Teacher Aide: Uplift Ascend High (25-26)

Uplift Education; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 19,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Uplift Gradus Preparatory in Dallas seeks a State Reporting and Operations Specialist who will support campus attendance, registrar tasks, grade validation, and transcript maintenance. The role reports to the Operations Director, backs the Attendance Specialist, and serves as backup receptionist.

You will help ensure compliance with local, state, and federal funding and audits, while maintaining accurate records and data quality.

Qualifications

• Education: High school diploma or GED.
• Experience: 2 years in a similar role preferred or 2 years clerical and typing plus 1 year related experience.
• Special skills: strong organizational abilities, attention to detail, self-motivated, commitment to excellence.
• Required skills: reading/writing safety and procedure documents; bilingual Spanish preferred; MS Office proficiency.

Responsibilities

• Supports campus-based Registrar state reporting requirements for PreK-5 scholars and Attendance Specialist functions.
• Manages registrar processes: enrollment/re-enrollment, scheduling, grade reporting, report cards, withdrawals, and TREx reports.
• Backs up Attendance Specialist with tardy tracking and sign-in/out processes.
• Maintains attendance documentation, reconciliations, and audit-ready campus reports.
• Acts as backup receptionist; monitors front desk and handles incoming calls.
• Assists Operations Director to foster a positive, support-focused campus culture.

Skills

Communication skills

Bilingual Spanish

MS Office proficiency

Data analysis

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

Excel

Outlook

PowerPoint

Teams

Job description

State Reporting Operations Specialist: Uplift Gradus Preparatory

Date Posted: 5/12/2026

Mission Statement
Uplift’s mission is to create and sustain public schools of excellence that empower each student to reach their highest potential in college and the global marketplace and that inspire in students a life-long love of learning, achievement, and service in order to positively change their world.

Primary Purpose:
The campus State Reporting and Operations Specialist is responsible for supporting attendance functions on campus and completing assigned Registrar tasks. This is a versatile role that also supports front office priorities as assigned by the Operations Director. The State Reporting and Operations Specialist assists in the development, documentation, implementation, and daily oversight of school-specific procedures such as grade validation, cumulative record, and transcript maintenance. The position helps ensure compliance with local, state, and federal funding and accountability requirements, and serves as the primary backup for the Attendance Specialist.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Supports campus-based Registrar state reporting requirements for PreK-5th grade scholars and supports in Attendance Specialist functions.
• Manages registrar processes such as enrollment/re-enrollment; scheduling; grade reporting/changes; report cards; scholar withdrawals; providing campus status reporting (honor roll, failure reports, or others as requested by campus leadership); managing records request internally and through TREx weekly; and keep current on technology innovations and data collection requirements affecting schools
• Supports the Attendance Specialist with the process of documenting tardy scholars, signing in/out of scholars,
• Supports the Attendance Specialist with the management of attendance processes such as reviewing teacher daily attendance report; collect and record all absent excuse notes; prepares 3-week and 6-week attendance verification reports, conducts attendance reconciliations; drive truancy; and maintains campus attendance reports/documentation for audit purposes.
• Perform other duties as assigned
• The State Reporting and Operations Specialist reports directly to the campus-based Operations Director with support from our network State Reporting team.
• They support as the back-up receptionist and are responsible for actively monitoring the front desk, answering all incoming phone calls, and providing information.
• They support in other non-instructional areas, including safety, carline, etc.
• They also assist the Operations Director in establishing a positive, support focused culture on campus.

Qualifications:

Education, Experience, and/or Certification(s)

• Education Requirements: High school diploma or GED
• Experience Requirements: Minimum 2 years’ experience in a similar position preferred or 2 years general clerical and typing experience plus 1 year experience in a closely related area
• Special Skills/Certifications:
• Exceptional organization skills
• Extremely detail-oriented
• Self-motivated
• Commitment to excellence

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Communication Skills: Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of personnel, students, and parents.
• Bilingual Skills: Bilingual in Spanish preferred
• Technology: Strong computer skills and ability to analyze data; familiar with the Microsoft suite: Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Teams; able to quickly learn and utilize new applications.

Physical Demands/Environmental Factors:

Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to feel, touch and reach with hands and arms. The employee is frequently required to stand, walk, and use stairs. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Starting Pay: $16.92

Work Environment: The environment requires close proximity to other employees, frequent interruptions, and extended periods of time viewing a computer screen, and noise levels from moderate to high. There may be activity from other employees and students of distracting nature. Must be able to work outside in varied weather conditions for arrival and dismissal support at carline.

Uplift Education is an equal employment opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of age, color, disability, gender, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any classification protected by federal, state or local law.