Logistics Summary:
- Position: Data Coach
- Type: Full-time, employee position
- Location: Hybrid remote/in-person. Must be able to travel to New York City to visit schools up to 3 times per week, primarily to the Bronx but potentially to any of the five boroughs. Must have reliable transportation and/or comfort with public transportation.
- Hours: 40 per week
- Compensation: $85,000 - $95,000 per annum
- Timeline: We're looking to fill this role ASAP, but we will spend the necessary time to find the best fit.
- A practice assignment requiring up to 3 hours will be given to assess the applicant's communication and presentation abilities and skill level which may include use of tools such as Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets
- Current New York City Public Schools (NYCPS) employees or those who have resigned from an NYCPS position within the past 9 months are not eligible.
Seeking you... if you:
- enjoy engaging with all types of people and thrive in managing client relationships, facilitating meetings, and presenting to and collaborating with a team
- Have a strong number sense and excel at making data understandable and accessible to a wide audience
- have experience working with K-12 schools and are interested in directly supporting schools and school teams to analyze data and use it to improve outcomes for students
- are seasoned in working in a hybrid remote/in person environment and have strong project/self-management + communication practices needed for remote team structures
- are resourceful, proactive, and able to think outside the box to find creative solutions to problems
- are careful and attentive to detail
- align with our mission to improve public education and equity in schools!
About District Public:
District Public is a small and growing business looking for a Data Coach to join our team! We were founded in 2014 with a mission to help K-12 public schools in New York City analyze and make more effective use of their data. We help schools make data more accessible, understandable, and actionable. We help schools build capacity by providing professional development and coaching.
We think of ourselves as data coaches for school leaders and educators. We support them to achieve the best possible results for their students. Currently, we work with over 100 NYC district K-12 schools across all five boroughs.
We work collaboratively with school teams to understand their challenges, build tools and analyses, and facilitate inquiry coaching programs that are tailored to their needs. We help schools save time, improve instruction, make better decisions, and instill a culture of continuous learning and improvement anchored in data. We aim to know the school and their team so we can help them tackle their most pressing problems. We're looking for someone special to join our team to help us provide better support to more schools.
Requirements
Responsibilities and Areas of Need:
We're searching for an agile, creative, problem solver with public K-12 education experience, strong communication and relationship management skills, and number sense to help put those skills to use supporting public K-12 schools in New York City. You must be comfortable juggling multiple projects simultaneously, and be flexible and adaptable to changing circumstances. We frequently work under tight deadlines, so you must be organized, efficient, and able to carefully prioritize your work.
The job has four main parts, with the primary responsibilities of:
- Client management:
- Work directly with school leaders and teachers to identify needs and manage that relationship as the "face" of District Public
- Manage logistics such as securing needed files and scheduling meetings/sessions
- Project management
- Manage timelines to ensure you/the District Public team meets deadlines, especially for your clients' projects
- Coaching, presentation, and facilitation:
- Present analyses to school leaders and teachers and facilitate high quality and interactive professional learning sessions anchored in a continuous learning approach.
- Plan collaborative sessions which may be held in person, virtually on video, or over the phone depending on the circumstances
- Data analysis, interpretation, presentation, and tool building:
- Translate data analysis into clear and actionable steps for school leaders and educators
- Work with, provide input on, modify, or at times build analytical models used to analyze data from schools.
- Present analysis visually in a way that's clear, concise, and impactful.
In this role, you will be responsible for working collaboratively with other members of the District Public team and directly with clients (school leaders and teachers) to meet client needs. In some cases, you will work from the direction of a District Public partner or other team member. In other cases, you will be working directly with school teams and must be comfortable presenting to and facilitating sessions with school leaders and teachers. You will be adapting existing District Public analyses and approaches to the unique needs of your clients, and occasionally developing new analyses and approaches.
You will also help District Public itself continuously improve, providing input on others' projects, helping streamline and standardize our internal operations and approaches, and lending your content knowledge and expertise to improve how we work and what we deliver to clients.
Skills and experiences that will enable you to thrive:
- You have strong relationship management, presentation, facilitation, communication, and project management skills and have experience with facilitation as well as presenting to groups
- You have worked in/with K-12 public education
- You have an internal drive and strong organization and prioritization skills so you can exceed expectations with very limited supervision
- You excel at balancing being thorough and efficient in a hybrid remote/in-person work environment with multiple clients/projects at various stages
- You are attentive and detail-oriented and have your own personal organizational habits and systems
- You love collaborating with others and managing client relationships, while working together to find creative solutions.
- You are quick to pick up new tech and tools and have proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets with an interest in deepening skills
Extra bonus if you have one or more of these skills or experiences:
- You have taught in a K-12 classroom
- You have directly supported schools and school teams with data analysis and management
- You have experience in a consulting, training, or facilitation role
- You have a knowledge of improvement science or action research
- You have worked in or around New York City public schools
- You have data visualization and/or graphic design skills
- You have skills in MS Access, MySQL, Python, Tableau, R, or other database, data visualization, or analysis programs
The Role Logistics:
District Public is a small company (currently 11 employees and partners) and all employees work remotely unless visiting a school site or attending periodic company-wide meetings. As such, you will be comfortable working both individually and in collaboration with team members, as well as communicating remotely via phone, email, videoconference, and other communication channels. You will work primarily remotely, but must be able to travel to New York City to visit schools up to three times per week.
This is a full time, overtime exempt position with competitive salary and benefits. The salary range is $85,000 - $95,000 per annum.
You will report to Luke Davenport and Som Pati, Partners, District Public, and will work collaboratively with other members of the District Public team.
Due to New York City conflict of interest rules, former NYC Public Schools (NYCPS) employees may not interact with current NYCPS employees for one year from their date of resignation. Because this position requires frequent interaction with current NYCPS employees, you must not have been employed by the NYCPS within the past nine months to one year.
Benefits
This is a full time, overtime exempt position with competitive salary and benefits.
We offer
- QSEHRA health insurance premium reimbursements with maximum allowable reimbursement rates
- Home office expense reimbursements up to $500/month
- 80 hours paid time off in first year, 120 hours in each year following
Other information
This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Duties, responsibilities and activities are subject to change. All duties and responsibilities are essential functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities.
District Public is committed to achieving a diverse workforce through application of its affirmative action, equal opportunity and nondiscrimination policy in all aspects of employment including recruitment, hiring, promotions, transfers, discipline, terminations, wage and salary administration, benefits, and training. We are a diversity-forward/inclusive company. People of all genders and races are encouraged to apply.
We maintain a friendly, inclusive, and collaborative working culture, and share a commitment to diversity and equity internally and in our work with schools.
You will have the opportunity to grow with time and experience as the business grows. Join our team!
You can learn more about us on our website at www.district-public.com
