JOB DESCRIPTION
Become a Coordinator in Exceptional Student Services with Great Hearts Academies, a non-profit, tuition-free charter network of schools. The network seeks to fill several remaining Coordinator openings across the Phoenix metro area for the 2024-2025 school year!
Positions Available:
- Goodyear (Upper School opening)
- East Valley (Upper and Lower School openings)
- Maryvale (Upper and Lower School openings)
- Phoenix, AZ (Upper School)
The Exceptional Student Services (Special Education) Coordinator will:
- Plan and provide specially designed instruction to students receiving special education and related services.
- Collaborate with related service providers and general education staff in the implementation of accommodations and modifications
- Draft and maintain IEPs, Prior Written Notices, and potentially evaluation paperwork, ensuring compliance with state and federal guidelines
- Plan and facilitate meetings throughout the special education process
- Communicate and collaborate with parents, staff, and administrative staff regarding student planning and progress.
- Manage the transition of new enrollees eligible for special education and related services.
Great Hearts
Great Hearts Academies is a growing network of 43 public, open-enrollment, tuition-free schools in San Antonio (TX), Dallas/Ft. Worth (TX), Phoenix (AZ), and (opening in fall 2023) Baton Rouge (LA). We currently provide over 24,000 K-12 students with access to a high quality, classical liberal arts education, without the barriers that often come with private prep schools. We gladly prepare our graduates for success in the best universities in the nation, but our main purpose is the formation of the soul, heart, and mind. We believe that the highest goal of education is to become good, intellectually and morally.
Benefits:
- Exceptional Benefits (medical, dental, vision etc.) with minimal employee cost
- Manageable caseload
- Competitive salary
- Signing Bonuses
- Strong administrative support
- Collaborating team members
Qualifications:
- Candidates must be proficient in the use of technology.
- Great Hearts teachers must also demonstrate a commitment to and love for the liberal arts.
Education/Certification:
- Candidates must hold at least a Bachelor’s degree
- Valid Arizona certification in Special Education (mild to moderate, cross-categorical, learning disability, or intern/alternative)
- A current Arizona IVP fingerprint clearance card
Physical functions: Requires but is not limited to standing, sitting, repetitious hand and body movements, bending, squatting, and reaching. May be required to move or position equipment up to 15 pounds approximately.
Travel required: May need to travel locally to the various academies within the Phoenix metro area.
This description reflects management’s assignment of essential functions, it does not exclude or restrict the tasks that may be assigned.
Great Hearts Academies is an Equal Opportunity Employer
