WHSN0381097-0000
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2026-07-10T00:00:00
Anticipated Opening July 2026 Director of Learning: Student Support Services (K-12) Are you ready to lead inclusive practice and special education service delivery across a K-12 district where every IEP, every classroom, and every team meeting is an opportunity to deepen access and accelerate learning for students with disabilities? The West Hempstead Union Free School District is seeking a thoughtful and experienced Director of Learning: Student Support Services (K-12) to lead inclusive practice, IEP implementation, and special education service delivery across all four buildings. This is an elevated Director of Learning role, formerly the Assistant Director of Pupil Personnel Services, recognizing that inclusive practice is instructional leadership and belongs at the Director of Learning Council table. If you believe that specially designed instruction is one of the most consequential forms of teaching in a school district, we want to hear from you. If you are interested, here is what year one is all about. For a Director of Learning: Student Support Services in West Hempstead, this is the kind of work that matters, building coherent, inclusive practice and IEP implementation across early childhood, primary, intermediate, and secondary settings. Conduct a listening and learning tour across all four buildings to understand the current state of inclusive practice with models such as Consultant Teacher, Integrated Co-Teaching, Special Class and resource room continuum, and IEP implementation, and identify where service delivery is strongest and where it needs strengthening. Lead K-12 special education service delivery and inclusive practice with a clear and shared sense of what specially designed instruction looks like in a special class setting, co-taught classroom, a resource room, and a direct and indirect consultant teacher model. Lead, mentor, and support special education teachers, related service providers in speech, OT, PT, and counseling, and building inclusion teams, fostering a culture of professional growth, shared purpose, and high expectations for both adult practice and student access. Coordinate with the Executive Director of Pupil Personnel Services on the CSE and CPSE processes, and hold an explicit working agreement on the division of labor between instructional leadership and due process and compliance integrity. Co-lead K-12 MTSS oversight in partnership with the Director of Learning: ENL, Data, and Student Success, and serve as the inclusion voice on the Director of Learning Council, ensuring that the data picture for students with disabilities and tier integration across the system stay connected. Coordinate with each Principal on building-level inclusion staffing, scheduling, and program design, and with the Directors of Learning on subject-area inclusive practice across K-6 and grades 7-12. Lead the district approach to specially designed instruction within the Portrait of a Graduate framework and the New York State competency-based diploma initiative, and support 504 plan implementation in partnership with building principals. Who we are looking for. Realistically, we need someone with the proper certifications. But beyond the paperwork, we want to work with a leader who sees inclusive practice as instructional leadership, not as a compliance function, and who can carry both responsibilities with equal seriousness. The successful candidate believes that students with disabilities are general education students first, knows what good co-teaching and specially designed instruction look like in practice, and can build adult capacity at the same pace as honoring the urgency of every IEP. We want someone who will take educated risks, consider both first- and second-order consequences, and build trust with teachers, related service providers, principals, families, and the administrative team. You don't have to have all the answers on day one, but you need to ask the right questions and commit to finding them. Day one is good, too. These include competitive compensation, a supportive administrative team, a community that cares deeply about its schools, and a location that offers everything Long Island has to offer. But none of that matters unless "Year One and Beyond" makes career sense for you. This position is for someone who wants to build something, not just manage it. Desired Skills and Experience If you can accomplish the above, you have what it takes. Realistically, you need New York State certification in Students with Disabilities or Special Education (and preferably in School Building Leader and/or School District Leader), hands-on knowledge of IEP development and implementation, the CSE and CPSE processes, and the CT, ICT, and resource room continuum, and a working understanding of inclusive practice, MTSS, and 504 plan implementation. You need to know what good, specially designed instruction looks like and be able to help the people on your team get better at it. If you have this experience, you know why it matters. If you are not sure you check every box, but you believe deeply in this work and have someone who will vouch for your ability to do it, let's talk. NYS Certification is Required Qualified candidates should submit a letter of interest, updated resume, and certification by July 10, 2026 online at www.olasjobs.org: Daniel Rehman, Superintendent West Hempstead UFSD 252 Chestnut Street West Hempstead, NY 11552 EOE.
School Leader
West Hempstead UFSD
Long Island
Fixed