Stride
Title 1 Assistant Manager Special Education
🇺🇸 Remote - TX
🕑 Full-Time
💰 TBD
💻 Other
🗓️ July 23rd, 2025
Edtech.com's Summary
K12, a Stride Company, is hiring an Assistant Manager Special Education to direct and coordinate special education compliance staff, ensure compliance with all special education processes, and collaborate with instructional teams to support student services. The role involves overseeing special education documentation, managing staff, and ensuring adherence to local, state, and federal regulations.
Highlights
- Oversee development, compliance, and implementation of Individualized Education Plans (IEPs) and special education policies.
- Manage fiscal compliance for special education programs including IDEA Part B funds.
- Coordinate student services and accommodations during state testing.
- Supervise 20-30 full-time employees and contractors, including hiring, training, and performance evaluations.
- Required Texas Special Education Teaching Certification and residency.
- Master's degree in education or related field with at least five years of educational experience and one year of supervisory experience.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite and web technologies.
- Strong leadership, organizational, and communication skills.
- Ability to travel up to 20% of the time and work independently in a remote home office.
- Supports inclusion and collaboration between special education and general education staff to ensure academic success.
Title 1 Assistant Manager Special Education Full Description
Title 1 Assistant Manager Special Education
US - TX - Remote
US - TX - Lewisville
Full time
Job Description
Required Certificates and Licenses: Texas Special Education Teaching Certification.
Residency Requirements: Texas
K12, a Stride Company, believes in Education for ANYONE. 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 TX partner schools, Lone Star Online Academy (LSOA). We want you to be a part of our talented team!
The mission of Stride K12 TX partner schools, Lone Star Online Academy (LSOA) 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!
The SPED Compliance Assistant Manager directs and coordinates special education compliance staff in preparing and documenting all compliance documents required for serving students with special needs. They will guide the staff in facilitating all district approved SPED processes, as well as work collaboratively with the instructional team in coordinating student services. There may also be additional duties as needed for district, state, or Stride reporting.
Passionate Educators are needed at the Stride K12 TX partner schools, Lone Star Online Academy (LSOA). We want you to be a part of our talented team!
The mission of Stride K12 TX partner schools, Lone Star Online Academy (LSOA) 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!
The SPED Compliance Assistant Manager directs and coordinates special education compliance staff in preparing and documenting all compliance documents required for serving students with special needs. They will guide the staff in facilitating all district approved SPED processes, as well as work collaboratively with the instructional team in coordinating student services. There may also be additional duties as needed for district, state, or Stride reporting.
This is a full-time REMOTE position. Ability to work independently, typically 40+ hours per week is required. Ability to maintain a professional home office without distraction during workday, typically 8am-5pm central time.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.
- Develop, implement, and disseminate “best practices” for special education policies and procedures in collaboration with school leadership
- Oversee the development, compliance, maintenance, and implementation of all Individualized Education Plans (IEP).
- Ensure fiscal compliance for special education programs including IDEA Part B funds and compliance with all school, local, state, and federal reporting related to special education
- Work with the Testing Manager and team to ensure that all students receive appropriate accommodations during state testing and support ACTC’s and coordinators during testing dates.
- Work with K12 enrollment and records teams to develop processes for ensuring timely identification and enrollment of students with special needs
- Proactively communicate all changes in processes and procedures to special education compliance staff.
- Ensure that special education students are integrated in all school activities and that general education and special education teachers and administrative staff work collaboratively to ensure academic success for all students
- Collect data for internal studies of special education. Work directly with parents and students (both regular and special education) where necessary.
- As needed, researches and implements non-K12 curriculum resources that meet state standards;
- Manages compliance, coordinator and clerk staff
- Oversees Onboarding and training of new compliance staff
- Helps articulate the school’s mission and vision with the aim of ensuring all stakeholders have a common understanding and are positioned to work cooperatively in order to achieve desired results; Utilizes/relies heavily upon communication technologies and practices that most effectively support a virtual / remote work environment;
- Ensures that the school is meeting the needs of students while complying with local, state, and federal laws, including laws pertaining to special education;
Supervisory Responsibilities: Directly supervises 20-30 Full-time Equivalent (FTE) regular employees and/or contractors. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems
Minimum Required Qualifications:
- Master’s Degree in education, special education, or related field of study AND
- Five (5) years of educational experience AND
- One (1) year of supervisory experience OR
- Equivalent combination of education and experience
Certificates and Licenses: Valid state Special Education teaching certification.
OTHER REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Demonstrable leadership, organizational and time management skills
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Visio, etc.); Web proficiency.
- Ability to travel 20% of the time
- Ability to clear required background check
DESIRED Qualifications:
- Experience as an on-line / virtual educator
- Supervisory Experience in on-line environment
WORK ENVIRONMENT: This is a home-based position with travel expectations.
Job Type
Regular
Regular
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.
If you are a job seeker with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to apply for one of our jobs, you can request the appropriate accommodation by contacting stridecareers@k12.com.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
Stride, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants receive consideration for employment based on merit without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by federal, state, or local law. Stride, Inc. complies with all legally required affirmative action obligations. Applicants will not be discriminated against because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.
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