Data & Assessment Specialist — School Data & Testing

District of Columbia International School; Washington; On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

District of Columbia International School is hiring a full-time Data and Assessment Associate to own data systems, processes, validation and configuration. The role partners with the Data & Assessment Coordinator, principals, and the CAO to plan and coordinate standardized assessment administration.

The position requires a Bachelor’s Degree and strong Excel, data analysis, and dashboard-building skills, with experience in school testing coordination and data stewardship.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree is required.
• Experience with data management and testing coordination in a school setting required.
• Experience with DC Standardized Assessments is a plus.
• Experience as a teacher is a plus.
• Excellent excel and data analysis skills as well as building data dashboards required.
• Excellent project management skills required.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills necessary.
• Ability to use multiple technology platforms to guide instruction and communicate with students and families and proficiency with communicating using G-Suite tools, including Gmail, is preferred.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Clear a background check.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain systems of data collection across school teams including dashboards, calendars, trackers, etc.
• Serve as a data management liaison and technical support for key platforms used at DCI (example - Toddle).
• Build and use data systems to proactively report data to instructional leaders for use in making instructional decisions.
• Analyze and organize data for the Data & Assessment Coordinator, senior leaders, and instructional leaders for use in presentations and in alignment with DCI’s Five Year Strategic Plan and ongoing focus areas.
• Assist with professional development for educational staff in order to increase their skills in using current data platforms.
• Assist with student and staff culture survey implementation, and analysis for reporting.
• In partnership with the Data & Assessment Coordinator, support the management of SIS (eSchools Plus) and other data systems as needed, reconciling errors between systems.
• Prepare and analyze data for special projects.
• Analyze and report all data points as required by OSSE and PCSB.

Skills

Data management

Testing coordination

Excel

Data analysis

Dashboards

Project management

Communication

G-Suite proficiency

Interpersonal skills

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Tools

Toddle

eSchools Plus

G-Suite

Job description

District of Columbia International School is hiring a full-time Data and Assessment Associate to own data systems, processes, validation and configuration. The role partners with the Data & Assessment Coordinator, principals, and the CAO to plan and coordinate standardized assessment administration.

The position requires a Bachelor’s Degree and strong Excel, data analysis, and dashboard-building skills, with experience in school testing coordination and data stewardship.