Instructional Technology Manager

Overview: About Public Prep

The Public Prep Network is a nonprofit organization that develops single-sex elementary and middle public schools that pursue excellence through continuous learning and data-driven instruction. Our model is designed to empower each student to build strong character, demonstrate critical thinking, possess a core body of knowledge and be on a predictive path to earn a degree from a four-year university.

Public Prep is currently comprised of three tuition-free, all-girls charter schools centered on the core values of Scholarship, Merit, Community, and Responsibility.

Girls Prep Lower East Side Elementary, the first all-girls charter school in New York City and the inaugural school in our network, was launched in 2005 and serves 325 students in grades K-4. Girls Prep Lower East Side Middle School and Girls Prep Bronx Elementary School launched in 2009 and are both completing their fourth years of operation. Girls Prep Lower East Side Middle School serves 225 students in grades 5-8th. Girls Prep Bronx serves 375 students in grades K-4 and will serve 450 students in grades K-5 beginning in the fall of 2013.

Both Girls Prep Bronx Middle School and Boys Prep Elementary School will launch in the fall of 2014.

Joining our team at Public Prep

Public Prep is seeking an Instructional Technology Manager to join our team in July.

The Instructional Technology Manager works cooperatively with the network's academic team and school leadership teams to implement the Public Prep's technology integration goals as defined by the Public Prep curriculum, technology plan, and strategic performance initiatives and provides effective training and support for faculty to integrate technology methods and materials into the core curriculum. The Instructional Technology Manager collaborates with network and school-level leaders and to ensure consistent collection of academic and operational data through the Student Information System (SIS).

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Data Management

• Supports school-level Operations Associates to ensure consistent and accurate data collection through the Public Prep's-wide SIS, including student demographic, enrollment, and family information.
• Supports teachers to ensure consistent and timely academic data collection through the network-wide SIS, including attendance data and grades.
• Functions as a liaison between the SIS management company and school-based staff.
• Collaborates with school leaders and Public Prep's staff to develop custom reports from the SIS including report cards and progress reports.
• Collaborates with the Director of Assessment and Accountability to identify and pull routine dashboard data.
• Collaborates with the Director of Assessment and Accountability to analyze Public Prep's-wide data trends and communicate to a variety of stakeholders in understandable and actionable formats.
• Establishes knowledge of all instructionally related technology platforms, including but not limited to platforms such as eDoctrina, Atlas Rubicon, and SNAPP School. Communicates school and Public Prep's needs to vendors to improve functionality and support implementation.

Technology Integration

• Leads the network's and schools in technology integration, ensuring student use of technologies in service to curriculum. Serves as a source of information on trends, research, applications, and effective practices related to technology use within the curriculum.
• Works with the Director of Curriculum to recommend the purchase of effective instructional technology resources for faculty and students.
• Collaborates with the Managing Director of Leadership Development to expand teachers' and students' capacity in the use of technology as a tool to acquire, synthesize, and report information. This may include:
  • Modeling technology integration.
  • Building strategies for evaluation and self-evaluation of technology skills.
  • Designing and leading workshops and professional development
• Drafts and maintains a network-wide technology plan in collaboration with the Public Prep's academic team and Core Leadership Team.
• Assists with the creation and maintenance of students' electronic portfolios and published work.

The Ideal Candidate Will Have:

• A Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university.
• Two or more years' experience working with educational technology.
• Experience managing a Student Information System; experience with Global Scholar a plus.
• Strong understanding of technology integration.
• Demonstrated ability to design professional development for adults, including both workshops and written materials
• A track record of success managing complex projects that involve multiple stakeholders
• A track record of building and leading teams of diverse stakeholders
• Superior communication skills
• The ability to work collaboratively
• Experience in an educational setting, with classroom experience preferred.
• A commitment to ending the educational achievement gap
• The belief that all students have the ability to succeed academically and in life, regardless of their background
• A commitment to single-sex education