Stride
High School Academic Administrator
🇺🇸 Hybrid - Baton Rouge, LA
🕑 Full-Time
💰 TBD
💻 Administrator
🗓️ October 23rd, 2025
Edtech.com's Summary
004 K12 Virtual Schools LLC is hiring a High School Academic Administrator. The role involves directing and coordinating educational, administrative, and counseling activities for students at Louisiana Virtual Charter Academy, ensuring compliance with state standards and laws, managing teaching and administrative staff, and overseeing academic improvement and CTE programs.
Highlights
- Direct and coordinate educational, administrative, and counseling activities for high school students.
- Ensure programs conform to state and local school board standards; research and implement curriculum resources.
- Manage teaching staff, administrative staff, Master and Lead Teachers.
- Develop and oversee the school's Academic Improvement Plan and Career and Technical Education (CTE) program.
- Utilize communication technologies to support a predominantly virtual work environment.
- Supervise 30-45 full-time equivalent employees and contractors, including hiring, training, and performance management.
- Required qualifications include a master's degree, five years of educational experience, one year of supervisory experience, Louisiana Department of Educational Leadership Licensure, and the ability to clear a background check.
- Must have experience as an online/virtual educator, strong leadership, communication skills, proficiency in Microsoft Office and web applications, and ability to travel 20%.
- Position requires residency in Louisiana and occasional travel for district-wide leadership development.
- Compensation considers education, experience, qualifications, and other factors; offers are typically in the bottom half of the salary range.
High School Academic Administrator Full Description
Job Description
Required Certificates and Licenses
- Louisiana Department of Educational Leadership Licensure Required
Residency Requirements
- Must reside in Louisiana
K12, a Stride Company, believes in Education for ANY ONE. 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.
Passionate Educators are needed at the Stride K12 partner school, Louisiana Virtual Charter Academy (LAVCA). We want you to be a part of our talented team!
The mission of Louisiana Virtual Charter Academy (LAVCA) 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 High School Academic Administrator directs and coordinates educational, administrative and counseling activities of student by performing the following duties personally or through subordinate supervisors.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.
- Ensures conformance of educational programs to state and local school board standards through evaluation, development and coordination activities;
- As needed, researches and implements non-K12 curriculum resources that meet state standards;
- Manages teaching and administrative staff; Manages Master and Lead Teachers and programs;
- 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 predominantly virtual / remote work environment;
- Confers with teachers, students, and parents concerning educational and behavioral problems in school;
- Coordinates with teacher and K12 Enrollment regarding expulsions and withdrawals;
- Ensures that the school is meeting the needs of students while complying with local, state, and federal laws, including laws pertaining to special education;
- Develops and oversees implementation of the school's Academic Improvement Plan.
- Develops and oversees CTE program
Supervisory Responsibilities: Directly supervises 30-45 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 business, 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
- Ability to clear required background check
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
- Experience as an on-line / virtual educator
- State License as a School Administrator
DESIRED QUALIFICATION:
- Experience working with proposed age group.
- Experience supporting adults and children in the use of technology.
- Experience teaching in an online (virtual) and/or in a brick-and-mortar environment.
- Experience with online learning platforms.
Compensation & Benefits: Stride, Inc. considers a person's education, experience, and qualifications, as well as the position's work location, expected quality and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value when determining a new employee's salary level. Salaries will differ based on these factors, the position's level and expected contribution, and the employee's benefits elections. Offers will typically be in the bottom half of the range.
WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- This position is virtual, but may require travel at least one day a week; additional district wide leadership PD once a month in Baton Rouge required
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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