EC Data & Accountability Specialist

Exceptional Children's Data & Accountability Specialist

Term of Employment: 11 months

Compensation: Teacher Salary Schedule + Supplement/Stipend

Reports to: Executive Director of Exceptional Children/Assistant Director of Exceptional Children

Purpose: Serves the students and staff of RSS by leading the work of collecting and evaluating student outcome data specific to special education. The Specialist will collect and analyze data to determine the programs' effectiveness. The Specialist will also work directly with contract vendors to support the practices of this department as well as provide ongoing professional development within this area.

Qualifications

Minimum

• Five (5) years of teaching experience working with students with disabilities

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in special education

• North Carolina Teaching License in any Exceptional Children area

• Knowledge and understanding of NC Content Standards

• Experience collecting and analyzing data to create Individualized Education Programs

• Experience analyzing state and local special education data

Preferred

• District experience in special education and instructional programming
• 2 years of leadership experience in the field

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assess and organize data from student management systems for curriculum, discipline and internally generated sources

• Maintain student data related to federal indicators

• Maintain student data related to strategic plan outcomes

• Create school-level rosters for student outcome tracking

• Design and prepare data, reports, tables, charts, and graphs as needed

• Report data findings to the EC Executive Team

• Support classroom teachers with progress monitoring expectations and programs

• Work directly with vendors

• Perform special projects as assigned by Director of Exceptional Children and/or designee.

• Attend monthly district-wide leadership meetings

• Attend other assigned professional development

• Provide professional development

• Perform other tasks and assume other responsibilities as assigned by the Executive Director or Assistant Director of Exceptional Children

Knowledge, Skills and/or Abilities

• Possesses exceptional verbal and written communication skills

• Possesses strong interpersonal skills

• Collaborates effectively with others

• Works well with diverse groups of people

• Maintains complete confidentiality

• Demonstrates administrative leadership abilities

• Possesses effective training and coaching skills

• Technical systems skills with Microsoft, Adobe, Google, Canvas, ECATS