Data & Assessment Associate SY26-27
Who We Are
District of Columbia International School (DCI) is a public charter school serving over 1600 racially and economically diverse students in grades 6-12 from across the District of Columbia. We aim to provide our students with a world-class education that empowers them to follow their passions and change the world. DCI’s education centers on an International Baccalaureate curriculum, advanced language learning in Chinese, Spanish, and French, and a culture focused on student agency supported by 1:1 technology.
Position Overview: DCI is hiring a full-time Data and Assessment Associate. The Data and Assessment Associate owns the data systems, processes, validation and configuration at DCI, In partnership with the Data & Assessment Coordinator, the principals, and the CAO this role also assists with the planning and coordination of all standardized assessment administration.
Salary Range: $50,000 - $70,000 (Starting salary is determined by education and years of relevant experience)
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.
Key Qualities & Skills:
Educational Data Management
- 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.
Assessment
- Supervise the implementation of our testing protocol and calendar, including the planning and communication of all test administration windows (STAMP, MAP, SAT/PSAT, ACCESS, and DC CAPE)
- Provide professional development for educational staff in order to increase their skills in providing a compliant and effective testing administration environment.
- Partner with the Student Support Team (SST) team and grade level teams to support small group testing accommodations.
- Ensure data security protocols for all standardized assessments
- Supervise the training and support of all staff in completion of testing and makeup testing
- Other duties as assigned.
Faculty and Staff Development/Benefits: DCI is committed to the principles of servant leadership and to providing faculty and staff with the resources and training they need to provide an excellent education experience for every student and family.
- We have a benefits package that includes health and disability insurance and paid leave.
- We offer teachers daily planning time, professional development, and reasonable class sizes.
- Teachers and staff have the appropriate technology and support to do their work.
DC International School is dedicated to the goal of building a culturally diverse faculty and staff committed to teaching and working in a multicultural and multilingual environment.
As published by greenhouse · 18 questions · 3 written answers
Basics
First Name, Last Name, Email, Phone, Resume/CV, Cover Letter
Short answers (4)
- What is your desired salary?
- What is your prior experience working in a school or district setting? If you have no school/district experience, why do you want to work in this environment?
- Rate your excel/google sheets expertise from 1-10? (1 - Novice to 10 - Expert). Explain your rating.
- Rate your project planning expertise from 1-10? (1 - Novice to 10 - Expert). Explain your rating.
Pick from a list (11)
- Are you authorized to work in the United States?
- Do you require visa sponsorship in order to work in the United States?
- When are you hoping to start working with us?
- Are you Bilingual in Spanish & English?
- Have you been convicted of a felony or any criminal offense involving children?
- Have you ever been the subject of any child abuse or sexual misconduct investigation by any employer, state licensing agency, law enforcement agency, or CFSA (or other state’s equivalent), unless the investigation resulted in a finding that the allegations were false or the alleged incident was not substantiated?
- Have you ever been disciplined, discharged, nonrenewed, asked to resign, resigned from or otherwise separated from employment while allegation of child abuse or sexual misconduct were pending or under investigation or due to an adjudication or finding of child abuse or sexual misconduct?
- Have you ever had a license, professional license, or certificate suspended, surrendered or revoked while allegations of child abuse or sexual misconduct were pending or under investigation, or due to an adjudication or finding of child abuse or sexual misconduct?
- If hired, would you comply with the procedure for criminal background check?
- If you provided a phone number, do you consent of receiving follow communications via text message (or SMS Messages) regarding your application status?
- are you able to be on-site M-F from 8 - 4:30?
Written answers (3)
- Please provide at least three professional references: name, title, organization, and email address. One should be a recent supervisor.
- Please share how you have led or coordinated statewide assessments for your school community. What did you do to ensure that students had the right accommodations, teachers and staff understood their roles and responsibilities, and a compliant and effective testing environment was maintained? How did you communicate with students and families about testing?
- Please share how you have built or maintained data systems and analyzed data to improve outcomes for students. How have you shared key data points and insights with stakeholders?