The OpportunityThe Manager of Academic Data & Assessment will help the Chief Academic Officer, Teaching and Learning Team, the Regional Leadership Team of KIPP NC, and school leaders understand and improve the outcomes and health of the KIPP NC network and its schools. Reporting to the Managing Director of Academic Operations, the Manager of Academic Data & Assessment will steer the assessment strategy for KIPP NC and conduct critical analyses of KIPP NC’s outcomes data, generating actionable insights and recommendations for organizational leadership and KIPP NC school leaders. The Manager of Academic Data & Assessment will elevate data beyond the purely descriptive, building a compelling narrative that will drive and improve impact across the KIPP NC network. The ideal candidate is a systems thinker with exceptional analytical skills and the ability to tell a solutions-oriented story with data. They are motivated to build relationships and collaborate on cross-functional teams to address mission-critical demands for data analysis that impact policy, practice, and student outcomes. This is an ideal opportunity for a dynamic and visionary organizational leader to play a critical role in building and shaping a premier K-12 charter management organization committed to supporting all our students to succeed in school and life. Key ResponsibilitiesTeam CollaborationHelps to build a strong, cohesive team culture that reflects the core values of KIPP NCWorks in collaboration with Teaching and Learning Team colleagues and school-based teams to provide exceptional guidance, reports and resources to principals and schoolsWith instructional team colleagues, helps plan and implement professional development and data sessions for school principals, Assistant Principals, Directors of Operations, and teachersContributes to the annual planning process for KIPP NC by prioritizing assessment and insight work, identifying buckets of continuing and new work, and identifying interdependenciesLeads goal-setting and analytical efforts to determine metrics related to KIPP NC’s strategic planPresents analytics and insights to all members of the KIPP NC communityPartners with KIPP Foundation to develop and improve data goal-setting and analysis processesEngages in cross-functional collaboration across the Regional Support Team to improve and enhance all data systems Assessment StrategyDevelops and leads KIPP NC’s agenda around K-12 assessmentStrives towards 100% participation in all KIPP NC assessmentsSupports school level Assessment Points (virtually and in person) to implement a seamless and consistent assessment process that fosters productive testing environments for studentsServes as KIPP NC’s assessment accountability representative for the North Carolina Department Department of Public InstructionEnsure compliance with all North Carolina assessment regulationsUnderstands, internalizes, and stays abreast of the state’s approach to measuring student proficiency and growth data; serves as KIPP NC’s in-house expert on accountability measures and school report card scores, including how to predict proficiency accurately; develops and drives approach to educating the region on how those scores are calculated and ways to improve them Data AnalysisBuilds out a systematic approach to response to academic data, progress monitors its effectiveness, and collaborates with leaders to drive results through this approach; uses our academic achievement data to determine which grades and subjects need prioritized support; Conducts analysis on all assessment data, including defining high priority research questions, conducting the analysis, and presenting the work in visually compelling and easy to understand waysPrepares and delivers regular reports to keep key stakeholders informed about student achievement, including regional colleagues, school leaders, teachers, the KIPP NC Board, and key external partnersFacilitates data meetings for Teaching and Learning colleagues, senior leadership, and other stakeholders to support strong data analysis and action cyclesDevelops systems for conducting, analyzing, and reporting out on school-based assessments (i.e., Interim Assessments and curriculum-based assessments)Intensively collaborates with Teaching and Learning Team,  principals, and teachers to help develop reporting strategy, priorities, and roadmaps  Leads efforts to create new reports, including collecting stakeholder input, developing and refining requirements, partnering with IT on developing a plan to ensure data structure is aligned with the vision, and building new reports in whatever system is recommended for KIPP NC Data SystemsBuilds and maintains data systems for collecting and analyzing data (i.e., Tableau, Illuminate, mClass, EVAAS)Creates and maintains KIPP NC academic dashboards in TableauCollaborates with KIPP NC colleagues to determine dashboard strategy and metrics KIPP North Carolina LeadershipParticipates in KIPP NC academic leadership team that oversees the strategy for all KIPP North Carolina programmingWorks with KIPP NC academic leadership to develop a vision and comprehensive long-term plan for the design of integrated, scaffolded K-12 schoolsRecommends to the KIPP NC Chief Academic Officer system-wide goals; monitors and reports back to the Chief Academic Officer on the progress toward achieving those goals
