Special Education Compliance Manager

POSITION DESCRIPTION

Ingenuity Prep is a PreK through 6th-grade public charter school serving 560 students with plans to grow a grade level each year through 8th grade, eventually serving over 800 students. Founded in 2012 with the mission of growing a generation of great D.C. civic leaders, Ingenuity Prep's innovative instructional model promotes small group learning for students, collaborative teaching teams, and robust coaching and professional development opportunities for teachers.

WHAT WE’RE ABOUT

• Mission: We’re closing the opportunity gap. Students and families in Southeast D.C. have too few options for high-quality elementary, middle, and high schools.  Ingenuity Prep aspires to right this systemic injustice providing an exemplary educational option for Southeast D.C.’s students and families.
• Model: We pair high expectations with high support. Too often, our students are underestimated.  At Ingenuity Prep, an innovative teacher development model, paired with best-in-class training from strong instructional leaders, allows us to grow great teachers who, ultimately, lead high-expectation and high-support classrooms.
• Results: Our students are defying expectations. Ingenuity Prep’s students outperform their neighborhood peers on rigorous, national, college-track assessments.  Already out-performing many of their more privileged peers around the city, in the coming years, Ingenuity Prep’s students will provide an expectation-defying and achievement-gap-closing proof point — showing what our kids are capable of when we provide the right opportunities, expectations, and support.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

The Special Education Compliance Manager will: 

• Ensure compliance with stated and federal guidelines pertaining to special education by assisting with the coordination and monitoring of evaluation timelines, implementation of Individualized Education Plans (IEPs), Behavioral Intervention Plans (BIP) and related services tracking. 
• Organize quality assurance procedures and check to ensure the school is operating compliantly.
• Collaborate with administrators on instructional best practices and interventions, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) rules and regulations, and transition services to ensure foundational understanding of IDEA and adherence.
• Inform building base special education team and administrators of the timelines for Individual Education Plans (IEP) development, evaluations, re-evaluations, manifestations, Multidisciplinary Team meetings, progress report deadlines and Analyzing Existing Data meetings. 
• Conducts regular IEP audits to ensure compliance with federal and state law, as well as OSSE special education policies and procedures. 
• Manages the status of the school-wide IEP tracker (update services, dates, compliance, etc) and send weekly compliance updates to building special education staff to flag compliance hotspots
• Manages special education system (SEDS), adds permissions for non-public placement users, and inputs and track transportation requests
• Collaborate with special education staff to determine compliance-related professional development and training needs
• Perform duties assigned by the Director of Student Support 

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR

Ingenuity Prep may be the right fit for you if:

• You believe deeply in Ingenuity Prep’s mission, and in our ability to achieve ambitious goals.
• You have at least 3-5 years of experience in the special education arena (e.g. special education teacher/admin/compliance) including IEP, FBA and BIP implementation. 
• You are devoted to diversity, equity & inclusion and are comfortable conversing about these topics regularly. 
• You are highly organized with exceptional attention to detail. 
• You have proficient written and oral communication skills and have a proven ability to build/maintain healthy relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• You have a demonstrated ability to thrive in the face of challenging situations.
• You have knowledge of DC Special Education Laws & Compliance Metrics 
• You have a Bachelor’s degree. 

MORE ABOUT US

Ingenuity Prep offers among the strongest compensation and benefits packages of any public charter school in Washington, D.C. Our compensation and benefits package include:

• Highly competitive compensation.
• 100% of medical and dental premiums for employees paid for by Ingenuity Prep, along with 100% of dependent premiums and 50% of spouse’s or domestic partner’s premiums.
• 100% of employee’s short­ and long-term disability and life insurance plans paid for by Ingenuity Prep.
• A minimum of two weeks maternity/paternity leave at 100% pay for all staff -- regardless of gender. Over time, that increases to as much as six weeks -- all at 100% pay.
• A 100% match -- up to 3% -- on your 401K retirement plan.
• A 100% Ingenuity Prep-paid cell phone plan. You can even bring your current number into our plan.
• MacBook Air computer for professional and personal use.

Ingenuity Prep does not make hiring decisions on the basis of race, color, creed, ethnicity, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, socio-economic background, age, disability, veteran status, religion, political affiliation or any other characteristic protected by state, federal, or local law.