The Orientation Specialist is responsible for facilitating the Company’s defined orientation curriculum with all new students and parents and ensuring a successful transition for all students resulting in early performance improvement and retention. The Orientation Specialist tracks each orientation “cohort” for ten weeks through attendance, academic performance and behavior monitoring. They obtain regular feedback from each student’s Advisory Teacher; meet with students weekly; communicate with parents; and ensure that students in need of personal/social service supports are connected with appropriate services through the student service department.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Organizes and directs the new student orientation process with parents and students which includes acclimating students and parents to school policies, procedures, and expectations, along with assisting students with their understanding of the Student Code of Conduct and the schools policies and procedures.
• Effectively facilitates a classroom environment that encourages a positive, orderly and purposeful student learning atmosphere.

• Provide a learning environment of high student accountability that is student-centered and aligned with the school’s academic goals and specified objectives.
• Tracks attendance of all orientation cohorts for the first 10 weeks of each student’s enrollment and intervenes to assist and support student engagement in school.
• Tracks attendance, academic and behavioral performance for each orientation cohort and provides weekly updates on cohort retention to the Principal and Assistant Principal.
• Assist in all initiatives to ensure school meets defined FTE enrollment, attendance, retention, and performance metric goals.
• Collaborates effectively and professionally with peers to develop, plan, and implement best educational practices based upon the individual academic needs of the students that are aligned with company goals.

• Participates in professional development courses or activities to maintain appropriate certification or credentials based on position.
• Performs all other duties as assigned.

Job Requirements and Prerequisites:

• Associate's Degree or higher education.
• Previous teaching experience required.
• Previous experience in high school guidance strongly preferred.
• Teacher certification preferred

• Knowledge of the principles of secondary education

• Knowledge of curriculum and instructional theory
• Knowledge, skills and ability to analyze and use data to drive program improvement
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing

• Previous experience and/or the ability to work with overage and at-risk youth is preferred.
• Flexible scheduling with potential weekend and evening hours to accommodate working parents.