Associate Director of Special Services
About the Opportunity
The Associate Director of Special Services plays a critical role in ensuring that Democracy Prep scholars with disabilities and Multilingual Learners receive high-quality, legally compliant, and academically rigorous programming across our New York schools.
Reporting to the Managing Director of Special Services, the Associate Director of Special Services provides network-level leadership, coaching, and systems support to school-based Special Services Managers (SSMs) and school leaders. The Associate Director is responsible for translating the network vision for Special Services into strong school-based practice, developing the capacity of SSMs and other leaders, monitoring implementation and compliance, identifying trends across schools, and partnering with school teams to develop sustainable systems that improve outcomes for scholars.
Associate Directors will oversee a portfolio of schools based on grade band. One Associate Director will primarily support Democracy Prep’s elementary and middle schools, while another will primarily support Democracy Prep’s high schools. Within their assigned portfolio, Associate Directors serve as the primary network-level thought partner and coach for Special Services Managers and school leaders, ensuring strong systems and practices across special education and MLL programming.
