Texas, At Risk Coordinator, (TOPS) at K12 Services in Dallas, Texas

Job Description:

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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.

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

The mission of TOPS 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!

SUMMARY: This position is funded by State Compensatory Education funds. The At-Risk Coordinator is a full-time, year-round position responsible for reviewing and analyzing student educational records and educationally disadvantaged status to determine eligibility for at-risk programs and track services provided by the State Compensatory Education program.

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

• Reviews student records upon enrollment to identify at-risk status in collaboration with counselors, advisors, registrars, and Site-Based Enrollment Coordinator


• Maintains and updates at-risk records, including review for students meeting exit criteria


• Determines student eligibility for free- or reduced-lunch program


• Trains staff on at-risk criteria


• Communicates at-risk status and criteria met with appropriate staff, such as campus principal or counselor


• Supports implementation and evaluation of SCE programs, such as preparation of data files, providing a list of students for eligible programs, or preparing reports on program effectiveness


• Collaborates with campus staff as needed to support at-risk students


• Manages the allocation of services to at-risk students and uses data to determine whether or not services are effective;


• Participates in Needs Assessments to analyze academic performance of at-risk students;


• Contacts School districts to acquire student records information for identification of at-risk as needed;


• Manages projects and executes tasks related to at-risk student data collection and analysis;


• Collects and audits Federal Income Forms for accuracy, including follow up with families to update any missing or inaccurate information, to determine eligibility for Title funding;


• Reviews student records to analyze at-risk status based on the 13 at-risk indicators used in Texas;


• Maintains up to date electronic and paper files in preparation for monthly audits of records for Federal Income Forms and at-risk indicators;


• Creates monthly report regarding free and reduced lunch status;


• Submits at-risk reports at the beginning, middle, and end of the school year to update at-risk status in the Student Information System for submission of PEIMS data;


• Coordinates with school counselors regarding academic records;


• Communicates with parents tactfully and with sensitivity, recognizes and maintains confidentiality in job-related matters;

This position may perform other duties as assigned in alignment with the SCE program. This position may not perform:

• Duties related to testing, such as test administration


• Legislatively mandated duties or activities that are specifically allocated to a regular education position, such as acting in capacity as a school counselor


• Activities or duties that would supplement anything other than the regular education program, such as parent/family liaison

Supervisory Responsibilities:

This position has no formal supervisory responsibilities.

MINIMUM REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:   

• Bachelor’s degree


• Three (3 years of experience working with records or working with at risk students, OR


• Equivalent combination of education and experience

Certificates and Licenses: None required.

OTHER REQUIRED QUALIFICATIOS: 

• Demonstrated organizational skills and knowledge of systematic filing procedures


• Good verbal and written communication skills


• Ability to use web-based database programs to enter and monitor education information


• Ability to perform multiple tasks


• Proficiency in Microsoft Outlook, Word and Excel


• Ability to clear required background check

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:  

• Previous experiencing managing projects involving people outside of department


• Experience working with student records

Residency Requirement: Lewisville, Texas

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 is an office-based position. 

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.

Education

Required

• Bachelors or better

Licenses & Certifications

Required

• Teacher - State Certified

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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