Assistant Manager, Compensatory Education

Certificates and Licenses: Valid Texas Teaching Certification

Residency Requirements: This position is remote and strongly prefer residents of Texas. May consider residents of surrounding states (NM, OK, AR or LA).

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.

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

The mission of Lone Star Online Academy 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 (SCE) funds. The Assistant Manager, State Compensatory Education is responsible for managing the state compensatory education positions to support at-risk students and facilitate the success of students by monitoring the effectiveness of staff and programs under state compensatory education.

This position is for an Immediate Start within School Year 24/25.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

• Assist the Manager, State Compensatory Education to manage, develop, and evaluate positions, programs, and materials funded by state compensatory education funds to ensure alignment with the budget and state law.
• Provide coaching to instructional staff who are providing intervention instruction to assigned students.
• Use data to identify needs of at-risk students.
• Collaborates with manager of state compensatory education, school staff and committees to make decisions about the SCE program and ensure alignment of programs with the basic instructional requirements
• Evaluate effectiveness of programs through data tracking and present findings to stakeholders
• Ensure alignment of SCE programs with Campus Improvement Plan (CIP)
• Complete evaluations of assigned staff as part of program effectiveness review
• Support implementation of SCE programs, such as intervention curriculum programs

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
• Perform legislatively mandated duties or activities that are specifically allocated to a regular education position, such as acting as a campus principal
• Participate in activities or perform duties that would supplement anything other than the regular education program, such as parent/family liaison

Supervisory Responsibilities: Directly supervises 15+ Full-time Equivalent (FTE) regular employees and/or contractors. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

MINIMUM REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s Degree AND
• Three (3) years of related experience including managing a team
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint,); Web proficiency; Proficiency using a student information system and/or similar type of database software
• Strong knowledge of Federal and State (TX) education regulations
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Strong organizational and time management skills
• Ability to project manage, adhere to timelines and due dates, and organize data effectively;
• Basic knowledge of Texas reporting structure and laws regarding state funding
• Ability to travel 10% of the time, as required for training, school-wide professional development and as needed basis
• Ability to clear required background check

Certificates and Licenses: Valid Texas Teaching Certification

Residency Requirements: This position is remote and strongly prefer residents of Texas. May consider residents of surrounding states (NM, OK, AR or LA). This position could include travel up to 20% of the time for face-to-face professional development, student testing, and/or as required by the school.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of 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 position is virtual.