Position Summary:

Major Responsibilities:

• Oversee, manage, maintain and update as necessary the university's teacher education assessment system to ensure compliance with national and state regulations
• Provide oversight of the Watermark data management system with support from a data manager and staff in Information Resources
• Promote a data-informed culture that can respond to the evolving requirements and needs related to the assessment of teacher education outcomes

• Retrieve and analyze information from an array of data management systems
• Develop statistical analyses to analyze and summarize assessment results, and establish fairness, reliability, and validity of assessments
• Spearhead the collection and use of data to allow program faculty to analyze and document the progress and performance of their candidates

• Prepare and maintain data reports and other documentation required by campus offices, accrediting bodies and government agencies
• Lead the development and writing of self-studies and other institutional reports to maintain national accreditation and compliance with federal and state regulations
• Develop periodic data reports to inform the continuous improvement and revision of teacher education policies, processes, and curricula
• Maintain and manage required websites that share outcome and performance data reports with teacher education stakeholders both on and off campus

Required Qualifications:

• Master's degree in education, measurement and evaluation, educational psychology, or related field
• Familiarity with external accreditation processes
• Experience in the use of technology including data and learning management systems
• Experience writing reports or papers for external audiences

Preferred Qualifications:

• Doctorate in education, measurement and evaluation, educational psychology or related field
• Experience directing or coordinating accreditation of education or other professional programs
• Experience in P-12 education, administration and/or assessment
• Experience with quantitative analysis and statistics
• Experience with current online data management systems (e.g., Watermark)
• Experience with data analysis strategies using software such as SPSS, SAS and Excel Pivot Tables
• Experience in higher education, especially with regard to campus accreditation visits, program review and campus governance processes
• Experience working with diverse stakeholders

About SUNY Cortland

SUNY Cortland is one of 64 campuses in the State University of New York system. The State University of New York is a quality public university that combines world-renowned faculty, dedicated staff, and a truly diverse body of talented students to pursue its mission in every corner of the state: "to learn, to search, to serve."

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