Placement Specialist

Responsive Education Solutions; Lewisville (TX); À distance; USD 40 000 - 60 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

iSchool Virtual Academy is seeking a Placement Specialist to promote student success through academic planning and transcript analysis. You will collaborate with counselors, students, parents, teachers, and administrators to develop individualized graduation plans and monitor schedules in the virtual environment.

Responsibilities include updating records, coordinating with families, and supporting testing programs and staff development.

Qualifications

• Clear and effective communication, verbally and in writing.
• Respond accurately and effectively to written communication.
• Follow through with verbal and written agreements with students, colleagues, and administration.
• Exhibit empathy for students and willingness to problem solve.
• Maintain professional behavior in stressful situations.
• Adjust quickly to changing priorities or conditions.
• Proficient with technology in virtual work environment.
• Strong problem-solving and attention to detail.
• Multitask and manage time effectively.
• Experience in a virtual/remote position preferred.
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships.
• Be self-directed to maintain productive days in virtual workplace.

Responsabilités

• Accurately reviews academic records to maintain accuracy in transcript entry and scheduling.
• Manages assigned programs and projects independently including initial setup, communication, and program maintenance.
• Conference calls with families and students to assist in developing graduation plans individualized for each student.
• Accurately and consistently update information regarding a student's schedule, graduation plan, and post high school plans in appropriate platforms.
• Demonstrate ownership and responsibility for your caseload to ensure schedules are accurate and students stay on track for graduation.
• Ensure all academic records are received from prior districts to develop accurate graduation plans.
• Follow up on missing or incomplete records for a student.
• Ensure all communication is returned and delivered in a timely manner to parents, students, colleagues, and supervisors.
• Document communication with students and parents in required format and platform.
• Support standardized testing programs, parent education, and staff development.
• Meet deadlines provided by superiors and engage in training opportunities.
• Continue to extend knowledge in technology and counseling topics.
• Attend staff meetings, professional development, and school activities as assigned.
• Assist with gathering and tracking data for projects including At-Risk, graduation plans, endorsements, and course selections.
• Provide support to counselors, administrators, teachers, staff, and parents.
• Support packing/shipping graduation materials.
• Support graduation planning for iSVA graduating class.
• Support Enrollment team and Executive Director with special projects involving data analysis.
• All other duties as assigned.

Connaissances

Communication

Written communication

Customer service

Tech-savviness

Microsoft Office

Google applications

Virtual/remote work experience

Time management

Problem solving

Empathy

Adaptability

Relationship building

Outils

Microsoft Office

Google apps

Description du poste

The Placement Specialist at iSVA plays a vital role in promoting student success by providing academic planning services. The Placement Specialist will work closely and provide exceptional customer service to Counselors, students, parents, teachers, and administrators to support student development. Through transcript analysis, academic advising, and responding to identified needs in the department through project-based services, the Placement Specialist will support the academic mission at iSchool Virtual Academy.

Requirements

• Clearly and effectively communicates both verbally and in writing.
• Demonstrates the ability to respond accurately and effectively to written communication.
• Follows through with verbal and written agreements with students, colleagues, and administration.
• Exhibit empathy for students and willingness to go above and beyond to problem solve a student's situation.
• Ability to maintain professional behavior in stressful situations.
• Adjust quickly to changing priorities or conditions.
• Proficient computer skills and comfort with technology are necessary in the virtual work environment.
• Strong problem-solving abilities and attention to detail.
• Ability to multitask and manage time effectively.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office or Google applications.
• Previous experience in a virtual/remote position (preferred).
• Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships.
• Demonstrates the ability to be self-directed in order to maintain productive work days in the virtual workplace

Responsibilities And Duties

• Accurately reviews academic records to maintain accuracy in transcript entry and scheduling.
• Manages assigned programs and projects independently including initial setup, communication, and program maintenance.
• Conference calls with families and students to assist in developing graduation plans that are individualized for each student.
• Accurately and consistently update information regarding a student's schedule, graduation plan, and post high school plans in the appropriate platforms.
• Demonstrate ownership and responsibility for your assigned caseload of students to ensure that schedules are accurate and students stay on track for graduation
• Ensure that all academic records are received from prior districts in order to develop an accurate graduation plan for each student.
• Assume responsibility for follow up when records are missing or incomplete for a student.
• Ensures all communication is returned and delivered in a timely manner to parents, students, colleagues, and supervisors.
• Documents communication with students and parents in the required format and platform in a timely manner in order to provide effective communication to your colleagues.
• Supports standardized testing programs, parent education, and staff development.
• Meets deadlines provided by superiors. Engages in training opportunities for educational growth.
• Continues to extend knowledge and training in technology and counseling topics.
• Attends staff meetings, professional development, and other school related activities as assigned throughout the year.
• Assists with gathering and tracking data for projects including At-Risk, testing roster, graduation plans, endorsement selection, and student course selections.
• Provides a support system that strengthens the efforts of counselors, administrators, teachers, staff, and parents.
• Provide support to the department with regards to packing/shipping graduation materials.
• Support the planning process/attend graduation ceremony for iSVA graduating class.
• Support the Enrollment team and Executive Director of Virtual Operations with special projects with data analysis.
• All other duties as assigned.