Job Description
Job Title: Head Academic Data Coach
Department: Assigned School Location
Reports To: Principal
FLSA Status: Non Exempt
Salary Schedule: Extra Duty Assignment
Prepared
By: Director of Assessment and Research
Prepared
Date: 9/22/05 (Revised 11/12/13)
Approved By: Director of Human Resources
Approved Date: 9/22/05 (revised 11-12-13)
SUMMARY
Performs analyst duties in public school setting through the duties listed below as a contingency for stipend payment.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES may include the following. Other duties may be
assigned. Regular attendance and
timeliness is an essential job function to perform the essential duties and
responsibilities of the position.
Accesses
data-bases, summarizes information, and makes reports available to school
staff.
Understands formative and summative assessment systems and trains other school personnel in their use.
Develops systems with school staff to track student progress on an individual, classroom, and school level.
Disaggregates assessment results.
Organizes
data to develop student, classroom, and school profiles.
Organizes
data into presentations.
Coordinates the compilation of data for school plans.
Translates
assessment data in order to guide instructional practices.
Organizes data for use by collaborative teams.
Extracts
data from the student information system and organizes it for school use.
Works with the school testing coordinator to
distribute assessment results.
Attends training classes and other district
meetings as assigned.
Meets regularly with Principal in order to review assignments and set priorities for data work.
Facilitates the administration of benchmark assessments and assists teachers and administrators with the interpretation of results.
Assists school staff to
continuously collect, analyze, and utilize information from a range of data
sources, including comparison and trend data about student learning,
instruction, program evaluation, and organizational conditions, in order to
improve student achievement.
Facilitates data collection in conjunction with
school accreditation or other school-wide evaluation projects.
Provides data to school
webmaster for use on school website.
Trains teachers to record,
collect, summarize, and analyze data from the student information system.
Submits an Activity Plan and Progress Report each semester which are approved by the Principal and forwarded to the Director of Assessment & Research.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
This job has supervisory responsibilities over the Assistant Data Coaches (if any).
QUALIFICATIONS To perform this job successfully, an
individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The
requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or
ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals
with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Must demonstrate an acceptable level of
maturity, good judgment, and emotional stability.
Ability to operate basic word processing and spreadsheet software and can navigate the internet. Possesses excellent organizational skills. Ability to sustain involvement with long-term projects and assignments. Remain flexible when demands and/or assignments change. Sustain a high level of enthusiasm for the assignment. Must possess a basic understanding of the operations of a school. Must reflect a high degree of professionalism and maintain high expectations of self and students.
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE
Bachelors Degree; or one to two years directly
related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and
experience.
CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS
This position does not require any certificates
or licenses
LANGUAGE SKILLS
Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to communicate effectively with others both orally and written. Ability to work effectively with teachers and administrators.
MATHEMATICAL SKILLS
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs. Can interpret information when presented in tables, figures, and graphs. Possess basic knowledge of descriptive statistical measures.
REASONING ABILITY
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, and sit. The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and color vision.
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.
The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.