What are the responsibilities and job description for the 2023 2024 SY District Data Analyst position at Gallup-McKinley County Schools?
Job Description
The District Data Analyst is a key role responsible for performing tasks related to data interpretation, informing instructional practice, financial management, human resource management, and facilitating the goals set forth in the District's Strategic Plan.
Maintaining accurate and confidential data files, creating analyses to facilitate improvement in instruction, and providing analyses to administrative staff to guide specific strategic approaches are essential duties of this position.
This role applies appropriate statistical measurements to data, reviews multiple source data sets to develop comparison trends, and designs and develops reports as requested.
The successful candidate will possess effective verbal and written communication skills for diverse groups of stakeholders, experience/training in educational research statistics and computer analysis, and ability to write and present analysis of data to an appropriate audience.
Key Responsibilities
- Serves as District data analyst for interpreting and reporting the District's assessment programs, procedures, and results.
- Oversees the data being entered into the student information system that manages student registration, grades, and attendance for accuracy.
- Works with district departments and school programs to ensure that accurate data interpretation informs departmental and instructional practice and training.
- Conducts statistical analyses of data set results and disaggregates data for all schools and areas of group data sets.
- Prepares reports and materials for the guidance of counselors, teachers, and administrators who use group test results in performing their duties.
- Supports staff and administrator(s) in efforts to improve student achievement.
Additional Responsibilities
- As assigned by the superintendent, deputy superintendent, and assistant superintendents.
- Knowledge of data processing.
- Skill in explaining data sets and statistics to administrators, teachers, and parents.
- Ability to communicate technical information in a way that is understandable to people.
