Purpose:  This role helps ensure compliance with state and federal requirements of the Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, assists and supports staff/administration to carry out procedures and clerical tasks necessary to process special education and Section 504 information, records, meetings, and materials. 

Reports To: Assistant Superintendent of Special Services 

 

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt, Hourly ($19.00-$33.56 per hour, 7.5-hour workday)

 

Required Qualifications:

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Computer/typing and filing skills
• Microsoft Office software experience
• Effective oral and written communication skills with the ability to communicate respectfully and compassionately 
• Ability to document in accordance with professional standards and state and local guidelines
• A high level of professionalism and decorum
• Strong organizational skills and detail-oriented
• Possession of a valid Kansas driver’s license
• Health and Inoculation Certificate on file in the District Office (after an employment offer is made)

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Previous secretarial experience within an educational setting
• Associate's degree from an accredited college

Essential Functions:  To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily:

• Coordinate scheduling of IEP and 504 meetings, draft meeting notices, send home meeting notices within the compliance deadline, draft meeting agendas, take meeting notes, and assist in preparing to hold a meeting 
• Obtain final participants’ signatures on all required IEP and 504 paperwork
• Coordinate with other districts and outside agencies to gain student records
• Request, manage, and maintain special education transportation records
• Ensure orderly flow of required IEP and 504 paperwork within the district and to the state department of education
• Monitor and adhere to expiration dates and re-evaluation dates for students on IEPs and Section 504 plans
• Assure special education paperwork complies with State and district compliance guidelines
• Regular routine attendance at work 

General Responsibilities:

• Establish and maintain effective verbal and written communication and working relationships with students, educational staff, parents, patrons, and administrators
• Notifies all IEP and 504 meeting attendees utilizing the district’s electronic calendar
• Adheres to all federal, state, and district policies and compliance practices and procedures
• Demonstrate a commitment to teamwork
• Maintains a high level of confidentiality
• Contributes to a safe and orderly work environment
• Works to develop constructive, collaborative work environments through building positive school/community relations
• React well under pressure, handle and balance multiple demands at one time, work with frequent interruptions, and perform duties and tasks at expected levels of professionalism 
• Perform responsibilities in full compliance with all district, state, and federal laws, methods, requirements, policies, procedures, and activities pertinent to the duties of this position
• React to change productively and handle other tasks as assigned
• Work independently with minimum supervision
• Use independent judgment and demonstrate initiative to act without being asked
• Learn and upgrade job skills to meet the changing demands of the position
• Strong computer and keyboarding skills
• Other duties as assigned by the Principal or other Administrative Staff

Physical Demands:  The physical demands described here represent those that an employee must meet to perform the essential functions of this job successfully.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

• Ability to sit and stand for extended periods of time
• Ability to enter data into a computer, to see and read a computer screen and printed material with or without vision aids
• Ability to hear and understand speech at normal classroom levels, outdoors and on the telephone
• Ability to speak in audible tones so that others may understand clearly in normal classrooms, outdoors, and on the telephone
• Physical agility to lift up to 25 pounds to shoulder height and 50 pounds to waist height
• Ability to bend, stoop, sit on the floor, climb stairs, walk and reach overhead

Terms of Employment: At-will employment. The Board will determine salary and work schedule.

 

Evaluation:  Performance evaluations in accordance with the Board’s policy and the Classified Employee Handbook.  

 

Fort Leavenworth USD 207 is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It does not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, or promotion based on race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex, age, disability, veteran's status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other legally protected status under local, state, or federal law.