CRAVEN COUNTY SCHOOLS

Exceptional Children Data Manager

Position Description

Position: Exceptional Children Program Data Manager

Reports to: Director/Assistant Director of Exceptional Children

Terms of Employment: 12 months

Pay Grade: 64

Pay Range: $2,644.79 - $4,454.94

FLSA Status: Non-exempt

Nature of Work

An employee in this class is responsible for gathering and managing a wide variety of records that are required in an Exceptional Children Program. Procedural manuals are available for most of the work from which the employee plans the sequence of steps to be undertaken. The employee is expected to develop other procedures for non-complex activities. Errors may result in lost or destroyed critical financial or student record data. The employee receives limited supervision.

Education and Experience

Some education in office and business practices beyond high school with a year of experience in computer data base management, spreadsheets, and collection and reporting of data or an equivalent combination of experience and education.

Certification and Licensure Requirements (if applicable):

Essential Functions/Typical Tasks

• Tracks paperwork and timeliness related to referral, evaluation, placement and re- evaluation of individual students, notifying appropriate personnel of due date.
• Verifies compliance of individual student records with State and Federal regulations. Gathers required records for transfer students.
• Provides guidance to school staff in efficient recordkeeping and understanding compliance issues. Compiles data for exceptional children reports to federal, state or local agencies.
• Compiles data and other information for non-routine requests by the State Board of Education, the General Assembly, the local school board and the school system's administrative team.
• Directs researchers to the source of needed information.
• Maintains records relating to properties of the Exception Children Program such as computers, software, journals, books and other materials
• Identifies needed information and gathers this for the program administrator to use in planning budgets.
• Participates with the administrator in developing and implementing a recording and tracking system for students who exit the program in order to evaluate the effectiveness of the program.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Working knowledge of data and information collection systems, including computerized ones. Some knowledge of basic accounting procedures.
• Ability to learn and comprehend the laws and regulations governing exceptional children programs. Ability to develop procedures for recordkeeping and retrieval
• Ability to maintain accurate records

Physical Requirements

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand, walk, and sit. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Special Requirements

• In compliance with Federal Law, Craven County Schools administers all education programs, employment activities and admissions without discrimination against any person on the basis of sex, race, color, religion, national origin, age or disability.