Assessment Manager

At Rocketship Public Schools, we believe in the infinite possibility of human potential. We believe that every student deserves the right to dream, to discover, and to develop their unique potential and it is our responsibility and our privilege to unleash the potential inside every Rocketeer we serve. Our non-profit network of public elementary charter schools propels student achievement, develops exceptional educators, and partners with parents who enable high-quality public schools to thrive in their community. We are a collective of parents, teachers, leaders, and students working together to transform the future for underserved communities across our country. At Rocketship Public Schools, we are unleashing potential.

The Team & Position

The Assessments team seeks to empower all Rocketeers to make data-driven academic and programmatic decisions by providing an appropriate assessment suite that yields accurate, timely, and accessible data. The Assessment team manages assessment logistics and decisions to support schools across regions in planning, training and administration of state-required and other major assessments.

Reporting to the Analytics Associate Director, the Assessment Manager coordinates and manages the staff, technology, operations, and training that testing requires.  The position works directly with regional leadership, school leaders, and network support teams to program manage assessments in all regions.

The primary job responsibilities are described below.

• Establish and maintain relationships with key stakeholders to align on and increase awareness of Assessment team goals and priorities, integrate national/regional/team context into assessment plans, and effectively manage conversations and decisions on assessment-related topics. 
• Create yearly assessment calendars in partnership with regional teams
• Review assessment suite and confirm regional assessments are still appropriate based on curriculum
• Own yearly assessment platform contracts

• Fully understand all assessment policies and requirements, review and record all relevant info from state/assessment trainings, administration manuals and other written policy/resources
• Create work plans that include all deadlines, tasks, resources and needed collaboration for assessment administration 
• Regularly meet with Regional Assessment Partners to review assessment plans, discuss local context and adapt support plans to regional needs and priorities
• Collaborate and communicate with key stakeholders to prepare for assessment administration
• Manage and maintain a system for gathering feedback on efficacy of trainings, shared resources, materials and tools for administration from a pool of key stakeholders

• Lead in the creation and distribution of assessment administration materials
• Support school leaders before and during testing by clearly defining their roles, communicating important assessment information, and troubleshooting when issues arise.
• Train Site Leads, BOMs and Proctors (Test Administrators and Test Examiners) to effectively administer assessments
• Manage and maintain a system for gathering feedback on efficacy of trainings, shared resources, materials and tools for administration from a pool of key stakeholders
• Monitor and communicate updates on completion, test security, data/results throughout testing administration to all relevant stakeholders

• Drive toward error-free assessment administrations with >97% participation
• Support site leads/BOMs, proctors and regional achievement managers throughout the duration of each test administration
• Serve as the LEA coordinator for state assessments in multiple regions, provide support and key updates on assessment execution
• Frequent and consistent communication between Assessment team, site leads/school teams, and regional achievement managers on progress/pacing towards completion
• Oversee testing to ensure schools are on-track and accurate administration of assessments
• Prepare score reports and support with curating student data to be sent out upon completion of each test administration

• Own the back end systems for various assessments (e.g. NWEA, EdCite), check those systems at regular intervals during testing windows, and handle commonly occurring issues with the help of existing documentation
• Continuously review internal assessment systems and think critically about how to improve efficiency and effectiveness of Assessment team systems.  Create and initiate improvement plans, including relevant stakeholders as appropriate
• Ensure assessment processes are properly documented and updated for current school year

• Project management experience required. Leadership and/or coaching roles can potentially substitute for this.
• Demonstrated ability to be detail oriented and organized with strong people and process management skills
• Excellent problem solving skills with a systems mindset
• Strong facilitation and stakeholder management skills, comfortable working side-by-side with school and network leadership
• Ability to manage multiple projects and work streams with fixed deadlines concurrently 
• Proficient in training and leading teams across multiple locations, virtually and in person
• Experience in education/school leadership preferred
• Confident & clear written and verbal communication
• Demonstrated proficiency with Google Applications, MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), and Zoom
• Team-player attitude and strong customer-service orientation.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions. While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to talk, hear, and communicate with both adults and children. The employee frequently is required to use hands or fingers, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally climb ladders. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus. The noise level in the work environment is moderate to high.

Compensation:

Commensurate with qualifications and experience, plus excellent health and wellness benefits, 403b retirement plan, flexible spending account (FSA), and generous paid time off.

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