Iowa Department of Education needs to ensure all students experience a world-class education by empowering all students to achieve their full potential through effective special education service delivery and data use/management.
Requirements
- Strong technical skills
- Ability to interpret and break down highly technical or regulatory language, and present information in an understandable manner
- Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with a degree in business analytics, economics, data science, statistics, mathematics, management information systems, or industrial management.
- A total of four years of education and/or full-time experience in business/data/statistical analytics, economic research, or data science, where thirty semester hours of accredited college or university coursework in any field equals one year of full-time experience.
- Possession of a professional certificate in data science, business analytics, or data analytics.
- A total of one year of graduate-level education and/or full-time experience (as described in part a), where twenty-four semester hours of accredited graduate college or university coursework in business analytics, economics, data science, statistics, mathematics, management information systems, or industrial management equals one year of full-time experience.
Responsibilities
- Support the Bureau of Accountability, Accreditation, and Finance and Data Analysis through the use of special education data, analytics, and reporting.
- Coordinate with school districts to support effective special education service delivery and data use/management to improve the success of learners receiving Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) services, birth to 21.
- Develop statewide knowledge of and use of available data platforms (e.g., Panorama Student Success, EdInsight, ACHIEVE) to identify student needs and monitor student progress towards those needs.
- Support data collection and analysis, including survey design and collection.
- Support and provide technical assessment for the statewide implementation of IDEA data management system known as ACHIEVE.
- Provide technical support for the collection of special education data for reporting to internal staff and external agencies.
- Create reports, analyses, presentations, and data visualization, as needed.
Other
- Offer technical assistance to the field in cooperation with other bureau and division staff.
- Participating in integrated monitoring activities
- Summarizing ACHIEVE data for purposes of continuous improvement
- Provide support and technical assistance to those serving birth-21 special education.
- Work with Administrative Consultants and other EPCs across the Department and Division to integrate and align assessments, reporting and compliance requirements with state and federal law.
- Work cross agency to provide support for measures other teams use in data and analytics to support their work.
- Maintain a working knowledge of the state and federal policy and the impact of proposed legislation on the bureaus.
- Support the Department priorities through performing other duties as assigned by Bureau Chief or Administrative Consultant.
- Passion for pursuing common goals in pursuit of public service
- Strategic and analytical mindset
- Ability to work in complex situations and meet deadlines while leading teams as a non-traditional leader (no supervisory authority)
- Experience providing technical assistance and professional learning to educators
- Ability to manage self in relation to prioritization and time management
- Conflict resolution and interpersonal skills
- Desire to work with diverse teams and stakeholders
- Hours: 8:00 A.M. – 4:30 P.M., Monday – Friday; some nights and weekends, occasional in-state and out-of-state travel
- Applicants must reside in the State of Iowa upon hire
- Please attach an unofficial transcript for verification
