Data and Compliance Manager

Description

Summary:

Data and Compliance Manager performs all official record keeping duties in accordance with the Family Education Rights Privacy Act (FERPA) and maintains the school’s student management system (PowerSchool) for daily school operations, analyzing data, and providing and analyzing reports for school programs and external agencies. Manage Registrar systems and procedures concurrent with changes to educational and legal matters affecting student records and confidentiality.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferred
• 5 years experience in a similar or related position preferred
• American Sign Language fluency (Advanced)
• Must be organized, assertive, creative and able to demonstrate initiative and responsibility
• Knowledge of Powerschool Preferred
• Experience with database systems
• Strong interpersonal skills required
  
  

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

Student Information Management System

• Support principals and teachers in the maintenance of teacher gradebook
• Input and maintain student schedules (homeroom, classes)
• Process diploma requests for school districts.
• Manage report cards and archive student grades
• Process requests for official transcripts
• Manage and process required state reporting
  
  

Staff Continuing Education Credits

• Process confidential employee information
• Upload Act 48 credits into PERMS system
• Manage & problem solve system upload issues
• Extract Act 48 information from professional development system
• Upload or report on continuing education credits to outside agencies
• Paraeducator credentialing, track credentialing, ensure compliance, submit credentialing packets to state
• Coordinate training with internal and external training providers.
• Manage in-house learning management system, troubleshooting, approving courses, ensuring courses are closed out. Assist staff with adding new courses or registering for training in LMS.
  
  

Student Assessment

• Keep current with annual changes in testing accommodations and timelines for state and local assessments: PSSA, PASA, MAP, Keystone.
• Distribute PA state and local testing letters to parents
• Ensure all appropriate departments have access to online assessment systems
• Coordinate with other departments and set up and manage account permissions for the designated “School Assessment Coordinators” (Teachers, Support staff and Admin)
• Support with online portals and websites:
• Scheduling & assessment administration, including distribution of Student Testing Tickets
• Work with IEP coordinator and teachers to ensure all IEP mandated assessment accommodations have been documented when registering students for online assessments
• Managing student and teacher data
• Procure and secure testing materials prior to the testing window
• Data analysis
  
  

Staff Supervision and Administration

• Provide supervision, leadership, and oversight to assigned staff as designated, supporting the overall operational effectiveness of the school
• Provide support for related services billing.
  
  

Requirements

Physical Demands:

• Willingness to travel within the state
• Sitting, standing, walking, frequent bending, crouching, reaching, stooping
• Lifting and moving of lighter objects such as books, chairs, student desks
• Manual dexterity skills for using office equipment
• Ability to read and attend to computer screens for long periods of time