Director, Academic Strategy

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $122.1k - $155k / year

⏰ Full Time

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👔 Director

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Stride, Inc.

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

5001 - 10000 employees

Founded 2000

💼 Consulting

🏥 Healthcare

📚 Education

Consulting • Healthcare • Education

Stride, Inc. is an innovative company focused on transforming education through online learning and personalized teaching. It serves a diverse range of learners including K–12 students, adult learners, military families, businesses, and school districts. Stride offers a variety of educational products and services, which include K–12 education solutions, career development programs, and personalized tutoring. With a commitment to social responsibility and inclusion, Stride aims to help learners of all ages achieve their full potential by providing flexible and effective learning opportunities both in online public schools and beyond. Stride is also involved in developing tools for educators and supporting businesses by offering career development options and access to a talented workforce. The company is publicly traded on the NYSE under the symbol LRN.

📋 Description

• Develop, refine, and execute K12's academic strategy in alignment with organizational priorities, student outcomes, and state accountability expectations • Own the K12 School Playbook and annual school planning process, including required plan elements, guidance, quality standards, and supporting resources • Own and manage the Academic Strategy function's budget and staffing plan • Ensure coherence across Playbook areas, including synchronous and asynchronous instruction, assessment and MTSS, training and observation, and graduation strategy • Design and lead the Playbook review and feedback process • Identify strong practices, implementation challenges, and emerging needs; codify and scale effective practices across schools • Analyze academic, engagement, graduation, and accountability data to identify trends, gaps, risks, and opportunities • Lead proactive academic supports and implementation of K12's instructional strategy, focusing on Tier 1 instruction, student academic supports, and implementation fidelity • Establish expectations, frameworks, tools, resources, and professional learning for effective academic practices • Partner with school and portfolio leaders to strengthen execution and adapt national strategies to school context • Provide strategic oversight for national school counseling priorities, including graduation planning, on-track monitoring, course completion, credit attainment, postsecondary planning, student engagement, and accountability outcomes • Direct the Program Manager, Academics and School Counseling Program Manager • Evaluate academic and counseling strategies using implementation and outcome data and recommend course corrections • Collaborate with Accountability, Assessment, Research, Curriculum, School Services, Special Programs, Career Readiness, and other cross-functional teams • Partner with Transformation leaders to incorporate lessons from intensively supported schools into portfolio-wide strategy • Directly supervise the Program Manager, Academics and School Counseling Program Manager, with potential for additional direct reports

🎯 Requirements

• Master's degree in education, educational leadership, curriculum and instruction, school administration, or a related field • Ten (10) or more years of related experience in educational leadership, academic strategy, instructional leadership, school leadership, or program leadership; OR equivalent combination of education and experience • Demonstrated experience using academic and student performance data to set strategy and improve outcomes across multiple schools, programs, or stakeholder groups • Deep understanding of effective K-12 instructional practices, academic performance measures, graduation outcomes, and school accountability systems • Ability to analyze quantitative and qualitative data, identify systemic patterns, and translate findings into actionable strategy • Demonstrated ability to design coherent planning processes, quality standards, and review systems that strengthen implementation • Strong strategic thinking and problem-solving skills with the ability to move from analysis to execution • Proven ability to develop scalable frameworks, tools, resources, and continuous improvement processes • Strong leadership, talent development, project management, and cross-functional collaboration skills • Outstanding written, verbal, presentation, and executive communication skills • Strong results orientation, organization, and ability to manage multiple high-priority initiatives in a deadline-driven environment • Certificates and licenses: None required

🏖️ Benefits

• Eligible employees may receive a bonus • Health benefits • Retirement contributions • Paid time off • Reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities