SPECIAL EDUCATION RESOURCES COORDINATOR

Position Overview:

Under general supervision, monitors and tracks the provision of school district special education for adherence to state and federal special education mandates; monitors the evaluation, education and recordkeeping of students receiving special education and related services for compliance with required deadlines; documents and records data; analyzes and interprets data submitted from various juvenile special education program sources and prepares reports for instructional staff and administrative staff; acts as part of a team to design, implement, evaluate and improve the special education services of the school district and the individual facility; serves as a resource and makes recommendations to administrative staff to help to establish and improve the special education services at the facility; assists educators in evaluating and improving teaching methods and classroom strategies for students with disabilities; acquires and transfers academic and special education records to and from other juvenile justice facilities, or other public, state or local agencies serving students with disabilities; serves as a subject matter expert with regard to the compliance of records and education plans with state and federal special education mandates.

Essential Functions:

• Monitors and enters special education related data such as the student's Individual Education Plan (IEP).
• Participates in educational staff and student conferences.
• Interprets and prepares reports for instructional staff and administrative staff with regard to IEP's and related records for students in a juvenile justice facility that receive special education services.
• Evaluates and improves special education services at a juvenile justice facility.
• Serves as the person responsible for acquiring and distributing authorized academic records related to special education services.
• Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Requires possession of a current and valid Professional Educator License, issued by the Illinois State Board of Education, with a Learning Behavior Specialist I endorsement.

Conditions of Employment:

• Requires the ability to pass an IDOC/IDJJ background check.
• Requires ability to pass a drug screen. The use of unauthorized drugs by an employee, regardless of position held, is prohibited.
• Requires ability to travel in the performance of duties, with overnight stays as appropriate.

The conditions of employment listed here are incorporated and related to any of the job duties listed in the job description.

About the Agency:

The mission of the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice (IDJJ) is to build youth skills and strengthen families by promoting community safety and positive youth outcomes. Over 900 staff members from across various departments—security, programming, education, mental health, and more—collaborate with the understanding that youth are physically, emotionally, and cognitively different from adults. The department provides extensive services to young people through a developmental, treatment-focused model of care that builds youth resiliency, engages families, and promotes community safety at the five youth facilities it operates across the state. IDJJ serves and houses approximately 150 youth and is responsible for approximately 500 youth on Aftercare in various Illinois’ communities.