Academic Manager Jobs

Why Pace?

Backed by over three decades of experience and proven methods, Pace's nationally recognized early intervention model has proven to be successful in curbing unemployment and involvement in the juvenile justice system. As a Pace team member, you’re not just supporting girl’s journeys, you’re uplifting families, positively impacting communities and changing systems.

Pace Benefits:

• Work/Life Balance - generous PTO policy plus Wellness Week
• Health Insurance (Medical, Dental, Vision)
• IVF Services
• 403b Discretionary Match
• Small classroom sizes - 14:1 student to teacher ratio

Qualifications and Education Requirements

Required

• Proficiency in computer skills, database management and/or office software.
• Current Florida driver’s license.
• Teaching Certification as required by district.
• Minimum three to five years’ experience in supervisory roles.
• Minimum three to five years' experience in an educational or social services environment.
• Bachelor’s Degree from four-year college or university, Major in Education, or a related field.

Preferred

• Experience in an at-risk environment.
• Master’s in Education Leadership or a related field.

Roles and Responsibilities

Ensure Quality Programming

• Collaborates with Social Services team to ensure the integration of Gender Responsive, Strength Based and Trauma Informed Programming and Pace Values and Guiding Principles.
• Uses and monitors Pace’s database (Pace Impacts) to ensure the timely and accurate recording of all academic services being delivered, progress monitoring and progress monitoring plans, parent conferences, assessment scores, etc.
• Review girl transcripts to develop a girl’s class schedule depending upon District processes
• Responsible for all aspects and safety of the daily operations of the Academic Program
• Ensures each girl’s transcript has been reviewed for accuracy by a Certified Guidance Counselor (at least once upon the initiation of the girl’s transition).
• Participates in the development of the annual School Improvement Plan as required by each Center/District.
• Conducts regular assemblies with the girls to announce awards, educational information, upcoming events, in conjunction, with the Growth & Change System and Pace staff.
• Monitors student progress to ensure grade promotion, successful completion of recovering credits and graduation requirements.
• Follows the guidelines from Central Communication Center (CCC), JJIS, DCF, and Pace regarding Incident Reporting.
• Participates and conveys, as part of the Intake Team, the assessment of the educational needs of each girl in comparison to the services currently being rendered at the Center to determine if the girl’s academic needs can be met and to maintain Center Census and FTE periods.
• Serves as liaison with school district to ensure district requirements are met.
• Complies with Federal statutes regarding all aspects of Exceptional Student Education (ESE) services, accommodations and plans and 504 plans.
• Monitors, develops, and implements new educational services for the ongoing benefit of the girl.
• May participates in monthly parent/guardian meetings (MPC with Counselor) and Teacher/Parent Conferences and oversees academic documentation of monthly parent/guardian contacts.
• Teaches classes as needed and/or as allowed by school district policies.

Leadership

• Participates in center’s leadership team.
• Develops and coordinates schedule/special events with the leadership team.
• Oversees teacher’s certification requirements and in-service points.
• Assists in the develop of goals for the academic staff.
• Hire, on-board, supervise, and coach academic team members under the culture standards of caring, purpose, learning, and results.
• Monitors daily academic operations and ensures teaching standards are in accordance with mandated state standards.
• Prepares for, participates, and facilitates in care review meetings.
• Arranges for daily class coverage.
• Offer and conduct professional development opportunities for all academic staff including substitute teachers in accordance with guidelines set by the State of Florida Department of Education, Department of Juvenile Justice and Pace.
• Supervises interns.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Oversees and ensures the compliance and administration of pre, update, and post standardized, and Pace/DJJ assessments (including timely and correct documentation of scores).
• Monitors center’s academic key performance indicators