Testing and Career Readiness Coordinator

Position Title: Testing and Career Readiness Coordinator

Term of Employment: Full-Time; 11 months

Reports To: Principal

Pay Information: State Salary Scale and Local Supplement

General Statement of Job

Performs difficult skilled technical work managing the NC state testing program, and related work as apparent or assigned. Work is performed under the limited supervision of the Director of Accountability Services and school principal.

Essential Job Functions

• Strong ability to analyze and disseminate data and clearly relay findings
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to lead group instruction/training effectively
• Extensive computer skills and experience that can be applied to specific hardware/software needs
• Exceptional organizational skills, time management skills and attention to detail
• Ability to read and comprehend testing and other regulatory manuals
• Work closely with district and school administration to analyze student and school data
• Ability to use data analysis findings to seek programs/curriculum to meet student and school needs
• Provides test preparation.
• Acquire and coordinate proctors and test administrators for system testing dates
• Point of contact for staff, students and parents concerned with state testing requirements.
• Advise school staff of testing dates, student participation, class relocations, material requirements and schedule adjustments.
• Attends meetings, conferences and training and disseminates information to personnel.
• Manages roles assigned in NC Education for school system staff.
• Works with school administration to develop a plan to ensure students are on track for graduation and prepared for future endeavors.
• Provides coaching and support to individual students regarding post high-school preparation.
• Other duties as assigned by the supervisor.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Extensive knowledge of the North Carolina Testing Program.
• Comprehensive knowledge of the software used in school testing and assessment.
• Comprehensive knowledge of test handbooks and manuals.
• Thorough knowledge of general office operations and procedures.
• Thorough knowledge of the principles, practices and procedures of student testing, evaluation and research.
• Thorough knowledge of statistical methods and procedures.
• Ability to communicate orally and written.
• General knowledge of departmental programs and services.
• Comprehensive skill generating required or requested reports related to testing and student records.
• Ability to operate standard testing software systems.
• Ability to operate standard office equipment and related hardware and software.
• Ability to learn specialized software related to business needs.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with similar professionals, school officials and staff.

Minimum Training and Experience

• NC teaching license required
• Minimum of three (3) years teaching, with increasing responsibilities preferred
• Excellent oral and written communication skills

Minimum Qualifications or Standards Required to Perform Essential Job Functions

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  Physical Requirements: The work regularly requires standing and walking around the classroom and school. It requires the ability to communicate effectively using speech, vision and hearing. The work requires the use of hands for simple grasping and fine manipulations. The work often requires bending, squatting, reaching, with the ability to lift, carry, push or pull light weights and rarely, the lifting of weights above 30 pounds. The work occasionally handles/works with biohazards and/or risks for potential job-related injury, such as those found in a laboratory or shop environment. The work requires activities occasionally involving driving automotive equipment.
• Data Conception: Requires the ability to compare and/or judge the readily observable, functional, structural or composite characteristics (whether similar or divergent from obvious standards) of data, people or things.
• Interpersonal Communication: Requires the ability to speak and/or signal people to convey or exchange information. Includes receiving instructions, assignments or directions to subordinates or assistants.
• Language Ability: Requires the ability to read a variety of correspondence, reports, forms, articles, proposals, contracts, etc. Requires the ability to prepare correspondence, reports, forms, evaluations, contracts, policies, handbooks, budgets, etc., using prescribed formats and conforming to all rules of punctuation, grammar, diction, and style. Requires the ability to speak before groups of people with poise, voice control and confidence.
• Intelligence: Requires the ability to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions; to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagrammatic form; and to deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
• Verbal Aptitude: Requires the ability to record and deliver information, to explain procedures, to give oral and written instructions. Must be able to communicate effectively and efficiently in a variety of technical or professional languages including educational and legal terminology.
• Numerical Aptitude: Requires the ability to utilize mathematical formulas; to add and subtract; multiply and divide; utilize decimals and percentages; and to apply the principles of descriptive statistics, statistical inference and statistical theory.
• Form/Spatial Aptitude: Requires the ability to inspect items for proper length, width and shape.
• Motor Coordination: Requires the ability to coordinate hands and eyes rapidly and accurately in using office equipment.
• Manual Dexterity: Requires the ability to handle a variety of items such as office equipment and hand tools. Must have minimal levels of eye/hand/foot coordination.
• Interpersonal Temperament: Requires the ability to deal with people beyond giving and receiving instructions. Must be adaptable to performing under stress and when confronted with emergency situations.
• Physical Communication: Requires the ability to talk and hear: (Talking: expressing or exchanging ideas by means of spoken words. Hearing: perceiving nature of sounds by ear.) Must be able to communicate via telephone.

Disclaimer

The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees to this job.