Director Of Accountability

Job Title: Director of Accountability Wage/Hour Status: Exempt

Reports to: Executive Director of Accountability and School Improvement Pay Grade: Admin 6

Dept. /School: Accountability Days: 227

Supervises: Coordinator

Primary Purpose: To oversee and support district accountability and related programs including continuously analyzing evaluating and predicting accountability trends and areas of opportunity for our district.

Qualifications:

Education/Certification:

• Masters degree preferred

• Valid Texas teaching certificate

• Administrator certificate preferred

• Campus administrative experience (assistant principal dean or principal) 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

• 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 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. Ensure district-wide compliance with all federal and state accountability requirements
5. 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
6. Oversee and ensure compliance with HB1416 implementation within the district. including developing systems for HB1416 compliance and providing applicable training for district and campus leaders
7. 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
8. 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
9. Remain knowledgeable of all state assessments and other accountability metrics and their accountability implications
10. 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.
11. Provide analysis of data-driven instructional practices to help identify strengths and weaknesses in district academic programs and initiatives
12. Communication accountability-related predictions trends and analysis to campus administrators as requested by the Executive Director of Accountability and School Improvement
13. Ensure that elementary and secondary campuses have accurate student data regarding all testing opportunities and accountability-related metrics
14. Gather necessary accountability reporting as directed by Accountability and School Improvement
15. Oversee and ensure compliance with the implementation of MTSSAcademic and MTSSBehavioral systems within the district including assistance and monitoring for selection piloting and implementation of Academic and Behavior systems.
16. Support Coordinators of MTSS with MTSS related professional development training timelines monitoring complianceand other necessary tasks.
17. Aggregate and disaggregate district and campus data for the purpose of district professional learning and data literacy in collaboration with Director of Assessment and Director of Data Analytics
18. Design create and facilitate data literacy professional learning for campus and district leaders in collaboration with Director of Assessment and Director of Data Analytics
19. Coordinate and conduct Data Tours connecting district assessments (MAP Interim Benchmark etc) to school and district accountability metrics for campus principals and assistant principals
20. Tailors and conducts Data Tours connecting district assessments to the needs of district departments (Academics Special Education etc.)
21. Analyzes and prepares reports from local state and national assessment data as it relates to individual student performance and school improvement
22. Coordinate district systems and processes for Results Driven Accountability (RDA) including coordination within and between district departments communication with TEA focus groups RDA committee meetings campus walks and other established district practices
23. Facilitates collaboration across district departments for the development of RDA Strategic Support Plans (SSPs) as required by TEA
24. Ensure the submission of required SSPs associated evidence of implementation and self-assessments to TEA by identified teams
25. Monitor track and complete internal data requests related to assessment and accountability
26. Participate in PEIMS validation for accountability metrics and HB1416 compliance.
27. Remain knowledgeable about accountability policies impacting various district teams and departments (Curriculum and Instruction Emergent Bilingual Special Education and other student populations)
28. Collaborate within and across district teams regarding accurate reporting of accountability metrics including graduation rate CCMR RDA college readiness assessments dual credit etc.
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 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 Experience:

Director