Exempt

Academic Approach is an educational services company whose name is synonymous with excellence, integrity, and innovation. Our success is a direct product of the talented teams who teach our students, build our curriculum and software, design our programs, lead professional development in our partner schools, and manage our services.

Academic Approach is firmly committed to creating a diverse workplace and is proud to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, ethnicity, national origin, age, disability, genetics, marital status, amnesty status, or veteran status. Applicants of diverse backgrounds, skillsets, and experiences are especially encouraged to apply.

Our Associate Director of School Programs is a(n):

• Innovator: We understand that all great things start with a groundbreaking idea/strategy and are followed with diligent and collaborative execution and insight
• Explorer: We relentlessly pursue the knowledge needed to shape and influence student and school performance
• Problem-Solver: We are dedicated to finding concrete and actionable solutions to the education challenges facing students. We embrace difficulties with optimism and teamwork
• Organizer: We prioritize all of our activities around what’s best for students and schools and organize our activities to turn great ideas into reality
• Builder: We are committed to the success of the mission. We believe nothing should be done without purpose and a focus on the future
• Collaborator: We collaborate with schools to understand the unique needs of their students so that we may tailor a customized solution to drive their student achievement
  
  

The Position: Associate Director of School Programs

This full-time, exempt position’s overall objective is to maintain school client satisfaction, ensure service delivery, and coordinate internal program logistics. Upon gaining fluency in the work, this role will have opportunities for growth such as owning and leading key department projects. This hybrid role includes a combination of in-person (2-3 days per week at our Lincoln Park office) and remote work. Greater scheduling flexibility may be possible after the first school year.

Compensation And Benefits

Annual Salary: $60,000 plus up to $3,000 in annual bonuses.

Academic Approach offers competitive compensation and a dynamic, collaborative, growing company environment. Benefits include health, dental, and vision benefits, up to 12 days of accrued vacation days per year, 5 days of sick time per year, paid holidays, 4 half days per year, 401(k) participation after one year of employment and 1,000 hours completed, and paid parental leave. Accrual of vacation days increases by 8 hours per year for each of the first 8 years of (full-time) work in this role. This annual increase takes effect automatically on the anniversary of your first day in this full-time position.

The Associate Director of School Programs will report to the Director of School Programs, Operations.

As an Associate Director of School Programs, you will have the following job responsibilities:

• Maintain School Client Satisfaction & Service Delivery
• Serve as a primary liaison between their school partners and assigned instructors
• Maintain relationships from point of sale through program implementation
• Coordinate with school administrators to manage all program logistics
• Assist in launching programs to ensure a smooth first day of service delivery
• Significant travel to Chicagoland school partners during peak times required
• Program Coordination & Data Management
• Collect, analyze, and provide practice test data summaries to schools
• Support syllabus customization based on practice data insights
• Provide administrative support, including data entry, analysis, and documentation
• Professional Development & Instructional Support
• Lead professional development sessions for external teachers
• Collaboration & Additional Responsibilities
• 1-on-1 Tutoring and School Programs Teaching (amount varies by season)
• Work closely with the School Programs team on various projects
• Adapt to evolving responsibilities as needed
• Be a self-starter who identifies problems and proactively develops solutions

Other duties, responsibilities, meetings, activities, and number of direct reports may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice.

The Associate Director of School Programs position requires the following qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree required
• Teaching and/or education industry experience required.
• Exceptional organization, communication, problem-solving, and multi-tasking skills required
• Must be able to prioritize multiple projects and clients
• Experience with Microsoft Office required
• Client support, or customer service experience preferred.
• Comfort with standardized tests preferred
  
  

About Academic Approach

At Academic Approach, we are driven by one mission: to academically support students, families, and school leaders in this ever-changing, never-boring, always thrilling assessment landscape.

Founded in Chicago in 2001, Academic Approach empowers students and educators from all backgrounds and skill levels to succeed both on and beyond college admissions testing. Through our data-driven, skills-based approach, Academic Approach provides high-impact test preparation – both one-on-one tutoring and classroom course instruction – for students, professional development and coaching for faculty, and interim/formative assessments along with in-depth analytics for schools and school districts.

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