Education Policy Analyst MTSS, Student Family and Services Division

1809 Educational Policy Analyst

$122,873 - $164,976/annually

Permanent Exempt (what does this mean?)

PEX not to exceed three (3) years. This position is excluded by the Charter from competitive Civil Service examination process and shall serve at the discretion of the appointing officer.

Calendar:
Full Time / Full Year

The San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) is the seventh largest school district in California, serving more than 50,000 students who speak more than 44 documented languages across 121 schools in the city of San Francisco every year. We aim for every student who attends SFUSD schools to discover his or her spark, along with a strong sense of self and purpose, and that all students graduate from high school ready for college and career, and equipped with the skills, capacities and dispositions outlined in SFUSD’s Graduate Profile.

Every day in our quest to achieve this mission we provide each and every student the quality instruction and equitable support required to thrive in the 21st century.

The SFUSD community is unified by our Core Values:

• Student-centered:
  We put students’ needs first
• Fearless:
  We persist through challenges
• United:
  We celebrate and build on each other’s strengths
• Social Justice:
  We stand with those most vulnerable in our community
• Diversity-driven:
  We respect and seek to understand each person

We are also inspired by Vision, Values and Guardrails which captures our aspirations and vision for the future of public education in San Francisco. Alongside the District’s strategic plan. SFUSD is reimagining how public education will change over the next decade to meet the dynamic future of San Francisco. As a CORE district, SFUSD is also a leader in critical systems change for more comprehensive school accountability and innovations that help strengthen the instructional core, which is the foundation of our strategic plan and Vision 2025.

We want talented people from diverse backgrounds and experiences, who are inspired by our mission, steeped in equity, and who are motivated to unleash our children’s potential. We want people who are strong collaborators, skilled communicators, and problem solvers who are comfortable in a community of continuous learning.

The duties specified below are representative of the range of duties assigned to the job code/class and are not intended to be an inclusive or exhaustive list.

As the Education Policy Analyst, you will:

• Lead the implementation of the SFUSD data system and analysis for Guardrail 2 - Serving the Whole Child. It specifically mandates progress in
  1) chronic absenteeism: reducing rates of chronic absenteeism,
  2) sense of belonging: increasing the percentage of students who feel connected to their school community, and
  3) disproportionate Discipline:
  Decreasing suspension rates among the most heavily impacted student populations.
• Increase communication, clarity and connection across the division to reduce silos and streamline services
• Identify gaps in the division wide structures and generate solutions with stakeholders partners and creating a clear feedback loop
• Ability to manage competing priorities

• Implement the SFUSD data system and data analysis for Guardrail 2 - Serving the Whole Child through Multi-Tiered System of Supports
• Support feedback and evaluation tools that center the student and family experience of our process and procedures.
• Experience designing and facilitating multimodal and multilingual professional development
• Support operational management of the MTSS data platform and Student Information System, ensuring technical assistance,…