Job Description

Department Information

This position is open only to Colorado state residents.

Please note: This recruitment may be used to fill multiple vacancies at the locations below.

Most State of Colorado employees are eligible for a great benefit package! Please see the Supplemental Information section below for details!

Division of Youth Services - Spring Creek Youth Services Center

About the Division of Youth Services: The Division of Youth Services (DYS) provides a continuum of residential and non-residential services that encompass juvenile detention, commitment, and parole. DYS is the agency statutorily mandated to provide for the care and supervision of youth committed by the District Court to the custody of the Colorado Department of Human Services. The Division operates fifteen secure facilities that serve youth between the ages of 10 and 21, who are pre-adjudicated, sentenced, or committed. The Division also contracts with numerous private residential and non-residential service providers throughout the State. For pre-adjudicated youth, the Division is also responsible for the management and oversight of Colorado Youth Detention Continuum, a State-funded, locally administered program that provides services to youth at risk of further progressing into the juvenile justice system. In addition to residential programming, the Division administers juvenile parole services throughout the State.

We invite you to explore the DYS website and learn about the services provided to youth, families, and local communities in the State of Colorado at:

Description Of Job

About the Work Unit:

The work unit exists to provide academic, vocational and other educational related services to adjudicated youth in a safe, structured and positive environment where cognitive and affective learning will be achieved

About The Position

• The Special Education Building Coordinator provides leadership in planning, implementing, coordinating, and evaluating special education programming across Spring Creek Youth Services Center education program in alignment with the DYS Education Strategic Plan. The Special Education Building Coordinator supports special education teachers and paraprofessional (when applicable) in all aspects of implementation of the Special Education Process through age 21. The Special Education Building Coordinator also supports parents, administrators, teachers, school social workers, and other professional support staff in meeting the needs of students in need of services. The purpose of this position is to manage, develop, assess, and evaluate education program components. This position develops program guidelines and standards to address the diverse needs of students at Spring Creek Youth Services Center.

Summary Of Job Duties

Special Education Administration :

• This position provides coordination in planning, implementing, and ensuring special education programming and child find processes across the school are in alignment with DYS Education Strategies Plan, policies, and federal and state law. Duties include, but are not limited to:
  • Follow all rules and regulations of special education law including preparing reports for state and local indicators, submitting data to the Central office, scheduling meetings, and keeping and maintaining IEP records and other documents that pertain to special education
  • Facilitating Individual Education Programs (IEP) meetings using a strength based and family centered approach.
  • Work with school administrator(s), community organizations, and state agencies to facilitate special education programming.
  • Ensure IEP distribution to all staff participating in student’s educational progra
  • Serve on school data and/or MTSS team
  • Serve on DYS Special Education Advisory Team or other committees related to special education
  • Serve as the special education provider and/or designee for all IEP meetings including referrals
  • Consult with special education teachers with Individual Education Program development and scheduling
  • Coordinating with the student's special education team to ensure all documents are completed in a timely manner prior to any IEP meeting. Connect with the special education team to ensure all team members, including parents, are prepared for the content of the meeting.
    

Special Education And Child Find Related Assessments

• Analyzes and interprets test results, integrates findings, confers with other team members, and correlates assessment components to draw meaningful diagnostic conclusions. Generates this data, such as test scores used in reports, and then interprets the findings to funding sources and agencies. Member of the multidisciplinary team, utilizing test results to assist in determining appropriate security level and needs for each individual.

Class Support

• This position provides support to students in general or special education classes ensuring the continuum of services is available and provided to youth on Individualized Education Programs.

Other Duties As Assigned

Minimum Qualifications, Substitutions, Conditions of Employment & Appeal Rights

Note: Applicants must meet the minimum qualifications listed below to continue in the selection process for this position. Work experience must be specifically documented on your application. Do not use "see resume" or "see attached" statements on your application.

Mininum Qualifications

Education & Experience:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution in a field of study related to the work assignment.
• Two (2) years of professional experience in an occupational field related to the work assigned to the position preferably in special education teaching and/or administrative experience.

~AND~

License

• Current, valid Professional Teacher license issued by the Colorado Department of Education with an endorsement in Special Education.

Substitutions

• None

Essential Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• Knowledge of effective research-based instructional strategies
• Understandings of classroom-based behavioral interventions
• Able to build rapport with students while maintaining boundaries
• Experience with urban and at-risk populations
• Content area knowledge
• Team work and cross curricular collaboration
• Interpersonal Skills
• Oral Communication
• Oral Comprehension
• Problem Sensitivity & Solving
• Safety and Security
• Technology enhance instruction

Preferred Qualifications

• Dual endorsements or documentation or ability to be endorsed in multiple content areas.
• Licensure aligned to position.
• Experience with special needs populations: youth with IEPs, 504s, Multilingual backgrounds
• Experience working with at-risk or adjudicated youth
• Proficient use of data to inform instructional practices
• Leadership roles and experience
• Secondary school experience
• Trauma-Informed practices and knowledge as it applies to at risk populations and classroom instruction
• Experience with differentiated instruction; developing lessons/curriculum and providing differentiated instruction
• Project-based learning experience
• Previous State Experience

Conditions Of Employment

• Must be 21 years old or older
• Must have a current and valid US driver's license
• Must travel to training and events in Denver area and other state facilities.
• CDE Teaching License; with and endorsement in Special Education
• Must have no felony convictions and no violent history
• Able to pass Escape and Evade training
• Full Background: CBI name check and fingerprint check, ICON Colorado court database, Medicare fraud database, Reference Checks, Professional License verification (licensure requirements), Drug Screen, PREA (Division of Youth Services), Trails check (direct contact with children)
• The Diana Screen®, a sexual risk screening tool, is administered to all applicants to the Division of Youth Services (DYS) seeking positions of trust with children and teens to help ensure that ethical boundaries between children and adults are maintained. At the DYS, the safety and protection of the youth who have been entrusted to us is our #1 priority. The results of the Diana Screen will be provided to the Division of Youth Services and may be used as part of the Division's decision on whether a candidate is selected.
• Former State employees who were disciplinarily terminated or resigned in lieu of termination must disclose the information on the application and provide an explanation why the prior termination or resignation should not disqualify the applicant from the current position. Absent extraordinary circumstances, prior disciplinary termination or resignation in lieu of termination will disqualify the applicant from future State employment with CDHS
• Continued employment is contingent upon successful completion of the DYS Pre-service Training Academy and mandatory annual training in all subject areas.

Appeal Rights

If you receive notice that you have been eliminated from consideration for this position, you may file an appeal with the State Personnel Board or request a review by the State Personnel Director.

An appeal or review must be submitted on the official appeal form, signed by you or your representative. This form must be delivered to the State Personnel Board by email (dpa_state.personnelboard@state.co.us), postmarked in US Mail or hand delivered (1525 Sherman Street, 4th Floor, Denver CO 80203), or faxed (303.866.5038) within ten (10) calendar days from your receipt of notice or acknowledgement of the department’s action.

For more information about the appeals process, the official appeal form, and how to deliver it to the State Personnel Board; go to spb.colorado.gov ; contact the State Personnel Board for assistance at (303) 866-3300; or refer to 4 Colorado Code of Regulations (CCR) 801-1, State Personnel Board Rules and Personnel Director's Administrative Procedures, Chapter 8, Resolution of Appeals and Disputes, at spb.colorado.gov under Rules.

Supplemental Information

How To Apply

The Assessment Process

For additional recruiting questions, please contact isaac.phelps@state.co.us

About Us

If your goal is to build a career that makes a difference, consider joining the dedicated people of the Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS). Our professionals strive to design and deliver high quality human and health services that improve the safety, independence, and well-being of the people of Colorado. In addition to a great location and rewarding and meaningful work, we offer:

• Strong, secure, yet flexible retirement benefits including a PERA Defined Benefit Plan or PERA Defined Contribution Plan plus 401(k) and 457 plans
• Medical and dental health plans
• Employer supplemented Health Savings Account
• Paid life insurance
• Short- and long-term disability coverage
• 11 paid holidays per year plus vacation and sick leave
• BenefitHub state employee discount program
• Employee Wellness program MotivateMe
• Excellent work-life programs, such as flexible schedules, training and more
• Remote work arrangements for eligible positions
• Some positions may qualify for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. For more

information, go to .

Our Values

We believe in a people-first approach: To serve the people of Colorado, we develop a culture and work environment that creates an energized, inspired, and healthy team capable of giving their best to Coloradans .

Balance creates quality of life: We want our team to be resilient through a supportive workplace that values flexibility, health and wellness, and employee engagement.

We hold ourselves accountable: We take responsibility through our actions, programs, and results for the state of health and human services in Colorado.

Transparency matters: We are open and honest with employees, our partners, the Coloradans we serve, and the public.

We are ethical: We abide by what is best for those we serve by doing what is right, not what is easy.

Collaboration helps us rise together: We work together with all partners, employees, and clients to achieve the best outcomes for Coloradans.

We are committed to increasing the diversity of our staff and providing culturally responsive programs and services. Therefore, we encourage responses from people of diverse backgrounds and abilities.

ADAA Accommodations: CDHS is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, our agency will assist individuals who have a disability with any reasonable accommodation requests related to employment, including completing the application process, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, participating in the employee selection process, and/or to perform essential job functions where the requested accommodation does not impose an undue hardship. If you have a disability and require reasonable accommodation to ensure you have a positive experience applying or interviewing for this position, please direct your inquiries to our ADAAA Coordinator, Nancy Schmelzer, at cdhs_ada@state.co.us or call 1-800-929-0791.

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