Administrator Educational Services, Child Welfare & Attendance
Costa Mesa, California
Employer: Orange County Department of Education
Industry:
Salary: Competitive
Job type: Full-Time
Benefits
We provide a safe, caring, courteous, and professional environment that fosters collaborative work and individual development for employees. OCDE offers generous, comprehensive, tax-free insurance benefits options to full-time members of the staff. Benefits may be prorated for employees working fewer than 12 months per year or less than full-time. Benefits packages include medical, dental, and vision care insurance for employees and their eligible dependents, and life insurance for employees.
About the Employer
The Orange County Department of Education (OCDE) serves some of Orange County's most vulnerable student populations and provides support and mandated fiscal oversight to 28 school districts serving more than 600 schools and approximately 475,000 students. In addition to providing direct instruction to students through its own alternative and special education programs, OCDE administers an array of programs and services that are critical to the operations of local school districts and community colleges, facilitating professional development, legal guidance, payroll, career and technical education support, high-speed internet access, Local Control and Accountability Plan assistance and approval, resources for families, and student enrichment. OCDE's vision is that "Orange County students will lead the nation in college and career readiness and success." Department staff are working to achieve this goal in collaboration with educators at all levels of student development, from early childhood through higher education, and in partnership with families, businesses and community organizations.
Job Summary
The Educational Services Division is dedicated to supporting Orange County school districts. Our team is seeking a leader to serve as Administrator of Educational Services, Child Welfare & Attendance. The selected candidate will oversee the development, implementation, and evaluation of programs and services related to child welfare attendance (CWA), supports for foster youth, supports for students experiencing homelessness and additional student support services. This role involves managing, supervising, planning, and coordinating CWA activities. Responsibilities include providing specialized assistance, organizing staff work, offering complex support to higher-level management, and overseeing the direct supervision of professional, technical, and clerical staff. The ideal candidate will collaborate with community partners to enhance support services for school districts and students, ensure compliance with legal and educational policies related to child welfare and attendance, foster care, and student discipline, and lead professional development initiatives for staff on best practices related to student welfare and support. Managing budgets and funding sources for programs, excelling in goal development, policy implementation, staff training, and evaluation to ensure effective service delivery, and possessing strong communication skills for stakeholder interaction and group presentations are essential. Collaboration with Orange County school districts and adherence to student services laws are also crucial. If you have the skills to lead in a dynamic education environment, apply for this rewarding administrative opportunity in Educational Services.
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Requirements / Qualifications
Education and Experience: Any combination of education and experience that would likely provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be: • Master's degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in education, education administration, behavior management or a related field. • Five (5) years of increasingly responsible educational experience including two (2) years of administrative service in a public-school setting. • Three (3) years of successful, full-time educational school service in a non-classroom position(s) with assigned responsibilities directly related to child welfare attendance, school social work, pupil services, or school counseling preferred. Licenses, Certificates, and Special Requirements: • A valid California credential authorizing instruction or service in a public-school program. • A valid Administrative Services Credential. • A valid California Pupil Personnel Services (PPS) credential authorizing service in any of the following specializations: school counseling, school social work, school psychology, and the authorization of child welfare and attendance services preferred. There are supplemental question in the application. Please note that the EdJoin system will time-out after a 20-minute period of perceived inactivity. To assist you in the preparation of your application, the supplemental question is listed here. Your responses should be thoughtful and thorough, and within the limit of 5,000 characters or less. We recommend that you prepare your response in advance of beginning the application. 1. Please describe your experience managing programs related to Child Welfare and Attendance (CWA) or similar student support services. 2. Provide a specific scenario that illustrates how you have ensured compliance with legal and educational policies related to child welfare, attendance, and student discipline.
Education and Experience: Any combination of education and experience that would likely provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be: • Master's degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in education, education administration, behavior management or a related field. • Five (5) years of increasingly responsible educational experience including two (2) years of administrative service in a public-school setting. • Three (3) years of successful, full-time educational school service in a non-classroom position(s) with assigned responsibilities directly related to child welfare attendance, school social work, pupil services, or school counseling preferred. Licenses, Certificates, and Special Requirements: • A valid California credential authorizing instruction or service in a public-school program. • A valid Administrative Services Credential. • A valid California Pupil Personnel Services (PPS) credential authorizing service in any of the following specializations: school counseling, school social work, school psychology, and the authorization of child welfare and attendance services preferred. There are supplemental question in the application. Please note that the EdJoin system will time-out after a 20-minute period of perceived inactivity. To assist you in the preparation of your application, the supplemental question is listed here. Your responses should be thoughtful and thorough, and within the limit of 5,000 characters or less. We recommend that you prepare your response in advance of beginning the application. 1. Please describe your experience managing programs related to Child Welfare and Attendance (CWA) or similar student support services. 2. Provide a specific scenario that illustrates how you have ensured compliance with legal and educational policies related to child welfare, attendance, and student discipline.
Comments and Other Information
A completed EdJoin application is required for a candidate to be considered for this opportunity. An attached resume will not be accepted in lieu of a completed EdJoin application. Before receiving authorization to work in this position, the individual selected will be required to provide a current negative TB authorization, within the last 60 days, and submit fingerprints for the purpose of conducting a confidential background investigation and record check. The tests are arranged and paid for by OCDE. The selected candidate will be also required to show original documents which establish both the individual's identity and employment authorization. We reserve the right to reopen, readvertise, or delay filling this position. EOE/ADA Notice to Applicants: If you require accommodation in the application process, please inform us.
Comments and Other Information
A completed EdJoin application is required for a candidate to be considered for this opportunity. An attached resume will not be accepted in lieu of a completed EdJoin application. Before receiving authorization to work in this position, the individual selected will be required to provide a current negative TB authorization, within the last 60 days, and submit fingerprints for the purpose of conducting a confidential background investigation and record check. The tests are arranged and paid for by OCDE. The selected candidate will be also required to show original documents which establish both the individual's identity and employment authorization. We reserve the right to reopen, readvertise, or delay filling this position. EOE/ADA Notice to Applicants: If you require accommodation in the application process, please inform us.
We provide a safe, caring, courteous, and professional environment that fosters collaborative work and individual development for employees. OCDE offers generous, comprehensive, tax-free insurance benefits options to full-time members of the staff. Benefits may be prorated for employees working fewer than 12 months per year or less than full-time. Benefits packages include medical, dental, and vision care insurance for employees and their eligible dependents, and life insurance for employees.
About the Employer
The Orange County Department of Education (OCDE) serves some of Orange County's most vulnerable student populations and provides support and mandated fiscal oversight to 28 school districts serving more than 600 schools and approximately 475,000 students. In addition to providing direct instruction to students through its own alternative and special education programs, OCDE administers an array of programs and services that are critical to the operations of local school districts and community colleges, facilitating professional development, legal guidance, payroll, career and technical education support, high-speed internet access, Local Control and Accountability Plan assistance and approval, resources for families, and student enrichment. OCDE's vision is that "Orange County students will lead the nation in college and career readiness and success." Department staff are working to achieve this goal in collaboration with educators at all levels of student development, from early childhood through higher education, and in partnership with families, businesses and community organizations.
Job Summary
The Educational Services Division is dedicated to supporting Orange County school districts. Our team is seeking a leader to serve as Administrator of Educational Services, Child Welfare & Attendance. The selected candidate will oversee the development, implementation, and evaluation of programs and services related to child welfare attendance (CWA), supports for foster youth, supports for students experiencing homelessness and additional student support services. This role involves managing, supervising, planning, and coordinating CWA activities. Responsibilities include providing specialized assistance, organizing staff work, offering complex support to higher-level management, and overseeing the direct supervision of professional, technical, and clerical staff. The ideal candidate will collaborate with community partners to enhance support services for school districts and students, ensure compliance with legal and educational policies related to child welfare and attendance, foster care, and student discipline, and lead professional development initiatives for staff on best practices related to student welfare and support. Managing budgets and funding sources for programs, excelling in goal development, policy implementation, staff training, and evaluation to ensure effective service delivery, and possessing strong communication skills for stakeholder interaction and group presentations are essential. Collaboration with Orange County school districts and adherence to student services laws are also crucial. If you have the skills to lead in a dynamic education environment, apply for this rewarding administrative opportunity in Educational Services.
View Job Description
Requirements / Qualifications
Education and Experience: Any combination of education and experience that would likely provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be: • Master's degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in education, education administration, behavior management or a related field. • Five (5) years of increasingly responsible educational experience including two (2) years of administrative service in a public-school setting. • Three (3) years of successful, full-time educational school service in a non-classroom position(s) with assigned responsibilities directly related to child welfare attendance, school social work, pupil services, or school counseling preferred. Licenses, Certificates, and Special Requirements: • A valid California credential authorizing instruction or service in a public-school program. • A valid Administrative Services Credential. • A valid California Pupil Personnel Services (PPS) credential authorizing service in any of the following specializations: school counseling, school social work, school psychology, and the authorization of child welfare and attendance services preferred. There are supplemental question in the application. Please note that the EdJoin system will time-out after a 20-minute period of perceived inactivity. To assist you in the preparation of your application, the supplemental question is listed here. Your responses should be thoughtful and thorough, and within the limit of 5,000 characters or less. We recommend that you prepare your response in advance of beginning the application. 1. Please describe your experience managing programs related to Child Welfare and Attendance (CWA) or similar student support services. 2. Provide a specific scenario that illustrates how you have ensured compliance with legal and educational policies related to child welfare, attendance, and student discipline.
Education and Experience: Any combination of education and experience that would likely provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be: • Master's degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in education, education administration, behavior management or a related field. • Five (5) years of increasingly responsible educational experience including two (2) years of administrative service in a public-school setting. • Three (3) years of successful, full-time educational school service in a non-classroom position(s) with assigned responsibilities directly related to child welfare attendance, school social work, pupil services, or school counseling preferred. Licenses, Certificates, and Special Requirements: • A valid California credential authorizing instruction or service in a public-school program. • A valid Administrative Services Credential. • A valid California Pupil Personnel Services (PPS) credential authorizing service in any of the following specializations: school counseling, school social work, school psychology, and the authorization of child welfare and attendance services preferred. There are supplemental question in the application. Please note that the EdJoin system will time-out after a 20-minute period of perceived inactivity. To assist you in the preparation of your application, the supplemental question is listed here. Your responses should be thoughtful and thorough, and within the limit of 5,000 characters or less. We recommend that you prepare your response in advance of beginning the application. 1. Please describe your experience managing programs related to Child Welfare and Attendance (CWA) or similar student support services. 2. Provide a specific scenario that illustrates how you have ensured compliance with legal and educational policies related to child welfare, attendance, and student discipline.
Comments and Other Information
A completed EdJoin application is required for a candidate to be considered for this opportunity. An attached resume will not be accepted in lieu of a completed EdJoin application. Before receiving authorization to work in this position, the individual selected will be required to provide a current negative TB authorization, within the last 60 days, and submit fingerprints for the purpose of conducting a confidential background investigation and record check. The tests are arranged and paid for by OCDE. The selected candidate will be also required to show original documents which establish both the individual's identity and employment authorization. We reserve the right to reopen, readvertise, or delay filling this position. EOE/ADA Notice to Applicants: If you require accommodation in the application process, please inform us.
Comments and Other Information
A completed EdJoin application is required for a candidate to be considered for this opportunity. An attached resume will not be accepted in lieu of a completed EdJoin application. Before receiving authorization to work in this position, the individual selected will be required to provide a current negative TB authorization, within the last 60 days, and submit fingerprints for the purpose of conducting a confidential background investigation and record check. The tests are arranged and paid for by OCDE. The selected candidate will be also required to show original documents which establish both the individual's identity and employment authorization. We reserve the right to reopen, readvertise, or delay filling this position. EOE/ADA Notice to Applicants: If you require accommodation in the application process, please inform us.
Created: 2024-07-02
Reference: 1962677
Country: United States
State: California
City: Costa Mesa
ZIP: 92626