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PREK-8 CURRICULUM, DATA AND ASSESSMENT MANAGER- ENGLISH LEARNER EDUCATION

Job Details
Job ID: 3525543
Application Deadline: Posted until Filled
Posted: May 11, 2021
Starting Date: July 1, 2021

Job Description
SUMMARY DESCRIPTION OF CLASSIFICATION: The Curriculum, Assessment, and Data Manager for English Learner Education will provide proactive, collaborative leadership to support the execution of key strategic initiatives related to ESL, SEI, and DLE.

Will oversee the creation and management of a system wide ELE initiative aimed at developing staff to ensure District goals are met.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATION STANDARDS

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES: Thorough knowledge of current educational principles, ESL best practices and procedures in development and implementation of ESL curriculum, instruction, and assessment PK-8. Knowledge of local, state and national standards and assessments and ability to support their application, development and implementation. Knowledge of use of technology as an educational tool to support learning, multicultural instructional materials, and experience teaching across disciplines and with diverse populations. Ability to provide leadership for professional development building capacity in ESL instruction. Ability to monitor the implementation of strategic initiatives and support the districts goals through school visits, data analysis, and collaboration with other NBPS offices. Ability to effectively collaborate with staff, parents, and state and national colleagues to implement and monitor the strategic plan.

Possess excellent planning, organization, management, communications (oral and written) and human relations skills. Ability to prepare documents and presentations for a variety of audiences about the ELE programs. Have clear and demonstrated dedication to urban education and to the belief that all students can learn in order to develop the mission of educational excellence in New Bedford Public Schools.
•Experience in curriculum development, data collection, analysis, interpretation and reporting with strong focus on data quality and continuous improvement processes.
•Expertise with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint; and in evaluating and learning new computer programs and familiarity with both Mac and PC operating environments.
•Proactive problem solver who demonstrates initiative.
•Strong work ethic coupled with an enthusiastic and passionate approach to one's work.

Other duties as assigned by the Superintendent and Executive Director of Educational Access & Pathways.

EDUCATION, TRAINING, AND EXPERIENCE: Bachelor's degree required and Master's degree desired from accredited college or university. Course work in educational leadership or administration. Course work in TESOL, linguistics, and/or bilingual education. Minimum seven years combined experience as a classroom teacher, ESL teachers and/or successful recent leadership experience in assessing program needs, instructional planning, assessment development, and professional development.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Curriculum:
•Participate in the ESL curriculum development and evaluation of new WIDA Standards.
•Lead a team of instructional coaches and teachers who will assist in ESL/SEI curriculum development.
•Conduct research and collaborate with faculty and staff in the design and development of ESL curriculum.
•Coordinate the review/assessment of current ESL curriculum to ensure that course/program is meeting intended grade level WIDA standards.
•Use evaluations and data to make recommendations for how to improve and edit curricula on an annual basis through the creation of a curriculum revision cycle.
•Develop a five year plan of ELE (ESL, SLIFE, Newcomer, DLE) curriculum development including the replacement of outdated materials.

Assessment:
•Collaborate to define and execute testing calendar and polices.
•Develop a plan to support test administration, data collections and analysis for all schools.
•Manage implementation and administration of all state, district, and school common assessments.
•Partner with school leadership teams to support each school's interim assessment protocols to analyze data, and support school leaders in identifying areas for improvement;
•Collect and disseminate ESL best practices and external resources in the areas of EL benchmark assessment data.
•Work with school and district leadership to identify key metrics to monitor district, school and student progress to allow for informed decision making.
•Develop, manage and report on ESL/SEI staff, EL students, parents, and community surveys.

Analysis and Reporting:
•Conduct statistical analysis of EL students' achievement and English language development data and maintain data warehouse of all EL student assessment scores (state, district and school data and others as identified).
•Provide timely and clear reports on data analyzed.
•Manage the development and design of data dashboards and other regular reports or analysis that answer questions for key stakeholders, provide insight on student, school and district performance trends and patterns; and informs discussions and strategic decisions at the district and school levels, (e.g. ELs, FELs, Newcomers, SLIFE, DLE students' trends).
•Create a "public package" of achievement and EL other student-level data and provide a clear understanding of what the data means to critical audiences (School Committee, families and community).
•Assess and recommend data software solutions, evaluate implementation of systems, technologies and business practices related to data management.
•Serve as the primary contact for all external data requests and provide needed data to Superintendent, Deputy Superintendent, Executive Director of Education Access & Pathways and Principals.

Data Management:
•Assist district administrators in preparing and administering reports to comply with federal and state requirements.

Coaching and Development:
•Collaborate with Central Office leaders to conduct significant professional development around new initiatives in the areas of ESL/SEI curriculum, data management and analytics.
•Champion key findings from analysis and develop implementation models for district and school leaders to act upon data results.
•Serve as ELE Office point of contact for school-based teams.

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT:
•CERTIFICATE AND LICENSE REQUIREMENTS: Meet appropriate DESE Administrator and ESL requirements, or ability to do so
•PHYSICAL DEMANDS (Special requirements such as lifting heavy objects and frequent climbing): NONE
•SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS (Frequent overtime or night work required, etc.): Some extended day work required. Occasional attendance at evening meetings (e.g., School Committee, schools, and community).
•OVERTIME ELIGIBLE: NO
•REPORTS TO: Executive Director of Educational Access & Pathways

This description may change at any time

12 Month Position
Non-Union Position
Salary to be negotiated based on experience.
Administrator > Principal/Dean/Head of School

Equal Opportunity Employer
New Bedford Public Schools is committed to maintaining a work and learning environment free from discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, pregnancy, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital/civil union status, ancestry, place of birth, age, citizenship status, veteran status, political affiliation, genetic information or disability, as defined and required by state and federal laws. Additionally, we prohibit retaliation against individuals who oppose such discrimination and harassment or who participate in an equal opportunity investigation.
Job Requirements
•The New Bedford Public Schools do not discriminate on the basis of age, gender, race, color, religion, ethnicity, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, ancestry, homelessness, gender identity or gender expression that does not prohibit performance of essential job functions in employment for potential employees. New Bedford Public Schools encourages people with multilingual skills, particularly in Cape Verdean Creole, Portuguese and/or Spanish, to apply. Every available opportunity will be taken in order to assure that each applicant is selected on the basis of qualifications, merit and ability.
•At least 3 years of relevant experience preferred
•Master degree preferred
•Citizenship, residency or work visa required

Position Type: Full-time
Positions Available: 1
Equal Opportunity Employer
New Bedford Public Schools is committed to maintaining a work and learning environment free from discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, pregnancy, gender, sexual orientation, marital/civil union status, ancestry, place of birth, age, citizenship status, veteran status, political affiliation or disability, as defined and required by state and federal laws.

Job Requirements
The New Bedford Public Schools do not discriminate on the basis of age, gender, race, color, religion, ethnicity, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, ancestry, homelessness, gender identity or gender expression that does not prohibit performance of essential job functions in employment for potential employees. New Bedford Public Schools encourages people with multilingual skills, particularly in Cape Verdean Creole, Portuguese and/or Spanish, to apply. Every available opportunity will be taken in order to assure that each applicant is selected on the basis of qualifications, merit and ability.
  • Bachelor degree preferred
  • Citizenship, residency or work VISA in United States required


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    Contact Information
    Sonia Walmsley, Executive Director of Educational Access & Pathway
    455 County Street
    New Bedford, Massachusetts 02740
    Phone: (508) 997-4511 x-3315
    Email: swalmsley@newbedfordschools.org

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