Specialist, IMPACT Data and Operations

District of Columbia Public Schools; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

District of Columbia Public Schools is seeking a Specialist, IMPACT Data and Operations to ensure the evaluation system is implemented with fidelity across IMPACT components. The role leads data collection, dashboard development, and analytical memos for senior leadership.

The ideal candidate has a Bachelor's degree with 3–5 years' related experience, strong Excel and Power BI skills, and experience in data governance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and three to five years of related work experience.
• Master's degree preferred.
• Previous exposure to or experience in the education sector a plus.
• Experience using formulas in Excel.
• Experience creating dashboards using PowerBI a plus.
• Experience in data/database management, auditing, or Quickbase a plus.
• Exceptional time management and organizational skills.
• Experience analyzing quantitative data sets, creating data-focused memos, reports and presentations, and/or manipulating real-world data systems.
• Excellent quantitative skills, including the ability to examine available data, apply decision rules and analytical methods, produce descriptive and inferential statistics, and prepare meaningful reports based on analyses.

Responsibilities

• Ensures information in the IMPACT databases is efficiently and accurately entered, stored, and maintained through regular auditing.
• Engages with various internal teams and external vendors to document business rules for IMPACT component score calculations, memos, dashboards, and data requests to ensure continuity and accuracy of data.
• Leads the work around data collection, transformation, and calculation for various workstreams including but not limited to student achievement goals for staff and school leaders, Student Surveys of Practice, Individual Value Added, and Special Education Timeliness.
• Develops and maintains dashboards and other data visualizations using PowerBI, Tableau, or similar data tools.
• Completes equity-focused analyses and progress monitoring on the evaluation system and translates those analyses into presentations, visualizations, and formats that a broader audience, including senior leadership and external audiences can understand and act upon.
• Builds relationships and liaises with various internal departments to drive collaboration and project success; and interacts with and responds effectively to urgent requests from multiple internal and external DCPS stakeholders.
• Identifies and resolves complex obstacles to ensure the success of IMPACT, including providing instructional superintendents, school leaders, and teachers with large-scale and individualized support.

Skills

Data analysis

Dashboard design

Power BI

Excel (formulas)

Tableau

Stakeholder collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Power BI

Excel

Tableau

Quickbase

Job description

Office: Office of School Improvement and Supports

The mission of theOfficeofSchool Improvement and Supports (OSIS) is to ensure we support our schools and our students to succeed and to meet the Goals of our Strategic Plan. TheOfficeworks to dramatically accelerate the number of excellent schools through school transformation, including design, partnerships, Connected Schools, and Comprehensive School Planning (CSP). TheOfficedevelops, aligns, and delivers high-qualitysupportsto ensure students, particularly students furthest away from opportunity, are in school, able to engage in rigorous learning, and have a joyous educational environment. TheOfficeensures our schools have excellent leaders, educators, and staff who are prepared to meet the diverse needs of the young people we serve.

Divisions/Teams

School Improvement

School Performance:Promotes data-driven decision-making through a cycle of continuous improvement to develop, implement, andmonitorthe comprehensive school plan designed to move schools toward a consistent standard of excellence.

Design:Designsinnovative school models that transform learning for our students furthest from opportunity and supports District workstreams to be more grounded in community voice by anchoring in data, community engagement and understanding, and elevating and integrating student voice.

Connected Schools:Supports schools in implementing the DCPS Connected Schools Model. Connected Schools take a whole child, whole school, whole community approach by making schools spaces that support not only a student’s academic development, but also the student and family’s overall wellbeing through access to resources related to health, employment, housing, and more.

Student Supports

School Mental Health:Ensures that students' behavioral and social-emotional needs are met to increase access to the curriculum,strengthenemotional regulationandprosocial skills, and respond to school communities in times of crisis.

Student Placement:Ensuresevery student thatrequiresa change in school assignment based on housing status,military transition,communityreleaseor other specialcircumstancereceives aplacement that considers their unique needsfor school success.

Student Health Services:Ensuresaccess to preventative and coordinatedservices forall students to supporthealth and wellness,appropriate careofstudents with chronic healthconditionsandpreventabsenteeism due to health-relatedfactors.

Learning and Development Sciences

Learningand Development Sciences Division(LDS)is charged with supporting the district’sStrategic Plan goals on Safety and Belonging. Grounded inthe latestscienceof learning and developmentandpowered by lived experiences, the district’s approach is a long-term vision thatincorporates criticalsystemshifts,codifies the most effective evidence-based practices,and supports individual schools to implementsystemsand practices that create favorable conditions for learning.

Multi-TieredSystemsof Support(MTSS):DCPS’s approach to tieredsupportsis grounded in a commitment to serving the whole child. The MTSS team supports schools to understand student and staff strengths and needsholistically andsupports their implementation of aligned evidence-based best practices across academics, social-emotional learning, attendance, and behavior.

IMPACT: IMPACT isDCPS’effectiveness assessmentsystemforallschool-based staff.IMPACT endeavorsforallschool-staff memberstoreceivetimelyandaccuratefeedbackon their performanceand to have that performance recognized and rewarded.Theultimate goalof IMPACT isto ensure thatall students,at all schools,have access toahighestquality staffmembersacross all roles.

IMPACT Operations:The teamcoordinatesacross DCPS to develop guidance forindividual components that reflect DCPS’ priorities, manages external vendors for the accurate and timely production ofscores for various components, manages a helpline where all staff canreach out with questions about their evaluation, supports managers to ensure all evaluations are conducted with fidelity, and produces data analysis tosupport the mission of other teams across DCPS.

IMPACTAlign:This team develops tools to ensure all teacher evaluators have what they need to apply DCPS’ classroom observation rubric accurately and consistently; produces resources and guidance designed tobuild fluency intheobservation rubricamong teachers;supports principal and instructional superintendentalignment with respect toDCPS’ school leader evaluation rubric; and collaborates with teams across DCPS to ensure all supported rubrics continue to provide a clear language of effectiveness that supports the mission of IMPACT.

IMPACT Design:This team gathers and responds to feedback from DCPS leadership,staffandother central services teams. This teamuses this feedback to considerpossibleadjustmentstoIMPACTto ensure the evaluationsystemremainsaccurateand aligned to DCPS priorities. The team also liaises with other states, districts, education groups, and researchers to learn from the best practices and lessons learned in the field of staff and school leader evaluation.

The Specialist, IMPACT Data and Operations is responsible for ensuring the evaluation system is implemented with fidelity by leading one or more critical workstreams. The Specialist will also contribute to the ongoing development and implementation of the evaluation system, as well as help ensure senior leadership is well informed about the evaluation system through the production of memos and dashboards.

This position has been designated as Protection Sensitive. Pursuant to section 410 of Chapter 4 of the D.C. Personnel Regulations; in addition to the general suitability screening, individuals applying for or occupying protection sensitive positions are subject to the following checks and tests: Criminal background check; Sex Offender Registry check; Traffic record check (as applicable).

The Specialist, IMPACT Data and Operations will report to the Director, IMPACT Operations.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

The below statements are intended to describe the general nature and scope of work being performed by this position. This is not a complete listing of all responsibilities, duties, and/or skills required. Other duties may be assigned.

• Ensures information in the IMPACT databases is efficiently and accurately entered, stored, and maintained through regular auditing.
• Engages with various internal teams and external vendors to document business rules for IMPACT component score calculations, memos, dashboards, and data requests to ensure continuity and accuracy of data.
• Leads the work around data collection, transformation, and calculation for various workstreams including but not limited to student achievement goals for staff and school leaders, Student Surveys of Practice, Individual Value Added, and Special Education Timeliness.
• Develops and maintains dashboards and other data visualizations using PowerBI, Tableau, or similar data tools.
• Completes equity-focused analyses and progress monitoring on the evaluation system and translates those analyses into presentations, visualizations, and formats that a broader audience, including senior leadership and external audiences can understand and act upon.
• Builds relationships and liaises with various internal departments to drive collaboration and project success; and interacts with and responds effectively to urgent requests from multiple internal and external DCPS stakeholders.
• Identifies and resolves complex obstacles to ensure the success of IMPACT, including providing instructional superintendents, school leaders, and teachers with large-scale and individualized support.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and three to five years of related work experience.
• Master's degree preferred.
• Previous exposure to or experience in the education sector a plus.
• Experience using formulas in Excel.
• Experience creating dashboards using PowerBI a plus.
• Experience in data/database management, auditing, or Quickbase a plus.
• Exceptional time management and organizational skills.
• Experience analyzing quantitative data sets, creating data-focused memos, reports and presentations, and/or manipulating real-world data systems.
• Excellent quantitative skills, including the ability to examine available data, apply decision rules and analytical methods, produce descriptive and inferential statistics, and prepare meaningful reports based on analyses.

DCPS Values

• STUDENTS FIRST: We recognize students as whole children and put their needs first in everything we do.
• COURAGE: We have the audacity to learn from our successes and failures, to try new things, and to lead the nation as a proof point of PK-12 success.
• EQUITY: We work proactively to eliminate opportunity gaps by interrupting institutional bias and investing in effective strategies to ensure every student succeeds.
• EXCELLENCE: We work with integrity and hold ourselves accountable for exemplary outcomes, service, and interactions.
• TEAMWORK: We recognize that our greatest asset is our collective vision and ability to work collaboratively and authentically.
• JOY: We enjoy our collective work and will enthusiastically celebrate our success and each other.

We are an equal opportunity employer and are committed to creating an inclusive, accessible workplace. We welcome and encourage applications from individuals with disabilities. Accommodation and/or application assistance is available upon request at all stages of the application and employment process. To request accommodation, please contact [e-mail].