Special Education Onboarding Specialist
About the role
Impact & Why This Matters
In a world where too many students feel misunderstood, underserved, or lost in the system, you will help them smoothly transition into our program and inspire success from the very start.
Every compliant, thoughtful, and thorough onboarding experience you lead is more than a process: it’s the foundation that ensures a student receives the support, services, and belief they need to succeed.
This isn’t paperwork. It’s life-shaping work behind the scenes, ensuring every student begins with a plan, a team, and a path that truly reflects who they are, what they need, and what they are capable of becoming.
Purpose
You will be the force that transforms complex intake documentation into a clear, compliant, and seamless start for every student we serve. Through precision, ownership, and a deep understanding of both student needs and Special Education requirements, you will ensure every student’s transition is accurate, complete, and set up for success from day one.
Your work will create confidence for families, clarity for teachers, and continuity of support for students—ensuring nothing is missed, delayed, or misaligned. By balancing compliance with compassion and structure with care, you will help unlock stronger outcomes for students who rely on us to get it right from the very beginning.
Role Overview
This is an intensively detailed, compliance-driven, and cross-functional role where your impact will be felt in every student transition, every family experience, and every successful start.
Your success depends on precision, follow-through, and the ability to manage complexity with care. You will coordinate across families, teachers, records teams, and service providers to gather, verify, and organize intake documentation, ensuring each student with an IEP is set up for success from day one.
It demands extreme ownership, lightning responsiveness, and joyful persistence because when you do this work well, students transition seamlessly, families feel confident and supported, and teams are fully prepared to deliver services aligned to each student’s needs.
Core Responsibilities
- Build accurate, complete, and compliant student onboarding records that r