Coordinator, Assessment Operations

Category:  Administrative
Job Function:  Administration
Department:  Assessment-Operations

Summary

The Assessment Operations Coordinator is responsible for planning and leading the District-wide administration of all state and national assessments in accordance with vendor and state policies and guidelines.

Essential Duties

  • Leads the Assessment Operations department in the continuous improvement cycle for all department goals and key performance indicators
  • Leads the Assessment Operations department in executing all state and national assessments in the District’s assessment strategy and annual testing calendar:
  • Completes all mandatory Georgia Department of Education and vendor assessment trainings
  • Creates and supervises project plans for the administration of each state and national assessment
  • Creates and supervises processes for managing school testing irregularities and parent testing refusals
  • Creates and supervises a process for monitoring school compliance to all state and national assessment processes and deadlines
  • Manages all state and national assessment technologies
  • Leads the technical setup, student roster upload, maintenance, and summer roll-over of state and national assessment technologies
  • Supervises the Georgia Department of Education process for data coding (e.g. participation validation, student matching, non-participation, and enrollment counts)
  • Responds to technical questions
  • Troubleshoots platform issues
  • Hires, supervises, and evaluates Program Specialist, Assessment Operations:
  • Ensures employee compliance with District policies, processes, and practices
  • Monitors and ensures effectiveness of employee projects and activities
  • Ensures continuous improvement and performance management of employee knowledge, skills, and abilities
  • Leads and/or participates in cross-departmental partnerships, committees, and working groups to align District-wide practices and processes to vendor and state expectations, ensure district-wide consistency in assessment administration, address stakeholder needs, and troubleshoot technical challenges
  • Performs other duties as assigned by the appropriate administrator

Required Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Education or related field
Master's Degree preferred

Certification/Licensure

Valid and clear teaching certificate required

Experience Qualifications

Minimum 3 years of successful classroom teaching experience required; Prior experience with assessment administration preferred; Experience working within a large, complex organization preferred

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

  • Demonstrated ability to plan and execute district-wide processes or projects
  • Demonstrated ability to effectively navigate, set-up, and maintain assessment technology services or systems
  • Demonstrated ability to plan and execute multiple projects simultaneously to meet short-term objectives and long-term goals
  • Demonstrated ability to implement cycles of continuous improvement and develop innovative solutions that address challenges
  • Demonstrated ability to lead and supervise employee performance
  • Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively with diverse groups of stakeholders, including district/school administrators, teachers, and/or community members
  • Excellent communication skills both written and verbal

Working Conditions

  • Normal office environment
  • Will require travel between schools

Physical Demands

  • Routine activities associated with normal office environment
  • Must be able to lift and carry up to 25 lbs. occasionally
Posting ID:  31992

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