Portfolio Academic Administrator

Portfolio Academic Administrator

K12, a Stride Company, believes in Education for ANY ONE. 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.

The Portfolio Academic Administrator oversees the training for a portfolio of schools and owns identified programs. This role collaborates with the Portfolio Vice President to strengthen instruction and programmatic performance of each school.

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

• Focuses on advancing academic priorities of portfolio and serves as designee for Portfolio Vice President
• Manages the launching of new schools; acting as liaison between school, regional and corporate staff; potentially acting in an interim capacity
• Mentors and develops other Portfolio Academic Administrators and school-based Academic Administrators
• Maintains cross-state, administrator knowledge; gaining versatile expertise, with the ability to step in on an interim basis to support any school in the capacity of an Academic Administrative / Executive Director
• Articulates, monitors, and delivers academic results, working collaboratively across portfolios to optimize work product contribution and efficiencies
• Collaborates with school leaders in the development of an effective Academic Playbook, focusing on the quality of Playbook component submissions, and monitors implementation
• Develops and coordinates new teacher onboarding materials, training, and support to supplement school-based onboarding programs, and supports all functions of academic priority and outcome within a portfolio
• Develops and provides required training and professional development aligned with Playbook components; prioritizing comprehensive training and school specific needs
• Deploys and monitors training within the assigned portfolio
• Builds capacity of teachers and school leaders to effectively execute initiatives and action plans, through the design and implementation of effective professional develop plans and activities

Required Qualifications:

• Five (5) years of related experience or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Demonstrable leadership, organizational and time management skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to maintain confidentiality
• Adapts to change and is open to new ideas
• Active listener and values opinions
• Willingly takes on new responsibilities, handles pressure and adjusts plans to meet changing needs
• MS365 proficiency
• Ability to travel 20% of the time; could surge at the beginning of the school year to 50%
• Ability to clear required background check
• Bachelor's Degree in business, education or related field of study

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience as an on-line / virtual educator
• State License as a School Administrator
• Master's Degree in business, education or related field of study

Compensation & Benefits: Stride, Inc. considers a person's education, experience, and qualifications, as well as the position's work location, expected quality and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value when determining a new employee's salary level. Salaries will differ based on these factors, the position's level and expected contribution, and the employee's benefits elections. Offers will typically be in the bottom half of the range.

• We anticipate the salary range to be $68,162.00 - $80,000.00. Eligible employees may receive a bonus. This salary is not guaranteed, as an individual's compensation can vary based on several factors. These factors include, but are not limited to, geographic location, experience, training, education, and local market conditions. Stride offers a robust benefits package for eligible employees that can include health benefits, retirement contributions, and paid time off.

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

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.

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Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

Stride, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants receive consideration for employment based on merit without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by federal, state, or local law. Stride, Inc. complies with all legally required affirmative action obligations. Applicants will not be discriminated against because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.