District Manager of Special Education Services

**SA-2025-01-14-03**

The Board operates a strong, progressive system with approximately 2,000 staff members and 16,000 students from JK to grade 12, including forty (40) elementary schools, seven (7) secondary schools, six (6) adult and alternate education learning, and virtual learning. Trillium Lakelands District School Board is centrally located in the province with urban and rural areas offering spectacular scenery, a wide variety of four-season sporting activities, as well as cultural and post-secondary educational opportunities.

**Location**: Negotiable, either the Lindsay Education Centre, Haliburton County Education Centre or the

Muskoka Education Centre

**Start Date**:As soon as possible after hiring.

**Salary**: $127,345.00 plus pension and benefits

**Summary of duties**:
Reporting to the Superintendent responsible for Special Education, the District Manager of Special Education Services as part of the department management team coordinates and provides supervision for the activities of the assessment team in the Special Education Department, including psycho-educational consultants, speech language pathologists and communicative disorders assistants, as well as practicum and intern students.

**Responsibilities**:

- Supervise the clinical work of registered and non-registered staff including psycho-educational consultants, speech/language pathologists, communication disorder assistants by reviewing assessment reports (co-signing reports and delivering diagnoses where applicable).
- Set standards for professional practice, attend case conferences, and provide direction for individual cases to ensure that standards, quality of service and ethical practices are maintained.
- Conduct performance evaluations of psychological and speech language services staff under the guidance of the Superintendent of Learning with responsibilities for Special Education.
- Provide direct psychological services to students by administering psychological assessments, for complex cases, including risk assessments, reviewing external reports, interpreting learning needs to support student achievement and well-being and to identify exceptionalities.
- Provide consultation regarding psychological or speech/language services to students' parents and families, teachers and other School, Board or agency staff, by attending school, school Board and agency meetings, and sharing knowledge and recommendations to help meet student learning needs and improve their development.
- Provide professional development, in-service and training to school and Board employees, by developing and delivering workshops, programs, training opportunities and presentations to enhance their understanding of and responses to student learning.
- Develop Board wide processes and protocols by initiating ideas, gathering information, analyzing data and writing documents to support the efficient services of school and Board staff in meeting the needs of students in their care.
- Represent the Board in the professional community by providing input, liaison and leadership on psychological and interdisciplinary teams and associations to help support student needs in the community, enhance links with community providers and assist school and Board staff and parents and families to access services for students in their care.Other duties as assigned by the Superintendent responsible for Special Education Services.

**Qualifications**:

- Registration as a Psychologist in good standing with the College of Psychologists of Ontario is required.
- Experience with school aged children, youth and their families; conducting assessments and providing programming recommendations.
- Five (5) years' experience as a Psychologist with three (3) years clinical experience is preferred
- Experience with clinical supervision in the area of psychological and speech language services an asset

**Required skills include**:

- Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills
- Very strong oral and written communication skills
- Ability to deal confidentially with sensitive information
- Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions
- Ability to multi-task and manage multiple work prioritiesMust possess a valid Ontario Driver's Licence and have access to own transportation
- An original copy of a valid Police Records Check with a Vulnerable Sector Check dated within 6 months prior to the date of hire.
- Proof of qualification and registration with the College of Psychologists of Ontario

Trillium Lakelands District School Board 300 County Rd 36

Lindsay, ON K9V 4R4