Company Description

KIPP Public Schools is a national network of public charter schools that prepares students with the skills and confidence to create the future they want for themselves, their communities, and us all.We are a network of 270 schools, nearly 10,000 educators, and more than 160,000 students and alumni.

Our mission: Together with families and communities, we create joyful, academically excellent schools that prepare students with the skills and confidence to pursue the paths they choose-college, career, and beyond-so they can lead fulfilling lives and build a more just world.

Our vision: Every child grows up free to create the future they want for themselves and their communities.

The KIPP Foundation is a nonprofit organization that supports KIPP schools across the country. The KIPP Foundation trains and develops outstanding educators to lead KIPP public schools; provides tools, resources and training for excellent teaching and learning; promotes innovation; and facilitates the exchange of insights and ideas across KIPP and other public schools and organizations.

Job Description

Position Overviews

Assessments are core to the way the KIPP network seeks to support student learning. As part of KIPP Foundation's Regional Data Support Team, the Data Solutions Analyst, K-12 Assessments will help strengthen our network assessment strategy by working to support putting actionable, student achievement data in the hands of KIPP Leaders and teachers.

Working collaboratively with teammates on D&A, IT, K-8 and HS teams, the Data Solutions Analyst will:

• Ensure KIPP regions have access to high-quality tools, resources, training, and professional development opportunities that build individual, team, and regional capacity around assessment products
• Manage internal projects that support the KIPP network with implementing assessment strategies at scale

Key Responsibilities and Duties

• Lead network training, product support, and resource development to strengthen the fidelity of assessment product implementation at KIPP (60%)
  • Become an expert user in K-12 assessment products used in the KIPP network (e.g., Illuminate, NWEA)
  • Be knowledgeable about common K-12 assessment types, their purpose, and data analysis use cases and limitations at all levels of the assessment system
  • Ensure network data staff receive timely training and technical support to drive best practices within a comprehensive assessment system:
    • Product Implementation : in partnership with vendors and teammates, support systems rostering, platform management, and resolution of data quality issues
    • Administration : develop and share resources that support administration operations
    • Data Access : provide guidance on how to access data and troubleshoot integration of sources within local data systems or reporting tools
    • Reporting Solutions : recommend the best in-platform reporting options for stakeholders, develop regional data tools that align with recommended data use protocols to enable actionable insights for teachers and leaders
  • In partnership with KIPP Foundation Academics teams:
    • Assessment Strategy: provide training, guidance, and technical support to regions in the development of assessment systems, with a focus on strong measurement and reporting
    • Data Analysis: coach KIPP Foundation and network stakeholders on assessment data analysis best practices
  • Develop and centralize reference materials and other resourcesto support ongoing regional training and professional development
    
  • Facilitate network collaboration to spur innovation, increase our collective knowledgebase, and work on solutions to shared challenges
    
• Manage assessment vendor partnerships to ensure products and services are meeting the needs of KIPP regions and schools (15%)
  • Monitor the K-12 assessment landscape within and outside of KIPP to inform regional assessment strategy and product adoption plans
  • Serve as the main point of contact across the KIPP network for a set of assessment vendors
  • Work with vendors to influence product roadmaps and escalate issues raised by regional stakeholders
  • Oversee negotiation, procurement and contracting for KIPP Foundation and network-wide contracts
  • Build relationships with vendors via in-person meetings, conferences, and school visitsand provide opportunities for regional stakeholders to do the same

• Support national assessment data collection efforts (15%)
  • Directly manage 3rd party and vendor assessment data collection and provide support for assessment data collected from KIPP regionsand schools
  • Ensure data sharing agreements, release notifications, and protocols are in place that support assessment data collection from KIPP regions and schools
  • Work with regional contacts to triage data quality issuesand implement process improvements
  • Support thecreationofmaterials and webinars to train network users in high quality data collection and submission methods

• Support day-to-day team activities, including but not limited to (10%):
  • Fulfilment of data requests, including grant submissions, secondary research, and ad-hoc data sharing
  • Documentation of projects and workflows
  • Quality assurance, data verification, and copy-editing activities
  • Planning activities, retreats, and cross-team work as needed

Qualifications

Key Competencies

• Achievement Orientation
• Effective Communication
• Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
• Impact and Influence
• Relationship Building and Stakeholder Management

Qualifications

• Experience leading data and technology implementations in a K-12 setting
• Customer-service orientation, with deep value placed on the end-user experience
• Highly organized, with an ability to manage multiple short-and long-term projects simultaneously
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Comfort with ambiguity in a fast-moving environment
• Passion for education equity and KIPP's mission and values (sense of purpose, results, respect, constant learning & humility, and diversity & inclusivity)
• Intermediate expertise with Microsoft Excel required
  

PreferredExperience

• Familiarity with assessments commonly used in a K-12 setting
• Experience as a user or administrator of assessment management platforms (e.g., Illuminate)
• Experience with adult learning/training
• K-12 teaching experience

Additional Information

Work Conditions

• COVID-19 considerations: Vaccinations and masks may be required in shared workspaces and job-related travel.
• Travel requirements: may include up to 15% travel
• Full-time role

Location

Location is flexible. This role has the option of working from a remote office full time, or out of any of KIPP Foundation's offices in NYC, Chicago, San Francisco, and Washington DC.

Compensation and Benefits
KIPP offers a competitive salary commensurate with experience. A comprehensive benefits package, generous vacation and PTO, 401k retirement plan with both pre- and post-tax options, as well as gym reimbursement, flexible spending account (FSA), and cell phone reimbursement are also offered by KIPP.