Low Incidence Services Coordinator

Position Purpose:

The Low Incidence Services Coordination position assists SCRED member districts in implementing a continuum of supports for students with low incidence disabilities.  Low incidence disabilities include: Moderate to Severe Autism, Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Blind or Visually Impaired, Deaf-Blind, Physically Impaired, Other Health Disabilities, Traumatic Brain Injury, Developmental Cognitive Disabilities, and Severely Multiply Impaired.

This position provides collaboration and consultation on specific student cases and overall programming, creates and facilitates high-quality professional learning opportunities for member district staff, and assists in the coordination of service delivery to ensure students are receiving effective instruction designed to meet their needs in their least restrictive environment.

Essential Duties:

• Collaboration & Consultation
  • Provide on-site coaching and support for the implementation of evidence-based instructional practices within the tertiary prevention level of a Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) framework.
  • Guide staff in the creation of special education evaluation plans that equip teams to identify infants, toddlers, and students who have low incidence disabilities and their educational needs
  • Support staff in the development of IFSPs and IEPs that are designed to meet the unique communicative and functional needs of students with low incidence disabilities
  • Consult with special education staff regarding students who are not responding to academic, behavioral, or functional skill interventions
  • Provide expertise as part of IFSP and IEP teams for students with significant and unique low incidence-related needs
  • Promote collaboration between general education and special education staff regarding accommodations and modifications that may help students to reach their IEP goals and access the general curriculum
• Professional Learning
  • Engage in professional learning aligned with SCRED goals and district-specific needs to inform SCRED professional learning opportunities related to low incidence programming
  • Complete professional learning plans in collaboration with the SCRED Services Coordination Team to ensure alignment with SCRED goals and messaging across service areas
  • Facilitate professional learning using effective adult learning strategies on a variety of low incidence-related topics, including assessment, instruction, inclusion, accessibility, assistive technology, secondary transition, and program evaluation
  • Provide on-site coaching and support to enhance implementation of best practices in low incidence
• Coordination of Service Delivery
  • Provide leadership, guidance, and work direction to the SCRED Low Incidence team on a regular basis to promote continuity of service, including meeting facilitation, coordination of joint tasks, problem solving for specific student cases or programming, and professional growth opportunities
  • Facilitate the implementation of best practices in low incidence-related assessment, instruction, inclusion, accessibility, and program evaluation
  • Assist in conducting needs assessments to support various resource allocation and/or programming decisions
  • Secure and disseminate resource materials and equipment for low incidence-related needs that can be shared across districts
  • Facilitate the distribution of Collaborative Planning funds for low incidence-related needs
  • Support teams in planning for transitions of students with low incidence disabilities between buildings (i.e., from elementary to secondary)
  • Participate and/or facilitate SCRED internal meetings and workgroups as assigned
  • Participate in the regional Development Cognitive Disability and Assistive Technology Communities of Practice
  • Assist administration in coordinating the activities of SCRED’s itinerant special education teachers and related service providers
  • Provide work direction to the administrative assistant supporting the low incidence services area
• Other Duties as Assigned
  • Perform other duties as assigned