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Job Description
RESEARCH DATA TECH SENIOR (DUKE TITLE)
Elementary School Data Collector (Sanford Title)
( Level 9)
Center for Child & Family Policy
Sanford School of Public Policy
Duke University
Mission of the Center for Child and Family Policy
The mission of the Center for Child and Family Policy is to contribute to solutions to important problems affecting today’s children and families, through an integrated system of scientific research, debate and dissemination, public service, and teaching. The Center emphasizes the bridge from basic research to policy and practice.
Occupational Summary
Participate in a variety of duties data collection duties for a research study in elementary schools with ESL and classroom teachers. Responsibilities include conducting classroom observations by zoom and may include supporting teachers in administering student assessments. Must be able to work during school hours which are typically 7:30 to 3:00 PM. This is a part-time position with four waves of data collection during the school year through June 2025.
The Center for Child and Family Policy received funding from the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) for an efficacy trial of a teacher professional development (PD) program in elementary schools in North Carolina. This comprehensive teacher PD program provides English as a second language (ESL) and classroom teachers with a framework for collaboration, skills for implementing high-impact instructional strategies, and approaches for incorporating families’ cultural wealth into the classroom. The PD program is based on research supporting teacher PD and includes four days of workshops, ongoing virtual implementation coaching, and weekly collaboration sessions between the ESL and classroom teachers. Please see this short video about the project: https://vimeo.com/913478819/2ad1b9f676?share=copy
Work to be Performed
This is a part-time position with concentrated work in the schools for about 25 hours per week for 4 windows of data collection throughout the school year. Each data collection window will take about 5-6 weeks. Some weeks will not have any scheduled work.
Education/Training
A Bachelor’s degree is required. A Master’s degree is preferred. Work requires knowledge of data collection and research principles, Microsoft office products normally acquired through two years post-secondary education.
Experience
Work requires experience in elementary schools; previous elementary teaching experience; previous research experience; expertise in Microsoft office products including Word, PowerPoint, and Excel; excellent written and oral language skills; high level of organizational skills; independence and attention to detail. Work requires one year of experience in a related position or an equivalent combination of relevant education and/or experience.
Preferences include experience teaching multilingual learners, experience with school-based data collection; and experience working with teachers.
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