Monitoring the implementation of special education early childhood programs and initiatives with school system personnel and community groups, and executing administrative responsibilities as required;

Collaborating with Infant and Toddlers and Pre-K Special Education supervisors, specialists, and staff on professional development needs;

Collaborating with external agencies to promote a birth to five continuum for the community;

Facilitating with Early Childhood and Special Education staff to secure grants that will benefit the initiatives and programs offered by the department;

Assisting in overseeing and providing guidance to the unit staff;

Attending Board of Education meetings as requested to respond to programmatic inquiries;

Representing the department at meetings and conferences as requested to give and receive information;

Serving as a panelist, presenter, and facilitator at leadership conferences for principals and school staffs statewide;

Writing and disseminating communication documents including newsletters, brochures, compilation reports, internal and external memoranda, surveys, profiles, evaluations, and concept papers;

Maintaining strict fiscal accountability through the review of financial documents and procurement requests for supervisors and approving payroll;

Preparing reports required by the Chief Academic Officer and responding to informational requests by other school system offices and outside organizations;

Evaluating assigned personnel in alignment with articulated Board of Education personnel guidelines and procedures;

Assisting the Director in the interviewing and hiring of department personnel;

Serving in the absence of the Director when requested, and

Communicating department directives and serving as a liaison to the school system and other agency personnel.