Education Consultant 3-AAA

** This position is located in Baton Rouge, LA**

The Education Consultant 3 in the Office of Assessments, Accountability, and Analytics serves as a strategic leader at the center of Louisiana's Early Childhood improvement efforts. This role drives the vision, design, and continuous refinement of the state's Early Childhood accountability system - ensuring every publicly funded site and community receives a meaningful, transparent performance profile that supports improved child outcomes.

Reporting to a classified Education Consultant supervisor, this position blends high-level strategy with hands‑on execution. They will lead statewide implementation efforts, oversee complex data analysis and modeling, manage large-scale operational processes (including thousands of annual classroom observations), and partner with stakeholders across the early childhood system to ensure quality, clarity, and impact.

• Experience leading or managing a statewide or large-scale accountability, assessment, quality rating, or improvement system.
• Demonstrated expertise in quantitative data analysis, data modeling, and interpretation of large datasets to inform policy and strategy.
• Experience developing evaluation frameworks and measuring program effectiveness and impact on student or child outcomes.
• Strong knowledge of early childhood education systems, quality rating and improvement systems (QRIS), or publicly funded early childhood programs.
• Experience presenting complex findings to diverse audiences, including educators, policymakers, legislative stakeholders, and community leaders.
• Proven ability to manage cross‑functional projects, funding streams, or contracts with multiple stakeholders and tight timelines.
• Experience translating state and federal policy into operational guidance, tools, and resources for local implementation.
• Demonstrated ability to facilitate professional development, lead stakeholder engagement sessions, and build collaborative networks across agencies or regions.
• Strong written communication skills, including drafting policy proposals, legislative materials, technical guidance, and strategic plans.

• Seven years of experience in education, teaching, or administrative services; OR
• Six years of full‑time work experience plus four years of experience in education, teaching, or administrative services; OR
• A bachelor's degree plus four years of experience in education, teaching, or administrative services; OR
• An advanced degree plus three years of experience in education, teaching, or administrative services.

The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be found here.

• Lead the implementation and continuous improvement of the state's early childhood accountability system, ensuring alignment to statewide strategy and child outcome goals.
• Oversee operational management of approximately 14,000 annual classroom observations, working closely with lead agencies, state contractors, and internal staff to monitor timelines, quality, and compliance.
• Analyze and interpret accountability data to identify trends, risks, and opportunities; develop models and reports that inform strategic decision‑making.
• Manage the annual development and release of early childhood performance profiles, including quality assurance, stakeholder communication, and creation of support resources.
• Draft policy guidance, proposals, evaluation designs, and technical documentation related to accountability metrics, program rules, and system refinements.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams within the Department (data, policy, legal, finance, and early childhood strategy staff) to ensure alignment with state and federal requirements.
• Engage early childhood community leaders, local superintendents, lead agencies, and network teams to communicate expectations, gather feedback, and build shared ownership of accountability efforts.
• Provide technical assistance and training to educators, administrators, and contractors…