Receptionist; Orleans

About Collegiate Academies

Collegiate Academies schools are at the forefront of the increase in New Orleans’ and Baton Rouge’ students attending college. We build world-class public schools that prepare all students for college success. We embrace meeting the needs of every student. For us, when we say "all" scholars, we mean Black and Brown scholars, scholars who come in 5 years below reading level, students who are ready for AP classes in the 9th grade, students who are overaged for their grade, students who have an IEP or 504 or BIP, the list goes on!

Our mission is radical. Black and brown students too often hear that college isn't an option for them. We are proud that our high schools have the most growth in our cities for populations that historically see many obstacles to college acceptance. And we continue to inspire our scholars' college future while relentlessly removing barriers. As a result we celebrate yearly as we see our scholars matriculate into college and postsecondary options like Brown University, Tulane University, Opportunities Academy, and the University of Louisiana at Lafayette with selective scholarships like from Posse Foundation, The Gates Scholarship, and TOPS.

• You are surrounded by excellent teammates who want to help you grow with them. Our fastest growing teammates and leaders continually evaluate your choices against those of the strongest examples around them who achieve extraordinary results regularly.
• You get to work on a team instead of “in a silo” as you chase goals that support the growth happening in classrooms. We choose to build a shared school culture where 100% of scholars are thinking and all teammates contribute directly to that scholar culture, regardless of role. Our strongest teammates create opportunities to teach college ready habits to scholars daily, even from "office" roles.
• We’re a collaborative team who share the work of meeting the goals it takes to be college ready. We deliver and share intentional feedback to each other daily through in‑person feedback, written feedback on major projects, and daily observations. And then share that data with the team to keep us all focused on college success.
• You’ll get to celebrate with scholars and teammates as they reach milestones in the classroom, on the field, on the streets during Mardi Gras, and professionally. The excellence we demand from kids and adults results in so much growth and so many achievements we get to enjoy together.

• Establish and maintain the main office as a welcoming, secure, calm, and clean environment for visitors, students, and staff.
• Meet the needs of all visitors and staff in a timely and respectful fashion while maintaining records of all visitors, students, and vendors in the front office.
• Answer voicemails and phone calls in a courteous manner.
• Receive packages and file all mail each day.

• Maintain accurate and up-to-date daily attendance records and facilitate collection of student records upon enrollment.
• Correct all errors in attendance daily and communicate habitual errors or issues with attendance to teachers and appropriate leaders.
• Log any student early dismissals and communicate with bus drivers and teaching teams.
• Process all student records requests in accordance with our handbook and in a timely manner.

• Hold high expectations for student interns and be willing to coach them as they build skills and independence.
• Assist Executive Director, DFO, and network team with special projects.
• Foster positive rapport and relationships with students, families, visitors, and community members.
• Demonstrate flexibility and creatively embrace ambiguities of building a school.

• High School degree required.
• 2+ years of relevant experience, preferably working with students from similar backgrounds to Collegiate Academies students.