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Position at IDEA Public Schools

About IDEA Public Schools :  

 

At IDEA Public Schools, we believe in college for ALL and we are committed to ensuring that  all  our students graduate from college. IDEA Public Schools has grown from a small school to the fastest-growing network of tuition-free Pre-K-12 public charter schools in the United States sending 100% of our students to college. 50% of our students graduate from college in 6 years - that's 8 times the national rate for students in our communities!  

 
IDEA was founded in 2000 as a single school with 150 students in the Rio Grande Valley. When interest exceeded building capacity, to meet the demands, IDEA's co-founders committed to serving more students in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas and beyond. We now serve nearly  53 ,000 students across Texas and Louisiana. By 2022, IDEA will serve 100,000 students. Be on the lookout for IDEA schools opening near you-with continued growth in our current regions an d new launches in  Houston (2020), Permian Basin (202 0 ), and Tampa Bay (2021)!  

 

When you choose to work at IDEA, you are part of our IDEA Team and Family. You will work alongside team members who set and reach ambitious goals every day, are excited to continue to grow with IDEA, and work relentlessly to make college for all a reality.  

 

To learn more about IDEA, check out this  video .  

About San Antonio  

 

San Antonio is the nation's 7 th  largest city and boasts the highest rate of population growth across the U.S. As the San Antonio region continues to grow rapidly, IDEA is committed to increasing our community presence to provide the best experience for all families and children.  

 

In May 2019, we welcomed our region's first graduating seniors. We believe through the hard work of our passionate IDEA Team & Family; college acceptance and matriculation can be realized. Currently, 1 in 6 San Antonio  students '  graduate college ready. Changing this statistic for the better is part of the promise IDEA makes to current and incoming students.  

 

Join our IDEA San Antonio family as we are poised to serve 29,000 students at 37 local schools by 2022.   

Role   Mission:  The  Student Enrollment coordinator is responsible for owning the enrollment proces s in order to meet 100% campus enrollment goals. This  process  includes, but is not limited to, fostering  local interes t,  managing  first year of school enrollment ,  and  monitoring student and family  persistence .  They will raise awareness of IDEA Public Schools, promote their campus and available grades, secure applicants, and nurture families through the persistence pipeline.    

Accountabilities:    

Ensure 100%  Enrollment on the F irst Day of School (FDOS)

• Execute student recruitment strategies that target families with school-aged children within  a 5 - mile radius of the assigned campus    
• Attend community events and informational fairs to inform   families and promote  brand awareness of  IDEA Public Schools.  
• Execute  off-site presentations to daycares, housing authorities, community centers and other  community  organizations   

• Participate in neighborhood walks and door-to-door presentations in neighborhoods near IDEA schools.  
• Assist parents in completing a paper or online application.  
• Host  bi-weekly campus open houses  
• Monitor quality of applications submitted and resolves issues in a timely manner  
• Maintain and cultivate a solid wait list after lottery by providing communication and sustained recruitment efforts  
• Any and all other duties as assigned by  Student Enrollment Managers  

100% of Enrollment Milestones Completed On-Time and To Goal  (Re-Registration, Lottery, Registration, W elcome to IDEA, etc. )  

• If applicable, manage the re-registration process by distributing communications and following up with families until 100% of families have responded.   
• Post-Lottery  follow up with recruited and blindly selected  families  to offer their spot and secure their acceptance until achieving 100% acceptance.  
• Oversee Welcome to IDEA orientation planning which includes logistics,  production, content coordination, and attendance management to achieve 90% attendance.   
• Manage  r egistration process by distributing communications, following up with families, and  supporting the collection and input of registration documents until 100% registration is complete.   
• Monitor progress towards goals and make meaningful and timely adjustments  

100% of New Families Engage ment  Prior to the FDOS  

• Ensure all new families are effectively on-boarded  from the time they apply with ongoing communications and invitation to tours and/or open houses.   
• Monitor parent participation throughout the recruiting yea r  
• Collaborate with other campus staff on recruitment and engagement events to greet a nd  nurture relationships with new families.  
• Coordinate Info Sessions and Open Houses to on-board new families.  

90% New Family Persistence

• Learn the intricacies of the IDEA Public Schools model  to ensure all families know  about IDEA's program.  
• Develop long-lasting relationships with families  
• Attend  in-classroom  program observations in existing regions  
• Successfully complete  assessments after observations  

• Lead the work of ensuring 100% of new students and families receive high quality on-boarding  
• Lead the planning execution of specific new student interactions to help students get acclimated to the campus culture and expectations in a way that is inviting and engaging  
• Lead the planning and execution of specific new parent events to welcome the new parents to the campus and helps them integrate and get acclimated to the campus culture and expectations   
• Partner with the A ssistant Principal of Operations (APO)  to ensure all new student on-boarding is completed and operational support is given at all new student and new parent events  

Establish and Maintain  20 School-Benefiting Partnerships  

• Assess community assets within a 5 - mile radius of the campus and e stablishes novel community partnerships  with these  for the recruitment benefit of the campus   
• Maintain a positive working relationship with community partners to sustain and expand upon new partnerships  
• Maintain a current list of partnerships and contact information available to campus, APO, and R egional  D irector of  O perations (RDO)  as needed  

We look for Team and Family who embody the followingvaluesand characteristics:

• Believes and is committed to our missionand being an agent of change: that all students are capable of getting to and through college  
• Has demonstrated effectiveoutcomes and results, and wants to be held accountable for them  
• Has a propensity for action, willing to make mistakes by doing in order to learn and improve quickly  
• Works with urgency and purpose to drive student outcomes  
• Thrives in an entrepreneurial, high-growth environment; is comfortable with ambiguity and change  
• Seeks and responds well to feedback, which is shared often and freely across all levels of the organization  
• Works through silos and forges strong cross-departmental relationshipsin order toachieve outcomes  
• We believe in education asa professionand hold ourselves to high level of conduct, professionalism and behaviors as models for our colleagues and students.  

Mental Demands/Physical Demands/Environmental Factors:    

• Recruitment:  

• Ability to work a non-traditional schedule (evenings, weekends, select holidays)  
• S ignificant Walking/ Time on Feet  

• Ability/Interest in working o utdoor events  such as Festival of Lights/Parades  
• Set-up & Tear-Down of IDEA Information  Set Ups  
• Ability to Make Compelling  Cold call s  

• Enrollment:  

• Ability to work a non-traditional schedule (evenings, weekends, select holidays)  

• Event Planning and Hosting  

• Persistence:  
• Relationship-Building  
• Communications  

Qualifications:  

• Education :  High School Diploma, Some college  
• Intimate knowledge of the ir campus community   
• Ability to connect with parents and families around issues of education for their children  
• Ability to work a non-traditional schedule (evenings, weekends, select holidays)  
• Bilingual Spanish speaker strongly preferred ,  but not required  
• Valid Texas Driver's License and Clean Driving Record  

Knowledge and Skills:  

• Interpersonal skills  

• Public speaking  
• Self-management  
• Data entry  
• Computer skills  
• Knowledge of IDEA Public Schools  

• Event Planning  
• Bilingual preferred  

Compensation:

Hourly pay with performance incentive structure (total ~$40,000-$45,000 if all targets are met) 

• CT1 Pay Structure on a 235-day calendar 
• $13.99 to $17.17 based on experience
• Plusperformance incentive pay 
• $5,000 for 100% Enrollment 
• $2,500 each for 4 milestones, paid quarterly
• Total Bonus eligibility is $12,500 through August 2021

 

 

IDEA Public Schools does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, sex or disability, in admission or access to, or treatment of employment in its programs and activities. Any person having inquiries concerning the organization's compliance with the regulations implementing Title VI of Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VI), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Section 504), or Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), may contact IDEA Human Resources at (956) 377-8000.