School Compliance Coordinator

Stride, Inc.

Attendance Specialist managing student attendance for Arkansas Virtual Academy, ensuring compliance with attendance policies and supporting families in addressing absenteeism.

Posted 4/29/2026full-timeLittle Rock • 🇺🇸 United StatesJuniorMid-LevelWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Serves as the school’s primary authority on attendance and truancy policy interpretation;
Leads school-wide attendance efforts and absenteeism prevention programming with a two-fold focus 1) educating families on the importance of attendance with a focus on prevention and 2) intervening to fix the underlying issues that lead to absenteeism;
Works with teachers to monitor student adherence to the school’s attendance policies;
Emails, calls and sends auto-dial notices to targeted student population;
Recommends families to the appropriate administrator for truancy intervention meetings as necessary;
Attends truancy meetings with school administrators;
Independently interprets state attendance laws and ensures state compliancy guidelines are met for student attendance, progress and system logins;
Ensures school policy and state requirements are met regarding all attendance withdrawals;
Produces attendance/truancy reports for the school, county and state, as required;
Analyzes attendance trends and independently directs corrective initiatives to address systemic issues;
Presents findings and strategic recommendations directly to ARVA Admin Team to assist students in situations where referral to service agencies are necessary;
Approves and enforces individualized attendance intervention plans to prevent juvenile delinquency and increase student attendance and engagement;
Assists other SIS staff on projects regarding state reporting, etc. Other duties as assigned

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree or higher
Two (2) years of data management experience, Excel preferred
Experience in education
Ability to pass required background check
Strong organizational, analytical and time management skills
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc.)
Experience with the eSchool and/or TRIAND
Experience with attendance/truancy
Knowledge of state school attendance laws, and other pertinent laws regarding K-12 education;
Knowledge of state specific court procedures regarding truancy;
Familiarity with online learning environment;
Post-secondary degree in Education, Counseling, Human Services or related field of study.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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Hard Skills & Tools

data managementExcelattendance reportingtruancy interventionattendance analysisindividualized attendance intervention plansstate attendance lawscourt procedures regarding truancyonline learning environment

Soft Skills

organizational skillsanalytical skillstime management skillswritten communication skillsverbal communication skills

Certifications

Bachelor’s degreePost-secondary degree in EducationPost-secondary degree in CounselingPost-secondary degree in Human Services