Programming Specialist

Programming Specialist

Title: Programming Specialist

Job Goal: Works under the direction of the Superintendent/CEO or designee to assist with the collection, organization, and integration of student data to develop student schedules, report student data to various state and federal agencies, integrate student curriculum software for instructional purposes, and provide data analysis to inform district operations and improve school and student performance.

Qualifications: Individual must possess the technical expertise with a minimum of 4 years experience utilizing Power School student information system or a similar student information system. Proficiency in use of Microsoft Office Suite, Google Docs and Apps for Education, OS, and advanced knowledge of data base concepts and data manipulation tools to report federal, state, and district reports. Individual must be detail oriented for accurate reports and record keeping.

Demonstrate ability to maintain confidentiality of student and staff records, protect personally identifiable information and follow FERPA, HIPPA, Illinois School Code, and other applicable laws, regulations and rules for data security and privacy. Individual must have excellent written and verbal communication skills to communicate for a variety of different stakeholders and the patience to understand the needs of those stakeholders.

Reports to: Superintendent/CEO or designee

• Maintain data integrity of the school and district Student Information System (Power School).
• Be an integral member of the data team at both the building and district level. This includes working with high volumes of data for the following projects: student registration, course selection data and teacher recommendations, student attendance, student accounts, grades and student assessment performance data, and develop student schedules for elementary, middle school and high school based on the course selections and teacher recommendations.
• Fulfills state reporting requirements for external accountability data reporting, ISBE/SIS data input and output, maintain accurate student information on the IWAS, and accurate data per district and school policy.
• Responsible for data import and exports for student instructional curriculum material and assessments.
• Assist with the management of other student operational applications such as student discipline, bus logistical information, registration input, student fee payment, food service, and human resource informational system.
• Provide system support for initial registration of new students and online registration of existing students.
• Other duties as assigned

Determined by the CEO per duties and responsibilities