Posting # 1168

Posting date: May 1, 2023

Start Date: July 11, 2023

Location: Sioux City

Overview

Northwest AEA provides visionary leadership and quality, student-centered services through relationships with families, schools, and communities. In short, our focus can be summed up in these four words: Inspiring Learning. Changing Lives.

Our vision is to be the first contact for timely and ongoing support to improve the performance outcomes and well-being of all learners.

About the Agency

Northwest AEA provides special education and school improvement services to 34 public school districts and 32 accredited, non-public schools. The agency serves 45,000 students and more than 5000 educators in a 10-county area of Northwest Iowa (Lyon, Osceola, Sioux, O'Brien, Plymouth, Cherokee, Woodbury, Ida, Monona, and Crawford).

Our headquarters is located across from the Morningside College campus in Sioux City with regional offices in Cherokee, Denison, Le Mars, Onawa, and Sioux Center.

Why Northwest AEA?

Our vision, mission, and anchors guide our actions. Staff at Northwest AEA believe that what they do inspires learning and leads to changed lives for the students, staff, and families we serve. Our work is anchored in building positive, professional relationships with stakeholders and with one another. We embrace responsiveness in how we serve so that students, staff, and families can see improved results.

Qualifications:

• High school diploma or equivalency, two years post-secondary education

Job Purpose: Provide support to hearing and other staff as requested. Manage the hearing appointment process including scheduling, correspondence, and reporting.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Schedule direct student services that will take place in AEA facilities.
• Complete and send out student reports as assigned.
• Enter demographic information for student reports.
• Receive families courteously, determine their needs, check appointments and escort visitors to the proper location.
• Perform correspondence and reporting associated with scheduled appointments.
• Respond timely to phone calls, voice mail, and email.
• Maintain confidentiality of records.
• Utilize knowledge of word processing, spreadsheets, and databases.
• Complete purchase requests for items needed using the agency purchasing procedures.
• Support the special education department (For example: assisting with IMS related documentation as designated).
• Support other agency providers.
• Provide support as needed to AEA administrators and certified staff on projects and routine tasks.
• Know basic policies and procedures related to the provision of special education services.
• Perform office duties.
• Other duties as assigned.

See full job description here.

It is the policy of Northwest Area Education Agency not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, religion, creed, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity and socioeconomic status in its educational programs and its employment practices. There is a grievance procedure for processing complaints of discrimination. If you have questions or a grievance related to this policy, please contact Jerome Schaefer, Equity Coordinator, 1520 Morningside Avenue, Sioux City, Iowa, 51106, 712-222-6114.