Position Type:
Basic application - admin/Admin - basic application
Date Posted:
8/21/2026
Location:
Timpanogos School District
Date Available:
07/01/2027
TSD Assistant Sped Director Secondary Job Description:
Director Level 1-3, ($105,600 - $164,930) depending on qualifications and experience
Start date: 07/01/2027
Contact Person: David Turner
Phone: 385-579-5315
JOB DESCRIPTION
Under the direction of the Special Education Director, the Special Education Elementary Assistant Director will oversee the secondary/post high programs, special schools, motor (OT, PT, APE) services, BCBA specialist and the Carson Smith Program
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
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Consults and collaborates with site administrators, supervisors and other department directors in coordinating secondary school offerings and where they are offered.
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Communicates with parents/guardians regarding the growth and development of secondary students with disabilities.
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Maintains and promptly submits all records, documents, and reports required by USBE and the federal government (IDEIA).
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Consults and collaborates with site administrators regarding teachers and ongoing alignment development of instructional strategies, staff development opportunities, and instructional materials based on USBE Special Education guidelines.
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Engages in vertical alignment and collaborates to improve and support instruction, behavior and compliance.
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Models effective techniques for delivering administrative support to site staff (teachers and classified staff) in designing and providing developmentally appropriate learning opportunities.
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Develops and monitors Special Education secondary procedures regarding student and staff safety, discipline, and conduct.
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Collaborates with BCBA and Motor leads to support professional growth plans, connecting and integrating the work in larger instructional systems to meet the needs of students with disabilities.
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Consults and collaborates with special school administrators to support instruction, behavior, and compliance.
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Oversees Carson Smith Opportunity Scholarship Program helping families and working with special education personnel to conduct eligibility and comply with program requirements.
NON-ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
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Other duties as assigned.
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
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Incumbent must be fingerprinted and clear a criminal background check
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Master's Degree required
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Requires a valid Professional Educator License for the State of Utah (Appropriate administrator/supervisor license)
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A Professional Educator License
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Administrator experience is required
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Building level administration experience (preferred)
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Special Education services experience (preferred)
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Must be skilled in working with diverse groups, building consensus, and maintaining focus on student needs
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Requires the ability to communicate orally and in written form
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Must be able to take initiative, work independently, be flexible, and be a collaborative team player
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Must demonstrate the highest standards of integrity, professionalism, and respect for others
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS-Not limited to the following:
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While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to speak and/or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, or crouch. The employee is occasionally required to use hands to handle or feel and must occasionally climb or balance.
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The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
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Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision and depth perception.
