Program Specialist, Assessment Operations

Summary

The Assessment Program Specialist is responsible for planning and providing support, resources, and professional learning to schools in support of the District-wide implementation of effective assessment practices, including the administration of all state and national assessments.

Essential Duties

• Supports the administration of all state and national assessment plans in the District's assessment strategy and annual testing calendar :
• Completes all mandatory Georgia Department of Education and vendor assessment trainings
• Executes project plans for the successful administration of state and national assessment
• Executes processes for managing school testing irregularities and parent testing refusals
• Monitors school compliance to all state and national assessment processes and deadlines
• Supports District and school-based staff in the implementation of effective assessment administration practices :
• Creates and facilitates an annual professional development schedule for the administration of all state and national assessments
• Provides targeted professional development to school leaders for the successful administration of all state and national assessments
• Creates and maintains print resources to support assessment administration, including, manuals, test coordinator job aides, and parent resources
• Provides user support for state and national assessment technologies
• Responds to technical questions
• Troubleshoots platform issues
• Completes Georgia Department of Education student data coding tasks (e.g. participation validation, student matching, non-participation, and enrollment counts)
• Maintains assessment administration training and print resources on the internal and external assessment websites
• Performs other duties as assigned by the appropriate administrator

Required Education

Bachelor's Degree in Education or related field

Master's Degree preferred

Certification / Licensure

Experience Qualifications

Minimum 3 years of successful classroom teaching experience required; Prior experience with assessment administration and professional staff development preferred; Experience working within a large, complex organization preferred

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities

Working Conditions

Physical Demands

Posting ID : 31249

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