Director Of Assessment
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Job Title: Director of Assessment Wage/Hour Status: Exempt
Reports to: Executive Director of Accountability and School Improvement Pay Grade: Admin 6
Dept. /School: Accountability Days: 227
Supervises: Coordinator(s)
Primary Purpose: To direct and oversee district and state assessment programs providing accurate and timely data to inform decision-making at all levels.
Qualifications:
Education/Certification:
Masters degree preferred
Valid Texas teaching certificate required
Administrator certificate preferred
Campus Testing Coordinator (CTC) experience preferred
Special Knowledge Skills:
Demonstrated leadership
Proven time management and organizational skills
Proven experience in planning organizing and presenting staff development sessions
Demonstrate proficiency in typing Microsoft Suite One Note One Drive Share Point Google Docs
Ability to organize maintain and retrieve from a large system
Personal qualities of tact courtesy dependability and initiative
Proficiency in student information data management systems
Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Superintendent or their designee may find appropriate and acceptable.
Experience:
Three years successful teaching experience
Campus Testing Coordinator experience preferred
At least 2 years success campus or district leadership experience preferred
Major Responsibilities and Duties:
1. Participate in the planning implementation and evaluation of the Indicators of Success and the board goals
2. Compiles analyzes and transforms multiple sources of data as required for the analysis or evaluation of various projects programs and/or proposals that measures the progress of educational performance and achievement of students in locally and federally funded programs
3. Supports the Executive Director of Accountability and School Improvement by providing information that advises staff and the School Board on policy related to student achievement and assessment
4. Cooperate with other ECISD departments in the coordination of assessment and testing
5. Ensure the execution of all testing programs and required trainings throughout the district associated with accountability are within TEA guidelines
6. Maintain a working knowledge of all district assessments and assessment vendors and platforms (TIDE Cambium TestHound Eduphoria NWEA MAP etc.) and their local and state accountability implications
7. Oversee the execution of training for all local and state assessments to all district staff
8. Provide reporting for local assessments including District Checkpoint assessments as requested
9. Coordinate data literacy and assessment literacy trainings for district assessment platforms for district stakeholders including the Centralized Reporting System (CRS) Eduphoria and NWEA MAP etc.
10. Service as point of contact to outside organizations contracted for reporting of state assessment results (College Board etc.)
11. Coordinate the assessment of students and former students requesting assessment for graduation purposes
12. Coordinate distribution of assessment results to campus personnel administrators and district-level departments including identification of students requiring HB1416 interventions (from TIDE Eduphoria etc.)
13. Work with the Executive Director of Accountability and School Improvement to regularly collect and analyze assessment data to determine district campus and department areas of opportunity (EOC re-testers MAP predictions trends of previous-year STAAR etc.) related to accountability implications
14. Assists the Executive Director of Accountability and School Improvement in developing and/or providing reports and presentations to the School Board and other administrative roles
15. Create gain approval of disseminate and regularly update the District Testing Calendar
16. Prepare public notifications of test administrations to CTCs and approve (prior to release) public notification of test administrations to Campus Testing Coordinators (CTCs) and campus administrators
17. Remain knowledgeable of all state assessments and their accountability implications
18. Monitor investigate report and gather information (from Coordinator of State Assessments campuses CTCs) regarding testing irregularities and immediately report to TEA
19. Attend necessary regional and state assessment workshops meetings and conferences including Texas Statewide Network of Assessment Professionals (TSNAP) Lead4Ward Accountability Connect Texas School Alliance and / or Texas Assessment Conference etc.
20. Serve as the District Testing Coordinator (DTC) and attend all required District Coordinator training(s)
21. Provide analysis of data-driven instructional practices to help identify strengths and weaknesses in district academic programs and initiatives
22. Gather necessary assessment reporting as directed by Accountability and School Improvement
23. Support the Coordinator of State Assessments with all assessment related professional development training testing windows district monitoring and other necessary tasks
24. Aggregate and disaggregate district and campus data for the purpose of district professional learning and data literacy in collaboration with Director of Accountability and Director of Data Analytics
25. Design create and facilitate data literacy professional learning for campus and district leaders in collaboration with Director of Accountability and Director of Data Analytics
26. Monitor track and complete internal data requests related to assessment and accountability
27. Participate in PEIMS validation for applicable assessment related metrics
28. Remain knowledgeable about assessment policies impacting various district teams and departments (Curriculum and Instruction Emergent Bilingual Special Education and other student populations)
29. Perform duties in a professional ethical and responsible manner as defined in the TEA code of Ethics for Educators and District Handbook including maintaining security and ethical use of student data
30. Collaborate within and across district teams as appropriate at the direction of the Executive Director of Accountability & School Improvement
31. All other duties as assigned
Working Conditions:
Demands/Physical Demands/Environmental Factors:
Maintain emotional control under stress. Frequent districtwide and statewide travel; may be required to work after hours and weekends.
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must have met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations will be made if necessary while performing the duties of this job. The employee is regularly required to sit stand move throughout the room and/or facility communicate verbally and electronically use hands to finger-handle or feel objects tools or controls reach with hands and arms kneel stoop crouch and/or crawl and climb or balance. Regularly required to lift or exert force of up to 60 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision distance vision color vision and the ability to adjust focus. Regular attendance is required.
Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full-Time
