Regional Special Education Compliance Manager

Company Description

About Us

KIPP Public Schools is a national network of free, open-enrollment, college-preparatory public schools committed to working alongside students and families to disrupt systemic educational inequity and create a future without limits.  Over 100,000 students attend one of the 270 KIPP schools that operate in 28 regions across the United States.  KIPP Philadelphia Schools Public Schools (KPPS) is a part of the national KIPP Public Schools network and currently leads six schools serving approximately 2,400 students in North and West Philadelphia. This fall, we will found our seventh school. By 2030, KPPS will lead ten schools serving approximately 4,000 students.

Our Mission

Together with families and communities, we create joyful, academically excellent schools that prepare students to pursue the paths they choose—college, career, and beyond—so they can lead fulfilling lives and build a more just world.

Life at KPPS

We know that talented, committed, culturally competent teachers and leaders have the power to amplify our children’s potential by creating a school experience that affirms, values, and challenges them each day. We seek to create a professional environment full of joy, candor, care and community where excellent educators can make a long-term home. Educators at KIPP –

• Are committed to anti-racism, equity and inclusion
• Are part of a close-knit, diverse community of educators
• Show up as themselves, inspiring our children to do the same
• Access resources and affinity spaces that support well-being and sustainability
• Lead with care and candor and take ownership of our children’s learning and growth
• Evolve their craft via 1:1 coaching and quality professional development
• Have access to leadership pathway programming and opportunities to grow their career
• Enjoy a competitive, equitable, transparent approach to compensation, comprehensive health benefits for employees and their families, a 403B matching program, and free access to financial advising services

Job Description

Position Overview 

Reporting to the Managing Director of Student Supports, the Regional Special Education Compliance Manager is responsible for special education compliance monitoring and reporting for eight KIPP Philadelphia Public Schools, grades K-12.  The overarching goals of this position are to ensure compliance with local, state, and federal special education regulations, to develop and implement compliance monitoring systems, to create efficiencies in compliance monitoring and reporting, and to support the required compliance reporting tasks for each LEA in our region.  

Key Responsibilities

 Operational/Compliance Leadership 

• Analyze and report on special education enrollment and budgeting
• Manage regional Special Education and 504 documentation system including web-based IEP documentation system, shared resource drive, etc.   
• Develop a regional compliance tracking system
• Monitor compliance of all Special Education, 504, and ELL timelines through a regional compliance tracking system
• Manage and support compliance protocols associated with special education (e.g. cyclical monitoring, charter renewal, annual reporting)
• Manage region-wide Access Billing process (Medicaid) in conjunction with regional Operations team.   
• Support the Regional Directors of Special Education in compliance data analysis to aid their work with Assistant Principals of Student Supports at schools
• Work with schools to meet all requirements for cyclical monitoring by the Bureau of Special Education or for charter renewals
• Work with the regional Operations team to ensure valid data for all state and local reporting   
• Manage local, state, and federal special education compliance reporting (i.e. PIMS, PennData, ACT16, Annual Report)
• Support Due Process compliance processes through case tracking, filing, and case closure
• Other duties as determined by the Managing Director, Student Supports

Programmatic Leadership  

• Support the special education document processes for schools in alignment with local, state, and federal timelines (i.e. PWN, Permission to Evaluate/Re-Evaluation, etc
• Coordinate Psychology, Related Services, and other Special Education supports with outside agencies
• Manage enrollment of students eligible for special education services through ongoing enrollment monitoring, outreach for sending school/early intervention documentation, and intake processes to complete special education enrollment
• Support Transportation requests for students eligible for special education services 
• Serve as the regional expert o