HOKE COUNTY SCHOOLS 2025-2026 Director of Exceptional Children Department
Exceptional Children Team
Title: Director of Exceptional Children Department Reports To: Superintendents of Curriculum and Instruction Terms of Employment: Full Time, 12 Months Salary: NC State Salary Schedule FLSA Exempt: Non-Exempt Exempt
Qualifications:
• North Carolina Teacher Licensure • 5 Year Successful Classroom Teaching Experience • North Carolina Licensure in Curriculum Instruction Supervision or School Administration • Master's Degree in Education-Related Field • Administrative Experience Preferred
Essential Job Functions:
Directs and supervises programs and services for students in the system with special needs and coordinates the efforts of federal, state, and local agencies, private specialists, parents, and division supervisors to provide the services.
Monitors the overall effectiveness of programs and ensures that all are implemented within federal, state, and local regulations.
Plans, develops, and implements a comprehensive program for students with disabilities, which assesses the needs of students, establishes objectives and priorities, delegates responsibilities to staff, develops strategies to achieve objectives, and evaluates programs.
Provides direction, consultation, and supervision to employees in the Exceptional Children Program.
Consults with centrally based staff and school-based staff regarding individual cases and interpretation of federal, state, and local policies and procedures.
Coordinates with local agencies, parents, and school personnel to resolve problems and secure needed resources and services.
Designs and implements professional development for staff at the school and district level.
Consults and collaborates with school-based staff and central office staff in all departments regarding individual cases and interpretation of federal, state, and local policies and procedures as necessary.
Consults with the school board attorney and school staff regarding individual cases when necessary and attends IEP meetings as needed.
Program Management:
Provides effective leadership in the developing comprehensive program plans and implementing and evaluating the planned programs.
Fiscal Management:
Assists in preparing budgets, coordinates with other departments or agencies to assure maximum services, and maintains records, reports, and inventories in accordance with local, state, and federal policies.
Information Management:
Shares information about programs with various publics, serves as a liaison between the school system and other agencies, and assists in the development of in-service staff.
Accomplishes personal growth objectives and demonstrates professional ethics.
Personnel Management:
Assists in the selection and placement of personnel, delegates and supervises staff responsibilities, and assists in evaluating staff.
Performs all other duties and responsibilities as assigned by supervisor.
Physical and Cognitive Requirements:
The major physical and cognitive requirements listed below are applicable to the Director for Exceptional Children Program job classification within the Exceptional Children Program of Hoke County Schools.
Work in this classification is considered light physical work requiring the exertion of up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to move objects.
Must be able to:
Operate a variety of equipment, including computers, copiers, overhead projectors, and data projectors.
Operate a motor vehicle.
Compare, interpret, analyze, and generate data and apply basic principles of statistics.
Listen and communicate effectively in order to gather, convey, or exchange information, including giving instructions, assignments, or directions to subordinates or assistants.
Respond appropriately to inquiries or complaints.
Use tact and courtesy when working and dealing with community.
Read, comprehend, and prepare various kinds of communication and information, including emails, correspondence, reports, articles, proposals, contracts, policies, charts, spreadsheets, curriculum documents, staff development plans, educational forms, and data.
Write using prescribed formats and conforming to all rules of punctuation, grammar, diction, and style.
Speak before groups of people with poise, voice control, and confidence.
Apply principles of logical, critical, creative, or scientific thinking to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
Demonstrate and apply common sense understanding to carry out simple instruction and to make simple decisions.
Interpret, infer, analyze, synthesize, and evaluate materials, resources, situations, and problems to generate options and solutions.
Interpret and carry out oral and/or written instructions.
Demonstrate continued professional curiosity and growth.
Communicate effectively and efficiently in a variety of settings using appropriate terminology and by telephone and email.
Hear, speak, read, record, and explain information, communication, and procedures.
Perform basic math functions to understand and interpret data to balance budgets.
Deal fairly with people beyond giving and receiving instructions.
Perform under stress, deal with persons acting under stress, and displaying emotional distress, and adapt when confronted with emergency situations.
DISCLAIMER
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by individuals assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of the position. All employees may have other duties assigned at any time.