SPED Case Manager

Hinds County School District; Raymond (MS); On-site; USD 42,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

Hinds County School District is seeking a Special Education Case Manager to oversee Alternate Assessment, Child Find, reevaluations, MSIS updates, and IEP-related processes. The role reports to the Director of Exceptional Services and requires a valid SPED license and experience in Exceptional Education.

The position focuses on ensuring compliance, accurate data management, and collaboration with counselors, teachers, and district staff to support qualified students in a timely and compliant

Qualifications

• Mississippi Teaching license with SPED endorsement.
• Experience in the Exceptional Education field.

Responsibilities

• Alternate Assessment — assist with training.
• Alternate Assessment — serve as Test Administrator/Second Scorer.
• Maintain list of alternately assessed students and expected tested grade-level/subject.
• Child Find — take parental requests.
• Child Find — confirm residency for 3- to 5-year-olds.
• Child Find — communicate requests to psychometry, participate in MET meetings.
• Reevaluations — train teachers, monitor expiration dates, oversee data collection, process reevaluations.
• MSIS — school 500 student updates, schedules, and data entry.
• Teacher Rosters — monitor rosters for 18-student cap and corrections.
• Sped Equipment Inventory — record location, check in/out equipment, fixed asset procedures.
• Assistive Technology — conduct assessments, train staff, maintain and replace equipment.
• Educational Software — maintain student/teacher accounts, enroll new students.
• IEP Development and Reevaluations; ESY determinations; progress monitoring; data collection/interpretation; compliance.

Skills

Experience in Exceptional Education

Education

Mississippi Teaching license with SPED endorsement

Job description

SPECIAL EDUCATION CASE MANAGER

Requirements

• Valid Mississippi Teaching license with a SPED endorsement
• Experience in the Exceptional Education field

Reports To

Director of Exceptional Services

Roles And Responsibilities

• Alternate Assessment
  • Assist with training
  • Serve as Test Administrator/Second Scorer
  • Maintain list of alternately assessed students and expected tested grade-level/subject
• Child Find
  • Take parental requests
  • Confirm residency (3-5 year olds)
  • Communicate requests to psychometry
  • Participate in MET meetings
• Reevaluations
  • Train teachers
  • Monitor expiration dates
  • Oversee data collection
  • Process completed reevaluations
    • update Spedtrack
    • Enter into Child Find spreeadsheet
    • Update MSIS student update screen
    • Communicate changes with guidance counselors
• December 1 Count
  • Collaborate with counselors and teachers to correct LRE conflicts
  • Conduct annual MSIS student update for each student
  • Collaborate with counselors to ensure all students are populating in the MSIS SPED module
  • Collaborate with District MSIS Manager to ensure compliance
• MSIS
  • School 500 student update and schedule entry
  • Student updates screens
  • Enter Child Find data into Child Find module
• Teacher Rosters
  • Monitor rosters to ensure compliance with 18 student cap
  • Collaborate with teachers for roster corrections
• Sped Equipment Inventory
  • Record of location
  • Check in/check out equipment
  • Fixed Asset Procedures
• Assistive Technology
  • Conduct Assistive Technology Assessments
  • Train teachers on use of equipment
  • Maintenance of equipment
  • Replacement of equipment
• Educational Software
  • Maintenance of student/teacher accounts
  • Enroll new students
• Professional Development / Staff Trainings
  • IEP Development
  • Conducting Reevaluations
  • ESY Determinations
  • Progress monitoring
  • Data collections/interpretationPolicies/Procedures
  • Alternate Assessment
  • Compliance
• Student Data
  • Distribute 4.5 week reports of failures, excessive absences, discipline
• School 500/Preschool
  • Manage/write service plans for qualifying students other than L/S
  • Serve as committee member for IEP meetings
• Student Transfers
  • Review received records to ensure all required documents were sent and compliance with IEP implementation
  • Create CO and school folders
  • Distribute received records to teachers
  • Set and follow up on deadlines for transfer IEP completion
  • Oversee the completion of in-state transfer and out-of-state transfer procedures
  • Collaborate with guidance counselors to ensure students are appropriately coded in STI so that they will be picked up in MSIS Sped Module
• Spedtrack
  • Student account maintenance
    • Create accounts for new students
    • Deactivate students
    • End of Year Roll Up
    • Eligibility updates
  • Teacher account maintenance
    • Reset passwords
    • Create accounts
    • Deactivate accounts
    • Assign/Reassign caseloads
  • Compliance Monitoring
    • Report of Progress completion
    • Annual IEP deadlines
    • ESY deadlines
    • Reevaluation deadlines
    • Compliance/Self Audits
• Teacher Support
  • Attend IEP meetings
  • Audit IEPs for compliance
  • Professional development
  • Deadline alerts
  • Follow ups
  • Provide guidance for IEP compliance
  • Instructional support
  • Student behavior support
  • Programing/Scheduling support
• Extended School Year
  • Train teachers
  • Organize summer program
    • Create teacher rosters
    • Facilitate student assignment collection and distribution
    • Transportation contracts
    • Student Attendance
    • Monitor report of progress completion
  • Complete MDE Reimbursement Application
• District representative with MSB, MSD, CARES, Millcreek, etc..
• Crisis Prevention Intervention trainer
• Manifestations
• Maintain lists/documentation of students receiving special transportation/counseling
• Submit requests to Durham for special transportation
• Hiring
  • Schedule interviews
  • Conduct interviews
  • Complete/submit employment recommendation forms
  • Collaborate with school principals/HR for teacher placement
  • Teacher orientation