Principal Director Preschool Early Intervention

Job Title: Preschool Early Intervention Principal Director

1 Principal Director for the Northeastern Zone: suburban Allegheny County

1 Principal Director for the Southwestern Zone: suburban Allegheny County

Position Summary:

The position is responsible for ensuring that a full range of services and programs are available to meet the needs of eligible preschool children with developmental delays and disabilities based on their assigned region of suburban Allegheny County (i.e., the Northeastern Zone or the Southwestern Zone).

The Preschool Early Intervention (PEI) Principal Director is expected to collaborate with their colleague director, co-planning as needed while ensuring that program management within both zones is coordinated.

Moreover, the Principal Director will administer the PEI program in compliance with the regulations, standards, policies, and procedures of both the Office of Child Development and Early Learning (OCDEL) and the Allegheny Intermediate Unit (AIU).

This position includes responsibility for the fiscal management of the regional program in collaboration with the AIU's office of business and finance, the supervision and evaluation of personnel supporting their assigned zone, and the coordination of special education services for preschool aged children within their specified region of the county.

Duties and Responsibilities:

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Establishes the program's regional priorities, implementing aligned activities and monitoring programmatic outcomes, ensuring that applicable regulations, professional standards, and recommended practices are addressed.

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Implements a regional child find system to locate, screen, evaluate, and identify children who are thought to have a disability and to subsequently provide early intervention services to those children eligible for special education.

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Coordinates and participates in preschooler's Individualized Education Program (IEP) processes, in collaboration with the IEP team members and other administrative team members, ensuring that educational services for learners are safeguarded.

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Implements, supervises, and ensures that regional staff provide special education services, monitoring students' progress in response to research-based and best practices in early intervention, to ensure that programming is responsive to the needs and interests of the learners and their guardians.

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Coordinates annual kindergarten transition meetings with school-age local education agencies (LEAs), providing relevant technical assistance as needed, to ensure that the matriculation of children between educational systems is articulated.

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Manages regional staffing matters including onboarding, assigning, supervising, and evaluating personnel, consistent with processes determined by the intermediate unit and agreements established with applicable collective bargaining units, to ensure the effective and orderly management of assigned staff.

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Provides regional staff...