Job Description

THE OPPORTUNITY

As a member of the Regional Team, the District Assessment Coordinator (DAC) is responsible for planning and executing on school- and region-level assessment cycles. In this role, the DAC will have an opportunity to develop deep connections with regional leaders, school leaders, and teachers to meet challenging academic goals and implement organizational data strategies around data-driven decision making and instructional practices through analyses and capacity building at the schools. The District Assessment Coordinator works closely with the school based teams to drive results across campuses. This is a full-time position, based at the KIPP Minnesota Regional Office.

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES

Responsibilities of the KIPP Minnesota District Assessment Coordinator include, but are not limited to the following:

ACADEMICS AND ASSESSMENT

• Serve as KIPP Minnesota’s District Assessment Coordinator (DAC)  with the coordination and administration state assessments including MCAs, MTAS, and ACCESS
• Manage other district wide assessments including NWEA MAP 
• Assist school leadership teams in the use of academic data, analytical tools, and analysis to drive student growth and achievement
• Work with teammates to analyze current and future data needs to improve instructional and operational planning
• Assist instructional teams in communicating academic achievement and other data effectively to internal and external stakeholders
• Complete other data and assessment responsibilities as assigned

DATA PLATFORM MANAGEMENT

• Understand and develop KIPP Minnesota’s data and systems integration processes in order to ensure all systems are being executed properly
• Lead day-to-day backend management of all KIPP Minnesota digital platforms including our SIS (PowerSchool), assessment tools (Aimsweb, STEP, etc.) and all other academic platforms. 
• Serve as data liaison to the KIPP Foundation, managing all KF data requests 
• Develop and update documentation to assist in using data collection tools, management, and integration processes
• Complete other data and assessment responsibilities as assigned

Qualifications

Our ideal candidate has experience working in schools with a similar population of students and an unwavering belief in the mission of confronting educational inequity.  We are seeking someone who has a Bachelor’s Degree or Master’s Degree (preferred). Here are the qualities that our ideal candidate has:

• Strong project and time management skills; ability to effectively backwards plan, juggle multiple priorities with great attention to detail, and deliver consistent and timely results
• Sense of humility and customer service mindset
• Strong communication skills - conveys information in a way that is strategic, honest, timely, and respectful
• Excellent computer skills, including advanced skills with Microsoft Excel and the Google Suite
• Experience with data visualization and dashboarding tools (e.g. Tableau)
• Experience training and communicating data and analytics products to audiences of varying levels of expertise
• Experience programming in data analysis languages and/or software (i.e. SQL, Python, R)
• Desire to continuously learn and increase effectiveness as a professional

Additional Information

COMPENSATION: 

_SALARY: _$47,000 - $55,000

*In order to establish equitable salary practices; the compensation package is derived from the Regional KIPP Minnesota pay scale and benefits package, which includes medical, dental, life, long-term disability and retirement benefits as well as an annual salary review and revision.

HOW TO APPLY 

We are committed to hiring a diverse and multicultural leadership team and encourage applications from traditionally under-represented backgrounds. Please apply online here. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis.

KIPP:MN is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind: KIPP:MN is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all candidates and  employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions are based on our business need, job requirements and required qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by ​​protected by federal, state or local laws. KIPP:MN will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.”

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