license are required, with RTI/Child Find knowledge highly valued.

Qualifications

• Master's degree required.
• Valid Virginia teaching license with Exceptional Education endorsement required; Admin/ Supervision preferred.
• Minimum of three years’ experience as an exceptional education teacher.
• Comprehensive knowledge of regulations governing programming for students with disabilities.
• Understanding of RTI and Child Find processes.
• Ability to work effectively with students, parents, teachers, admins, and colleagues.
• Demonstrated decision making, problem analysis and conflict resolution.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Bilingual skills preferred.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates knowledge of Regulations Governing Special Education Programs for Children with Disabilities in Virginia and the Virginia Standards of Learning and Alternate Assessment Program.
• Collaborates with school-based staff to conduct observations and provide evidenced-based instructional and behavioral strategies to both general and exceptional education teachers to improve outcomes for students with disabilities.
• Meets with the building principal and/or exceptional education designees to provide exceptional education compliance updates, feedback on weekly observations, PD needs, and review of data (discipline, attendance, child find, etc.).
• Collaborates with case managers to ensure IEPs are reviewed at least annually, contain parental consent for implementation, are finalized within VA IEP, and filed in the student’s cumulative record.
• Ensures initial eligibility and/or triennial reviews are conducted within 65 business days of referral date and completes Indicators 9, 10, and 11 for newly eligible students.
• Conducts regular IEP audits to ensure compliance with federal/state law and division policies.
• Ensures students with disabilities are assigned an exceptional education case manager and caseloads are equitable.
• Attends all eligibility and re-evaluation meetings.
• Monitors discipline data for students with disabilities and attends manifestation determination meetings when applicable.
• Ensures transfer student procedures include parental consent to implement out-of-state/out-of-division IEPs and completes transfer IEP within 30 days of arrival.
• Completes documents when referring students to the Family Assessment and Planning Team (FAPT).
• Attends all division-wide ICC meetings.
• May assume teaching and/or intervention support duties (part-time ICC select schools).
• Completes other duties as determined by school principal.

Skills

Regulatory compliance

IEP processes

Data analysis

Collaboration

Bilingual skills

Education

Master's Degree

Job description

Southampton Elementary School in Richmond, Virginia is seeking an Instructional Compliance Coordinator to support exceptional education programming and ensure compliance with local, state and federal regulations.

The role focuses on IEP reviews, audits, and collaboration with case managers to promote student progress while upholding Virginia requirements. A Master’s degree and VA teaching license are required, with RTI/Child Find knowledge highly valued.