Director Of Data Strategy Jobs in Ridgefield, CT

Job Summary:
Yorktown Central School District is seeking a Data Analyst to support the Director of Technology. The role involves entering and extracting data from databases, preparing reports, and analyzing student assessment data to improve instruction.
Responsibilities:
• Prepares and organizes student assessment data and generates custom reports for administrators and building data teams.
• Monitor and respond to the support help desk for staff and families with regards to data and portal questions.
• Answers questions related to the district's student management systems, by phone, email and in person.
• Collects and maintains emergency contact information for students/guardians.
• Collects data from various school and community sources and enters it into the school district student databases including but not limited to the student information system and data dashboard.
• Collects and maintains data based on student census, enrollment, and attendance to produce statistical reports.
• Prepares and organizes data on student test results for analysis, district studies and/or state reports.
• Prepares correspondence and reports in response to requests for statistical information.
• Inputs, downloads, organizes, and analyzes student data used for instructional purposes using shared accountability and local school databases.
• Develops and shares reports on student data.
• Suggests relationships between data trends, curriculum, instruction, and assessment.
• Responds to data requests from administrators and teachers.
• Designs and conducts presentations of data and associated data analysis to school, school system and community groups.
• Maintains and updates class lists and rosters and assists with sectioning of students.
• Participates in training to remain current on data sources, data analysis techniques and strategies for developing and conducting presentations.
• Serves on/interacts with school leadership teams to promote the continuous improvement of instruction.
• Collaboratively works to manage all aspects of implementation, utilization, and support of school/student information data systems.
• As needed, monitors the administration of tests and investigates discrepancies in test administration.
• Provides technical assistance and consultation on considerations in testing set up to the district.
• Manages data collection from various school and community sources.
• Systematizes, organizes and integrates data, including necessary data preparation for analysis, district studies, state reports, etc.
• Manages, troubleshoots, and ensures accurate production processes for report cards, progress reports and other system-generated communications to parents and community.
• Monitors and ensures accuracy of data, statistics and reports, in compliance with all applicable data and records maintenance standards and requirements.
• Performs a variety of related requests as assigned by the Director of Technology, Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum & Instruction and Superintendent.
Qualifications:
Required:
• Demonstrated techniques for analyzing NYS State Assessment Data and other third party and locally developed student assessment data.
• Experience organizing, disaggregating and generating reports on student assessment data.
• Ability to communicate and present data to administration and teaching staff.
• Knowledge of student information systems (eSchoolData preferred).
• Knowledge of SIRS requirements.
• Understanding of NYSTP requirements.
• Experience providing training to staff.
• Experience with Office Suite, MS Access, GSuite for Education.
• Experience with Analytics Tools.
• Experience with Custom Report Writing.
• Graduation from high school or possession of a high school equivalency diploma and five (5) years of work experience in which the primary function of the position was using automated spreadsheet and database programs.
• A Bachelor's Degree and one (1) year of work experience as described in (a).
• A Bachelor's Degree or Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Analytics, Data Science or a closely related field.
• To be considered for the position, a candidate must either hold the permanent title of Data Analyst in Westchester County OR be reachable on the corresponding Westchester Civil Service list.
Preferred:
• Experience working in a school setting.
Company:
The District is always looking for talented individuals to join our team. You may search open positions and apply by clicking the link below. Founded in , the company is headquartered in Yorktown Heights, New York, US, , with a team of 501-1000 employees. The company is currently Late Stage.