Job Description
$32.84 - $52.54 Hourly
$68,302 - $109,283 Annually
This position is a Pay Band 80
Posting Details HIS POSTING WILL BE USED FOR ONGOING RECRUITMENT AND MAY CLOSE AT ANY TIME. APPLICANT LISTS MAY BE SCREENED MORE THAN ONCE.
All positions at the NM Public Education Department are based in Santa Fe, however some may operate through our Albuquerque office based on home address and space availability.
MISSION: EQUITY, EXCELLENCE AND RELEVANCE - The New Mexico Public Education Department partners with educators, communities, and families to ensure that ALL students are healthy, secure in their identity, and holistically prepared for college, career, and life.
VISION: ROOTED IN OUR STRENGTHS - Students in New Mexico are engaged in a culturally and linguistically responsive educational system that meets the social, emotional, and academic needs of ALL students.
Office of Special Education:
Vision: Where the OSE should go and why. All students with disabilities (SWDs) are engaged in high quality curriculum and instruction within inclusive educational environment opportunities that leads to deep learning which results in college, career, and community readiness.
Mission: Who we are as a team, how we work toward our vision, and what makes us unique. The Office of Special Education will provide supports to districts, parents and SWDs to ensure outcomes of a free appropriate public education for students protected under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). We will review data to make decisions that will impact support for SWDs to meet college and career ready standards through equitable access to rigorous courses, high-quality instruction, and appropriate supports.
Core Values: Guiding principles of our work and how we operate. The OSE has high expectations, engages in culturally responsive practices, promotes student relationships, family and community engagement and a collective responsibility for SWDs and their families. What does that mean?
Ensuring that all children, including children with disabilities, are held to rigorous academic standards and high expectations is a shared responsibility for all of us.
US Department of Education Dear Colleague Letter, November 16, 2015
Why does the job exist? This position exists to support professional development across the state of New Mexico on special education topics and requirements of the IDEA to school employees, instructional support providers, relative service providers, public school officials, governing boards, administrators, special education directors, superintendents, and teachers to increase performance, student outcomes, and transitional services for students with disabilities across the state of New Mexico.
How does it get done? Coordinate and provide professional development to school employees, instructional support providers, related service providers, public school officials, governing boards, administrators, special education directors, superintendents, and teachers to increase performance, student outcomes, and transitional services for students with disabilities across the state of New Mexico on varying special education topics and requirements of the IDEA. (50%) Collect statewide data on specific indicator determinations, students' performance, assessments, program evaluations, compliance and accountability monitoring to provide specific professional development training.
Who are the customers? This position supports professional development across the state of New Mexico on special education topics and requirements of the IDEA to school employees, instructional support providers, related service providers, public school officials, governing boards, administrators, special education directors, superintendents, and teachers to increase performance, student outcomes, and transitional services for students with disabilities across the state of New Mexico.
Ideal Candidate The ideal candidate for this position is a person with special education experience and supporting teachers, instructional support providers, related service providers, public school officials, administrations, special education directs, superintendents in enhancing reading and literacy outcomes for students with disabilities, have a background in developing and delivering professional development for adult learners, have experience in curriculum development and implementation, and have some classroom experience. A special education license is preferred.
Minimum Qualification Bachelor's degree in Education, Public Administration, or Business Administration and five (5) years of experience as a teacher and/or program administrator. Any combination of education from an accredited college or university in a related field and/or direct experience in this occupation totaling nine (9) years may substitute for the required education and experience.
Substitution Table These combinations of education and experience qualify you for the position:
Education Experience Education Experience 1 High School Diploma or Equivalent
AND 9 years of experience
OR High School Diploma or Equivalent
AND 9 years of experience 2 Associate's degree in the field(s) specified in the minimum qualification
AND 7 years of experience Associate's degree or higher in any field
AND 9 years of experience 3 Bachelor's degree in the field(s) specified in the minimum qualification
AND 5 years of experience 4 Master's degree in the field(s) specified in the minimum qualification
AND 3 years of experience 5 PhD degree in the field(s) specified in the minimum qualification
AND 1 year of experience
•Education and years of experience must be related to the purpose of the position.
•If Minimum Qualification requires a specific number of "semester hours" in a field (e.g. 6 semester hours in Accounting), applicants MUST have those semester hours in order to meet the minimum qualifications. No substitutions apply for semester hours.
Employment Requirements Must possess and maintain a valid New Mexico's Driver's License.
Working Conditions Work is performed in an office setting with exposure to Visual/Video Display Terminal (VDT) and extensive personal computer and phone usage. Some sitting, standing, bending and reaching may be required. Some occasional travel is required for meetings and conferences.
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Agency Contact Information: Jessica Dinsmore, 505-500-9773, or Email
For information on Statutory Requirements for this position, click the Classification Description link on the job advertisement.
Bargaining Unit Position This position is covered by a collective bargaining agreement and all terms/conditions of that agreement apply and must be adhered to. State of New Mexico
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