Curriculum, Data and Assessment Manger - Special Education - 9816

New Bedford Public School District; New Bedford (MA); Presencial; USD 85.000 - 110.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

New Bedford Public School District is seeking a Curriculum, Data and Assessment Manager – Special Education to provide leadership for curriculum development, data systems, and assessment practices across the district. The role guides staff through program improvements, professional development, and collaboration with multiple stakeholders.

The position requires strong knowledge of Special Education standards, data analysis, and ability to drive strategic initiatives aligned with district goals.

Formación

• Massachusetts Administrator certification required or ability to obtain.
• Bachelor’s Degree required; Master’s preferred in education or administration.
• Five+ years in special education with leadership experience.

Responsabilidades

• Lead development and evaluation of new curriculum for Special Education.
• Coordinate a team of administrators and teachers for curriculum work.
• Collaborate with faculty to design and implement curriculum improvements.
• Oversee review of current curriculum to meet standards across grades PreK-8.
• Develop a five-year curriculum development plan and update materials.
• Define testing calendars and policies; manage assessment data across schools.
• Support data collection and analysis for state, district and school assessments.
• Create data dashboards and ensure data informs decisions district-wide.
• Provide professional development in curriculum, data management, and analytics.
• Serve as liaison with Superintendent and principals on data needs.

Conocimientos

Data analysis

Collaboration

Communication

Project management

Educación

Massachusetts Administrator certification

Bachelor’s Degree

Master’s Degree

Herramientas

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Descripción del empleo

Curriculum, Data and Assessment Manger - Special Education - 9816

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Starting Date: Immediately

Job Description

Curriculum, Data and Assessment Manager – Special Education

We are deeply committed to an inclusive curriculum and school community that reflects the diversity of our student population. We strive to have the highest quality educators and encourage applications from candidates representing a broad range of skills and diverse backgrounds. We seek candidates who are dedicated to inclusion and have a clear interest in being part of the richness of diversity that the New Bedford Public Schools community has to offer.

Position:

• Curriculum, Data and Assessment Manager – Special Education

Summary:

• The Curriculum, Assessment, and Data Manager for Special Education will provide proactive, collaborative leadership to support the execution of key strategic initiatives related to Special Education. Will oversee the creation and management of a system wide Special Education initiatives aimed at developing staff to ensure District goals are met.

Thorough knowledge of current educational principles, best practices and procedures in development and implementation of Special Education curriculum, instruction, and assessment PreK-8. Knowledge of local, state and federal standards and assessments and ability to support their application, development and implementation. Knowledge of use of technology as an educational tool to support learning, multicultural instructional materials, and experience teaching across disciplines and with diverse populations. Ability to provide leadership for professional development building capacity in all aspects of Special Education instruction. Ability to monitor the implementation of strategic initiatives and support the districts goals through school visits, data analysis, and collaboration with other NBPS offices. Ability to effectively collaborate with staff, parents, and state and national colleagues to implement and monitor the strategic plan.

Possess excellent planning, organization, management, communications (oral and written) and human relations skills. Ability to prepare documents and presentations for a variety of audiences about the Special Education program. Have clear and demonstrated dedication to urban education and to the belief that all students can learn in order to develop the mission of educational excellence in New Bedford Public Schools.

EDUCATION, TRAINING, AND EXPERIENCE: Bachelor’s degree required and Master’s degree desired from accredited college or university. Course work in educational leadership or administration. Minimum seven years combined experience as a classroom teacher and/or successful recent leadership experience in assessing program needs, instructional planning, assessment development, and professional development.

Responsibilities:

• Participate in the development and evaluation of new curriculum.
• Identify and lead a team of administrators and teachers who will assist in curriculum development.
• Conduct research and collaborate with faculty and staff in the design and development of new curriculum.
• Coordinate the review/assessment of current curriculum to ensure that course/program is meeting intended grade level curriculum standards.
• Use evaluations and data to make recommendations for how to improve and edit curricula on an annual basis through the creation of a curriculum revision cycle.
• Develop a five year plan of curriculum development including the replacement of outdated materials.

Assessment:

• Collaborate to define and execute testing calendar and polices.
• Develop a plan to support test administration and data collections for all schools.
• Manage implementation and administration of all state, district, and school common assessments in adherence to students individualized educational plans.
• Partner with school leadership teams to support each school’s interim assessment protocols to analyze data, and support school leaders in identifying areas for improvement;
• Collect and disseminate best practices, external resources in the areas of benchmark and unit assessment data.
• Work with school and district leadership to identify key metrics to monitor district, school and student progress to allow for informed decision making.
• Develop, manage and report on staff, student and community surveys.

Analysis and Reporting:

• Conduct statistical analysis of student achievement data and school information and maintain data warehouse of all student assessment scores (state, district and school data and others as identified).
• Provide timely and clear reports on data analyzed.
• Manage the development and design of data dashboards and other regular reports or analysis that answer questions for key stakeholders, provide insight on student, school and district performance trends and patterns; and informs discussions and strategic decisions at the district and school levels, (e.g. aggregate and subgroup trends).
• Create a "public package" of achievement and other student-level data and provide a clear understanding of what the data means to critical audiences (School Committee, families and community, foundations, etc.) working with the Community Relations Manager to message the information in a public-friendly way
• Assess and recommend data software solutions, evaluate implementation of systems, technologies and business practices related to data management.
• Serve as the primary contact for all external data requests and provide needed data to Superintendent, Executive Director of Special Education, and Principals.

Data Management:

• Assist district administrators in preparing and administering reports to comply with federal and state requirements.
• Champion key findings from analysis and develop implementation models for district and school leaders to act upon data results.

Coaching and Development:

• Collaborate with Deputy Superintendent and other Office of School Performance leaders to conduct significant professional development around new initiatives in the areas of curriculum, data management and analytics.
• Serve as Special Education Department’s point of contact for building based administration
• Experience in curriculum development, quantitative data collection, analysis, interpretation and reporting with strong focus on data quality and continuous improvement processes.
• Expertise with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint; and in evaluating and learning new computer programs and familiarity with both Mac and PC operating environments.
• Proactive problem solver who demonstrates initiative.
• Strong work ethic coupled with an enthusiastic and passionate approach to one’s work.
• Other duties as assigned by the Superintendent and Executive Director of Special Education

Qualifications:

• Massachusetts Administrator certification.
• Bachelor’s Degree required, Masters’ Degree preferred
• Minimum of five years of experience in special education

Terms of Employment:

• CERTIFICATE AND LICENSE REQUIREMENTS: Meet appropriate DESE Administrator requirements, or ability to do so
• PHYSICAL DEMANDS (Special requirements such as lifting heavy objects and frequent climbing): General Office environment, fine motor requirements such as typing, writing, filing, reading, ability to communicate with a variety of internal/external stakeholders verbally, telephonically, in person, or virtually.
• SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS (Frequent overtime or night work required, etc.): Some extended day work required. Occasional attendance at evening meetings (i.e., School Committee, PTA, and community).
• OVERTIME ELIGIBLE: NO
• REPORTS TO: SUPERINTENDENT OR DESIGNEE
• SALARY RANGE:

This description may change at any time

The New Bedford Public Schools do not discriminate on account of age, race, color, sex, gender identity, gender expression, ancestry, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, military status, genetics, or disability that does not prohibit performance of essential job functions in employment for potential employees. New Bedford Public Schools encourages people with multilingual skills, particularly in Cape Verdean Creole, Portuguese and/or Spanish, to apply. Every available opportunity will be taken in order to assure that each applicant is selected on the basis of qualifications, merit and ability.

Position Type: Full-Time

Job Requirements

• Citizenship, residency or work visa required

Contact Information

• Paul Bottome , Executive Director of Special Education
• PRAB - Special Education
• Phone: [phone]