Nebraska PBiS

Join our team and help us enrich the lives of students across Nebraska!

Special Education Associate (Office Associate IV), #01348016
Work Location: Lincoln NDE
Application Deadline: 5/25/2023

Are you wanting to make an impact in the lives of students, but you’re not an educator? If you have a customer service or office management background, here’s your chance to give back to education! If you have great accuracy and high attention to detail and enjoy efficiently multitasking, keep reading!

The Nebraska Department of Education is looking for a Special Education Associate to support our Special Education office as they support students and educators across the state. This great team has a lot of fun while they work!

Special Education Associate (Office Associate IV) Are you wanting to make an impact in the lives of students, but you’re not an educator? If you have a background in customer service or office management, here’s your chance to give back to education! If you have great accuracy and a high attention to detail, and enjoy efficiently multitasking, ...

Join our team and help us enrich the lives of students across Nebraska!

Assistant Administrator, Office of Special Education & Director of IDEA Part B-School, #01348021
Work Location: Lincoln NDE
Application Deadline: 5/25/2023

What will you enjoy most about this work? Here’s what the team says! "We have a true ability to make an impact in the most vulnerable student population, and the ability to influence education across the state of Nebraska. We foster a very inclusive work environment and work with people with very diverse backgrounds"

Doesn’t that sound fulfilling? Join our team as an Assistant Administrator for the Office of Special Education and Director of IDEA Part B to provide strategic leadership and guidance for the office aligned with the State Board’s strategic priorities. The Office of Special Education is looking for a team-oriented individual with high accountability and integrity, with a focus on customers.

Currently on a contract? Don’t worry! We’ll wait for the right candidate to be released from their contract.

Assistant Administrator, Office of Special Education & Director of IDEA Part B-School What will you enjoy most about this work? Here’s what the team says!We have a true ability to make an impact in the most vulnerable student population, and the ability to influence education across the state of Nebraska. We foster a very inclusive work environment and work with people with very di...

NEWS RELEASE

For additional information, please contact David Jespersen by phone (402-471-4537) or email ([email protected])

March 31, 2023

Dr. Brian Maher Selected as Commissioner of Education

The State Board of Education has selected Dr. Brian Maher as the next Nebraska Commissioner of Education. The decision comes after a nationwide search process that included staff and stakeholder input and interviews with three finalists led by search firm McPherson and Jacobson. Dr. Maher will replace Dr. Matthew Blomstedt who served nine years as commissioner until his resignation in January.

Dr. Maher is currently the CEO and Executive Director of the South Dakota Board of Regents. In that role, Dr. Maher successfully completed a system-wide review of the Board of Regents. This was a statewide review that lasted more than a year and culminated with a report to the Legislature and the Governor. Dr. Maher also lobbied the 2-house legislature for historic funding during the 2021 and 2022 legislative sessions for public higher education in South Dakota and led an effort to have no increase in tuition for public higher education institutions in the 2022 and 2023 legislative sessions. Dr. Maher also led a 25,000-student school system during the beginning stages of a worldwide health pandemic.

Dr. Maher previously served as superintendent at Sioux Falls Public Schools in South Dakota and at Kearney and Centennial Public Schools in Nebraska. As a superintendent, he successfully led four successful bond referendums in three different school districts and a successful levy override for more local revenue. Dr. Maher was also an administrator at Waverly, Elkhorn, and Johnson-Brock Public Schools and a teacher at Elkhorn and Clarks Public Schools.
Dr. Maher received a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics Education at Midland Lutheran College before he went on to earn his Master’s and Educational Doctorate in Education Administration from the University of Nebraska.

Dr. Maher is expected to start as commissioner in July.
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David Jespersen
Administrator

Office of Public Information & Communications
500 S. 84th St., 2nd Floor
Lincoln NE, 68510-2611
P: (402) 471-4537
E: [email protected]