Manager, Instructional Support Services
Stride, Inc.

Job Info

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Job Description

Job Description

Required Certificates and Licenses: Current valid Texas teaching certificate

Residency Requirements: Texas

K12, a Stride Company, believes in Education for ANYONE. We provide families an online option for a high-quality, personalized education experience. Students can thrive, find their passion, and learn in an environment that encourages discovery at their own pace. In support of this, we are committed to creating and maintaining a culture of inclusion and diversity where our employees are passionate about serving students and families, treat one another and customers with respect, challenge each other to innovate and always strive to do better.

Passionate Educators are needed at the Stride K12 partner school, (TXSS). We want you to be a part of our talented team!

The mission of Stride K12 partner school, (TXSS) is to provide an exemplary individualized and engaging educational experience for students by incorporating school and community/family partnerships coupled with a rigorous curriculum along with a data-driven and student-centered instructional model. Student success will be measured by valid and reliable assessment data, parent and student satisfaction, and continued institutional growth within the academic community. Join us!

This position is funded by State Compensatory Education funds. The Manager, At-Risk Instructional Support is responsible for ensuring that quality educational practices are implemented to meet Texas Compensatory Education requirements: reduce any disparity in performance on assessment instruments administered under TEC, Subchapter B, Chapter 39, or disparity in the rates of high school completion between students at risk of dropping out of school and all other students.

This is a full-time REMOTE position. Ability to work independently, typically 40+ hours per week is required. Ability to maintain a professional home office without distraction during workday, typically 8am-5pm central time or as defined by the school.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential duties.
● Create and implement a structure and program that will promote consistent learning experiences across all classrooms.
● Measure and monitor program implementation and meet with academic leaders as needed.
● Create and implement professional development program for continuous learning.
● Collect and analyze data to assess the effectiveness of coaching supports and pivot as needed.
● Assist the academic team in selecting appropriate professional development that supports at-risk students.
● Facilitate frequent collaboration sessions with senior management and academic administrators to ensure Campus Improvement Plan/State Compensatory Education (CIP/SCE) plan implementation.
● Evaluate program effectiveness towards CIP/SCE goals to ensure compliancy and program success.
This position may perform other duties as assigned in alignment with the SCE program. Duties this position may not perform:
● Duties related to testing, such as test administration
● Activities related to formal teacher evaluations, including TTESS-related activities
● Activities undertaken in the role of parent liaison, community liaison, truant officer, safety officer, or court liaison required by TEC, 37.

Supervisory Responsibilities: This position has no formal supervisory responsibilities. The position helps oversee the work product and processes for 20-30 FTE Instructional Coaches. May assist with interviewing and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; providing feedback on performance; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

MINIMUM REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
● Master's Degree in Education AND
● Five (5) Years of Classroom Experience AND
● Three (3) Years as an Instructional Coach AND
● Two (2) Years supervisory experience OR
● Equivalent combination of education and experience

Certificates and Licenses: Current valid Texas teaching certificate.

OTHER REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
● Outstanding presentation and facilitation skills
● Strong interpersonal skills (communication - written and verbal, problem-solving, conflict management, collaboration) to share research-based instructional approaches and provide advice, mentoring, and coaching to teachers and administrators
● Strong organizational and planning skills
● Knowledge of and experience with relevant technology
● Proven ability in using student-level data to guide instructional decisions
● Strong pedagogical knowledge and content expertise
● Attention to detail
● Critical thinking
● Flexibility and adaptability
● Highly proficient in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint); Web proficiency.
● Ability to travel 10% of the time
● Ability to clear required background check
● Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Visio, etc.); Web proficiency.
● Ability to travel 10% of the time
● Ability to clear required background check

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
● Principal certification

WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here represent those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

● This is a home-based position

Job Type
Regular

The above job is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions, and perform any other related duties, as assigned by their supervisor. All employment is "at-will" as governed by the law of the state where the employee works. It is further understood that the "at-will" nature of employment is one aspect of employment that cannot be changed except in writing and signed by an authorized officer.

Stride, Inc. is a Federal Contractor, an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and a Drug-Free Workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected Veteran status age, or genetics, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

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