Description

Purpose Statement:
 To plan, coordinate, and manage the district’s comprehensive student support programs. This role ensures that all students have equitable access to a safe, supportive, and inclusive learning environment by overseeing student health, attendance, discipline procedures, counseling, and crisis response systems while ensuring compliance with state and federal education laws.

 *Essential Functions:

Student Support & Wellness Programs

•  Holistic Services Oversight: Manage and evaluate district-wide support initiatives, including special education services, school counseling, social work, mental health services, and health/nursing services.       
• Crisis Management: Coordinate the district’s crisis response team, threat assessment protocols, and suicide prevention/intervention programs.
• Wrap-Around Supports: Partner with community-based organizations, public health agencies, and social services to provide wrap-around support for vulnerable student populations.

Student Conduct, Discipline & Due Process

• Policy Implementation: Oversee the implementation of the district’s student code of conduct, ensuring restorative justice practices and equitable disciplinary measures are utilized across all schools.
• Discipline Hearings: Manage and facilitate formal student suspension and expulsion hearings, ensuring strict adherence to student due process rights and state regulations.
• Alt-Education Placement: Work with building leaders and support alternative education placements or manifestation determinations for students requiring specialized behavioral settings.

Student Records

•  Student Records: Ensure district compliance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) regarding the maintenance, retention, and archiving of confidential student records.

Compliance, Equity & Reporting

• Civil Rights Compliance: Support compliance with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, Title IX, and McKinney-Vento (Homeless Assistance Act) provisions, ensuring equal access to education for all students.
• Data Tracking & Reporting: Collect, analyze, and present student demographic, attendance and discipline data to state education agencies and the school board to address disproportionality.

Other Functions:

•  Work collaboratively with building leadership and building office management to access key information and insights regarding student attendance, disciplinary issues, and opportunities.
•  Promote appreciation for diversity, to include diverse opinions as well as cultural and racial diversity.

Requirements

• Minimum of 3-5 years of successful experience in school administration, student counseling, social work, or managing district-level student support initiatives.
• Deep knowledge of state and federal laws regarding student rights, discipline, FERPA, McKinney-Vento, and Section 504.
• Strong background in healing centered care, Restorative Practices, and Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS).
• Exceptional conflict resolution, mediation, and de-escalation skills to navigate sensitive situations with parents, staff, and students.
• Excellent data analytical skills to identify trends in student behavior and attendance.
• Technologically proficient, with highly qualified knowledge of Microsoft Office, Skyward, and Google Workspace tools.
• Effective communicator with demonstrated ability to engage with community partners, families, school board members, and staff.
• Proven leadership in organizational development, staff capacity building, and fostering a positive, respectful work culture.
• Willingness and ability to work flexible hours, including evenings and weekends, to meet programming and community engagement needs.
•  Significant multi-cultural experience and cultural competency strongly preferred.