Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

Job Duties:

• Advises on IDEA formal complaints and credible allegations within the applicable federal timeline;
• Ensures formal and neutral complaint, allegations, and investigation processes are followed;
• Provides technical assistance to parties regarding the process, develops and reviews various complaint letters, and credible allegations letters;
• Reviews and advises on the sufficiency of complaints and on areas of concerns regarding IDEA compliance;
• Reviews a letter of allegation, including issues based on the original complaint, and provides legal conclusions and citation;
• Reviews letter of findings including restating issues from the letter of allegations, facts pertinent to each issue, finding of a violation or non-violation, and provide legal citations;
• Reviews letters of areas of concerns or credible allegations and provide legal citations;
• Negotiates, drafts, and monitors corrective action plans if there is noncompliance;
• Reviews and drafts letters that analyse special education facts and provides legal conclusions and citations;
• Collaborates with Associate Administrator and Assistant Administrator on letters regarding special education facts and legal conclusions and citations.
• Provides technical assistance to district administrators, advocates, attorneys, parents, and organizations regarding the dispute resolution process and IDEA;
• Responds to inquiries regarding the dispute resolution processes and IDEA;
• Makes presentations to State agencies, committees, parents, school districts, and other groups on a variety of special education topics.
• Collaborates with the other sections of the Office for Exceptional Children and other offices within DEW regarding compliance and monitoring, policies and procedures, and other issues related to services for students with disabilities.
• Performs other duties as assigned:
• Participates and organizes statewide meetings for administrators, teachers, and parents of children with disabilities;
• Conducts workshops and makes presentations.
• Unusual Working Conditions: Requires travel throughout State of Ohio and may require overnight stay. (Must be willing and able to secure a valid Driver's License OR supply your own transportation).

Required Knowledge:

• Administration & Management;
• Agency Policies & Procedures;
• Government Structure & Process;
• Law & Government (e.g., Federal and State laws applicable to education, including but not limited to Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA); Ohio Administrative Code (OAC) 3301-51-01 through 3301-51-13; ESEA);
• Education and Training (e.g., IDEA general supervision requirements);
• Customer and Personal Service;
• analysis of documents and records;
• Agency Policies and Procedures (e.g., compliant procedures, due process, mediation, IDEA);

Required Skills:

• Report Writing;
• Communication (e.g. oral, active listening, written);
• Organization;
• Time/Resource Management;
• Critical Thinking and Judgment/Decision Making;
• Problem Solving and Problem Sensitivity;
• Monitoring; Speaking;
• Written Expression;
• Persuasion;
• Complex Problem Solving;

Abilities:

• Deductive Reasoning;
• Comprehension (e.g. oral, written, reading).
• Resolve complaints from angry citizens & government officials;
• Collaboration;
• Prepare reports

• Must have Min. 2 years of experience.

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