Operations / Administration Data and Testing Associate
Job Description
- Are you passionate about urban education?
- Are you an Excel Wizard (or at least Wizard-in-Training)?
- Are you looking to work at a high-performing high school where you can grow, and innovation and creativity are nurtured?
- Do you wan to be part of a driven and talented team that always seeks to find better ways to serve students?
- Do you thrive in the company of equally committed, motivated, and gifted colleagues?
MESA Charter High School might be the right place for you!
Math, Engineering, and Science Academy (MESA) Charter High School is a new high school in Bushwick, Brooklyn. On August 19, 2013, we opened our doors, and we now have 460 students in grades 9-12. Our students come from more than forty different middle schools, including public, parochial, and charter schools. Some are advanced students coming from magnet schools; others are beginning English Language Learners. What they all have in common is a desire to succeed. MESA students come to school every day, ready to work—we have a 95% attendance rate and a 96% punctuality rate, both significantly higher than other high schools in our district! When it comes to regents pass rates, MESA outperforms our peers by a rate of 30-40%!
Some key aspects of MESA’s design are:
- Smart teaching—MESA uses a Standards-Based Grading system, which makes data understandable and accessible. This enables teachers to create targeted, focused instruction, and helps students understand and track their own progres MESA teachers love data (or at least aren’t afraid of it!).
- Smart support—MESA teachers have a minimum of rote administrative duties in order to better focus on planning, instruction, and assessment. Teachers receive ongoing coaching and feedback. MESA is committed to collaboratively developing and growing its teachers. Dedicated time for professional development and collaborative planning is built into the calendar.
- Smart scheduling—MESA’s school day starts and ends later than most DOE schools, as research indicates that a late start helps high-school students succeed.
- Smart culture—MESA provides students with a separate effort grade each week, which will lead to rewards for students. MESA also emphasizes positive reinforcement for student effort and performance. All MESA teachers lead an Advisory, and serve as Advisor to 10-13 students.
- Smart relationships—MESA believes that all parents want their children to succeed, and enlists them as partners through phone calls, workshops, and frequent contact. More than 85% of MESA parents attended parent-teacher conferences, a number generally unheard of in unscreened urban high schools
- Smart calendar—MESA’s calendar has187 days of instruction, as well as dedicated PD and grading days. MESA’s calendar and earlier start allow for “Intersession,” during which students receive enrichment, skill remediation, or Regents preparation.
Specific Responsibilities
- Meet regularly with Principal, Assistant Principal, and Dean of Students to evaluate academic and student culture data, present findings and make actionable recommendations for instructional interventions and next steps. This includes data on:
- Standards Based Grading—Manage and report learning goal and assessment data using JumpRope Student Management System platform
- New York State Regents Exams—Track student performance and growth on Regents and Mock Regents exams
- Kickboard Student Behavioral System—Track grade-level, teacher-level, and student-level culture data
- Reading Inventory—Track student growth on Scholastic Reading Inventory, Fountas & Pinell, and other reading assessments
- NYSESLAT Exam—Track student growth trends for English language acquisition assessments for English Language Learners
- SAT and Advanced Placement data
- Attendance and other data from the NYC Department of Education
- Generate reports and represent data to track trends and progress throughout the academic school year.
- Design and maintain platform to systematize data warehouse of academic data for transcript and graduation auditing purposes.
- Create and maintain dashboards that inform student and teacher performance
- Coordinate logistics for administration of NY State Regents Exams, SAT/PSAT Exams, Advanced Placement Exams, and all internal interim trimester assessments.
- Collaborate with Principal, Assistant Principal, and Director of Operations on core operational systems, such as managing teacher coverages of classes in the event of absences and supporting with course programming and scheduling.
- Manage and streamline MESA’s “Effort Score” system, including growth tracking as well as score distribution
- Organize scheduling for key remediation sessions and distributing to advisors
- Track attendance data in order to flag student trends and communicate to stakeholders for possible student interventions.
- Provide data and information support to MESA’s External Affairs Team for purposes of grant application, fundraising, or other reporting.
- Other duties as assigned by Principal, Assistant Principal, or Director of Operations.
Qualifications: (1) Minimum Bachelor’s degree; (2) Comfort and proficiency with Microsoft Excel and other data management tools required. (3) Experience in an urban public high school or charter school setting, or similar; (4) Ability to multi-task, manage multiple different projects and workstreams and produce high-quality work in a timely manner; (5) Belief in and alignment with MESA’s core beliefs and educational philosophy;
Salary: Highly competitive, commensurate with experience.
