Approvals and Alignments Coordinator

Job Description

At Stride, we believe effective learning happens when high-quality curriculum, strong instructional practices, and thoughtful accountability systems work together to support every student. As expectations for schools continue to evolve, we need detail-oriented team members who can support the intersection of compliance and instruction.

The Approvals and Alignment Coordinator supports the Curriculum Compliance and School Support Supervisor in coordinating curriculum and course approval processes, standards alignment reviews, and school-facing compliance needs. This role focuses on execution, documentation, and cross-functional coordination to ensure curriculum programs meet regulatory requirements and are positioned for successful implementation in schools.
The coordinator works closely with internal curriculum teams and school stakeholders to support approval submissions, maintain alignment documentation, and assist with compliance-related processes. This role plays a key part in ensuring accuracy, organization, and timely completion of approval and alignment workstreams that contribute to improved student outcomes.

SUMMARY: At Stride, we believe effective learning happens when high-quality curriculum, strong instructional practices, and thoughtful accountability systems work together to support every student. As expectations for schools continue to evolve, we need detail-oriented team members who can support the intersection of compliance and instruction.

The Approvals and Alignment Coordinator supports the Curriculum Compliance and School Support Supervisor in coordinating curriculum and course approval processes, standards alignment reviews, and school-facing compliance needs. This role focuses on execution, documentation, and cross-functional coordination to ensure curriculum programs meet regulatory requirements and are positioned for successful implementation in schools.

The coordinator works closely with internal curriculum teams and school stakeholders to support approval submissions, maintain alignment documentation, and assist with compliance-related processes. This role plays a key part in ensuring accuracy, organization, and timely completion of approval and alignment workstreams that contribute to improved student outcomes.

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

• Write detailed course documentation for review and approval processes at the school, district, and state level.

• Maintain consistent documentation about courses and products approved for use in states, districts, and schools.
• Support the coordination and tracking of curriculum and course approval processes, including maintaining timelines, documentation, and submission materials.

• Provide expertise and consultation on the integration of third-party content and resources.
• Work collaboratively with third-party curriculum partners to obtain documentation consistent with that of K12 courses.
• Coordinate alignment requests to both state/national academic standards and test blueprints, including the creation, verification, and distribution of documentation for alignments, both for internal PD curriculum creation purposes and to satisfy the needs of stakeholders external to the department, including those within the school services, school management, new business development, marketing, and sales groups.
• Complete accurate alignments and templates for alignments as needed.
• Support schools in gathering and organizing required materials for compliance reporting, audits, and authorizer requests.
• Collaborate on teacher support documents.
• Assist in the preparation of reports, summaries, and materials for internal stakeholders, including leadership updates and approval status tracking.
• Serve as a point of coordination across teams to ensure timely communication and completion of approvals and alignment-related tasks.
• Perform additional duties assigned to support curriculum compliance and school support initiatives.

Supervisory Responsibilities: This position has no formal supervisory responsibilities.

MINIMUM REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:   

• Bachelor’s degree in education, Curriculum & Instruction, or related field
• Three (3) years of experience related to curriculum development, conventional or online; electronic, digital, or broadcast forms of educational curricula; school administration.
• Experience successfully managing multiple high-stakes projects.
• Familiarity with state standards, curriculum alignment, or approval processes.
• Strong organizational skills with attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to work positively and collaboratively with third-party organizations, including state education departments, districts, and schools.

Certificates and Licenses: None required.

OTHER REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: 

• Strong working knowledge of pedagogy and curriculum development and design
• Practical knowledge of instructional literacy and numeracy strategies, online instructional design theories, and learning style theories
• Practical knowledge in the implementation of copyright standards
• Knowledge of training best practices and curriculum design principles
• Strong interpersonal, leadership, and motivational skills

• Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint); Web proficiency.
• Ability to travel 15% of the time.
• Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Visio, etc.); Web proficiency.
• Ability to clear the required background check

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master’s degree in related field

WORK ENVIRONMENT:  The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• This position is virtual and open to residents of the 50 states and Washington, D.C.

Compensation & Benefits: Stride, Inc. considers a person’s education, experience, and qualifications, as well as the position’s work location, expected quality and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value when determining a new employee’s salary level.  Salaries will differ based on these factors, the position’s level and expected contribution, and the employee’s benefits elections.  Offers will typically be in the bottom half of the range. 

• We anticipate the salary range to be $52,439.25.00 to $62,500.00 per year. The upper end of this range is not likely to be offered, as an individual’s compensation can vary based on several factors. These factors include, but are not limited to, geographic location, experience, training, education, and local market conditions. Eligible employees may receive a bonus. Stride offers a robust benefits package for eligible employees that can include health benefits, retirement contributions, and paid time off.

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. 

Job Type

Regular

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.

If you are a job seeker with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to apply for one of our jobs, you can request the appropriate accommodation by contacting stridecareers@k12.com.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

Stride, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants receive consideration for employment based on merit without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by federal, state, or local law. Stride, Inc. complies with all legally required affirmative action obligations. Applicants will not be discriminated against because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.