Early Post Secondary (EPSO) Coordinator

Job Description

Required Certificates and Licenses: Valid Tennessee Teaching License

Residency Requirements: Must reside in Tennessee

SUMMARY: The Early Post-Secondary (EPSO) Coordinator will develop and maintain partnering relationships with schools, business, and industry partners to promote the ideals of Stride’s career and technical education pathways.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

• Assist with prospective student’s enrollment needs and have knowledge of entire process, including admissions requirements, articulating and evaluating education credits in early post-secondary enrollment (EPSO) including Dual Enrollment and Advanced Placement Classes.
• Responsible for ensuring that each prospective student has the necessary enrollment paperwork to enroll; maintains waiting list of prospective students for each program; ability to utilize enrollment process systems.
• Responsible for Dual Enrollment grant process for high school students and early post-secondary credential alignment, including Advanced Placement courses.
• Develops network of Dual Enrollment network contracts (TCAT/Community Colleges) to ensure students can easily transition to post-secondary courses.
• Career counseling; assists students with employment needs such as employment tips, workshops etc.
• Recruit students for all programs.
• Read and interpret rules, regulations, policies, and procedures accurately to students and parents.
• Prepare, submit, and maintain records of reports as required.
• Participate in in-service training, workshops, and other programs which provide professional growth.
• Tracks data for dual credit/Advanced placement enrollees and graduates for completion/graduation.
• Serves as liaison with educational, industrial, and advocacy partners to encourage cooperation and partnerships.
• Serves on special committees and task forces as program area specialist. Promotes equitable participation for special needs students in non-traditional programs.
• Performs other duties as assigned in the fulfillment of the needs, philosophy, and purpose of the school.

Supervisory Responsibilities: This position has no formal supervisory responsibilities.

MINIMUM REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited college or university AND
• Three (3) years of work experience in a secondary or post-secondary education environment with dual enrollment or career and technical education experience
• Equivalent combination of education and experience

OTHER REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Visio, etc.); Web proficiency.
• Ability to travel 25% of the time
• Ability to clear required background check

WORK ENVIRONMENT: This is a home-based position

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.

Job Type

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.

Stride, Inc. is a Federal Contractor, an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and a Drug-Free Workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected Veteran status age, or genetics, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)