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Program Oversight and Long Range Planning

• Develop comprehensive plan for continuum of services and procedural flowchart for alternative education
• Develop global communications network within FCPS departments and with local and state systems pertaining to alternative education needs
• Implement student data collection and analysis for ISP, alternative education programs and students placed by contract services in private programs in order to establish a baseline for improvement goals
• Implement staff and program data collection and analysis in order to outline improvement plan for staff development
• Implement data collection and analysis of current program options in order to construct a procedural proposal for student transitions
• Consult with an advisory committee of CSA related personnel (special education administration, clinical staff, court personnel, mental health experts, community resources, etc.) to discuss location options, staffing and cost analysis
• Implement a middle school Project Opportunity
• Ensure the proper training of alternative school staff in CSA procedures so that Child Specific Teams can be implemented when multiple agencies are involved with students and proper coordination is required
• Work with the Community Services Board to determine the need for a partial hospitalization program in the south or east county areas
• Work with the Office of Professional Technical Studies, guidance and career services, and career and transition programs and services to expand and enhance offerings for students in alternative settings.

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DSS Nontraditional School Programs

Supervise, evaluate and assist coordinator:

• Assist with recruitment, staff development, and evaluation of alternative teachers
• Coordinate communications with other human services agencies as supports to enrolled students
• Oversee identification, placement, and effective educational practices for enrolled students to ensure quality programming and adequate educational progress, including graduation
• Communicate with general education and special education for transitioning students into and out of alternative sites
• Oversee and disseminate updated information and changes of federal, state, and FCPS regulations
• Pursue and manage grants designed to support alternative education (ex: GED programming, reading initiatives)
• Provide liaison services with court and community agencies and coalitions (Partnership for Youth, CSB, etc.)

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Contract Services

Supervise, evaluate and assist coordinator of Contract Services in:

• Service delivery systems and procedures for paperwork
• Recruitment, supervision and evaluation of Contract Services staff and specialist
• Monitoring and compliance of special education mandates
• Coordination of communication networks with FCPS and also with private school programs and human services agencies
• Coordination of homebound services
• Analysis of effective time management as it relates to IEPs, re-evaluations, CSTs, FAPTs and other CSA activities
• Development of long-term plan to return students to LRE,, including creation of new programs to support this transition and oversight of placement/projections
• Staff development and maintenance of procedural handbook
• Oversight of transition services to contract service students
• Oversight of CSA management

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Alternative High Schools

Works in conjunction with area office personnel, special education personnel, hearing office personnel and alternative school principals to:

• Ensure effective comprehensive educational programming to maximize completion of graduation requirements (course offerings, SOL evaluation, scheduling, staffing, etc.)
• Manage and initiate procurement of grants to support education program (ex: 3 year School to Work grant)
• Coordinate communications among alternative high schools and also between alternative high schools and other educational programs and schools to streamline action plans that overlap common goals
• Coordinate with community agencies such as ADS to maximize multi-agency services to students in alternative education
• Assist area superintendents with principal evaluations as appropriate

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Target Implementation

• Participate in committee planning to analysis data and enact effective programs to meet targets
  

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Collaboration with Local, State and National Department of Education's and Organizations

• Communicate with pertinent departments on evolving trends, practices and issues
• Provide support and public relations to and from other agencies
• Participate in development of state and local regulations
• Assist in the coordination and planning of long range service delivery of multiple county agencies
  

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