School Operations Manager
Job Description
<p></p> <h2><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>About the Team</strong></span></h2> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">The Virtual Preparatory Academy of Washington is a K-12 tuition-free online public school in the state of Washington. At VPA Washington, we empower students to be their best by enabling them to learn in ways that are right for them – using innovative technology at home, at their proper level, and at their own pace. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">The Operations Manager at Virtual Prep Academy of Washington supervises all school operations team members and collaborates with all members of the VPA Washington leadership team to design and implement process and procedures across all aspect of daily school operations for a state-wide online school, in compliance with all sponsor and board of education regulations and state laws. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Eligibility: Open to residents of Washington</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span></p> <h2><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>About the Opportunity</strong></span></h2> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Through supervision of the local operations team members oversee the following school functions: student records, local and state testing, attendance and truancy tracking and follow-up, office and facilities management</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Act as a resource for internal (staff) and external (students and families) stakeholders by providing resolution and management of escalated needs across a variety of topics (school procedures, technology systems, materials, etc)</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Act as a liaison between school team members and members of the larger Accel team to identify operational needs and develop school level procedures that align with the goals and procedures of the larger Accel organization.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Serve as a member of the school leadership team</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Work collaboratively with other school administrators to develop, document, and electronically archive operational procedures and workflows to support implementation of school policies</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Audit current procedures and identify opportunities to streamline and improve</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Stay up to date on department of education and sponsor policies and compliance items and state educational laws</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-fami