Opening Date: October 15, 2009
Closing Date: December 18, 2009
Openings (1)
Our public school students need your expertise,
passion and leadership.We are looking for highly motivated and
skilled talent to join our team at District of Columbia Public
Schools (DCPS). We seek individuals who are passionate about
transforming the DC school system and making a significant
difference in the lives of public school students, parents,
principals, teachers, and central office employees.DCPS serves
45,000 students in the nation’s capital through the efforts of
approximately 4,000 educators in 123 schools. As part of a
comprehensive reform effort to become the preeminent urban school
system in America, DCPS intends to have the highest-performing,
best paid, most satisfied, and most honored educator force in the
nation and a distinctive central office staff whose work supports
and drives instructional excellence and significant achievement
gains for DCPS students.
Position Overview
The Office of Data and Accountability (ODA) exists to support
teachers, principals and district leaders in their efforts to
accelerate student achievement in schools. We provide reliable,
timely information to teachers, principals, administrators, parents
and students, and we help them use it appropriately. We work hard
to be clear about our data, our research and evaluation, and our
expectations for ourselves and others. We take on big challenges,
explore and assess all the options, and develop and implement
practical solutions. We value and support the continued
professional growth of ODA staff and others by encouraging
continuing learning through individual growth plans, quality
training, mentoring and a collaborative work style.Reporting to a
Program Manager, the Crystal Reports Writer/Database Report Writer
Analyst will analyze data sources for the purpose of creating
user-defined reports and/or report enhancements. This position will
also collaborate and coordinate with unit level managers/users,
compose a variety of collateral materials, develop programming
processes and implement reporting processes and procedures as well
as produce reports as required/requested.Other required
qualifications include excellent verbal and written communication
skills; ability to interact professionally with a diverse group of
constituents; self-starter with a good understanding and
goal-oriented approach to problem solving; solid working knowledge
in mathematics and quantitative
methods.
Responsibilities
- Performs a wide variety of program planning and development
as well as data collection and analysis activities
- Reviews and analyzes performance measures and effectiveness
of past and prospective programs
- Conducts program and administrative interviews, surveys, data
analyses, and cost analyses
- Compiles relevant information and derives best practices for
broader dissemination
- Researches, develops, and composes position papers, special
purpose reports, and other documents for use in presentations,
program development, policy formulation, data processing, and
other program-specific purposes
- Designs and implements data preparation, processing,
retrieval and storage systems
- Provides technical support assistance for data capture and
report generation or analysis efforts
- Analyzes the compatibility of program requirements and
implementation procedures
- Synthesizes data, develops recommendations for identified
problem areas, proposes short- and long-term system actions to
implement, and implements plans under manager’s supervision
- Produces reports as required/requested
- Evaluates the likelihood and consequences of non-compliance
and/or deficiencies in DCPS procedures and plans
- Supports and carries out the Chancellor’s mission to
transform DC Public Schools and close the achievement gap
- Performs other related duties as assigned
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