Special Education ARD Facilitator

Company Description

About KIPP Texas Public Schools KIPP Texas Public Schools is a free, public charter school network with more than 45 Pre‑K – 12 schools across Austin, Dallas‑Fort Worth, Houston, and San Antonio. With over 30 years in Texas, we work together with our families and communities to prepare students for college, career, and beyond! Our schools provide a high‑quality, well‑rounded education built on academic success and personal growth, where all students learn and thrive in a productive, safe, and joyful way!

As one of the earliest charter networks in Texas—founded in Houston in 1994 and operating as KIPP Texas since 2018—we hire dynamic, collaborative, and dedicated individuals with an unyielding belief that every child will succeed. Join a Team and Family with an unwavering commitment to creating classrooms, offices, and communities rooted in academic success and joy.

If you are passionate about joining a mission‑driven community that wants every child to "run to school," the KIPP Texas Team and Family is for you! KIPP Public Schools is a national network of public charter schools that prepares students with the skills and confidence to create the future they want for themselves, their communities, and us all. We are a network of 278 schools with nearly 16,500 educators and 190,000 students and alumni.

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Please note that this is a general posting for current and potential future opportunities. At this time, there may or may not be a vacancy. We are collecting applications on a rolling basis and encourage you to apply. Your application will be reviewed and considered for any opportunity that matches your skills and experience. Please be aware that you may not receive communication regarding next steps until an aligned opportunity becomes available.

We appreciate your interest in the role and KIPP Texas.***

Every member of the Team & Family at KIPP Texas Public Schools plays a critical role in ensuring our students have the skills and confidence to pursue the paths they choose—college, career and beyond. Our educators are passionate advocates for their students and their families, working tirelessly to ensure that our students have access to opportunity. In our classrooms and across the KIPP TX Team and Family we embrace, honor and celebrate the uniqueness of each of our little and big KIPPsters.

We are committed to attracting and developing individuals who are grounded in the experiences of our families, as we know we are at our best when centering our students', families' and communities' realities.

The Special Education ARD Facilitator serves as a critical support to special populations, faculty and school leaders, providing guidance in the areas of IEP development, 504 plans, and compliance. This role collaborates closely with other school‑based personnel to ensure the development and delivery of high‑quality, individualized educational programs for students with diverse learning needs. By ensuring adherence to legal standards, and ensuring compliance with IDEA and Texas State Education Law & Regulations, Section 504 Law & Regulations, the ARD Facilitator helps advance the mission of KIPP Texas Public Schools—ensuring that every student has the tools and supportive environment necessary to thrive.

• Schedule or assist in scheduling Admission, Review and Dismissal (ARD) meetings and notify parents of the ARD meeting, including distributing ARD calendar to appropriate ARD Committee members in a timely fashion; ensure that Individual Transition Plan elements are completed in applicable cases and notify all appropriate school personnel of ARD meeting/ARD schedule changes.
• Ensure that federal/state timelines are met with respect to functions of ARD Committee meetings: requests for additional assessments and required timelines set by the ARD Committee.
• Write and monitor ARD paperwork and submit ARD paperwork by the compliance due date.
• Complete required documentation and reports required by the special education department by due dates (e.g., transportation forms,…