Assessment Coordinator - Umm Al Quwain

Contract Length: ‎2 years
Number of Vacancies: ‎1
Student Level:
* All Levels
Eligible Candidates:
* Licensed Teacher
Requirements:
* Education Required: Bachelor
* Minimum Teaching Experience: ‎3 years of teaching experience
* Major: B.A. or B.Ed. (in a teaching major) M.A. (in statistics or a related major)
* Required Certificates:
Teaching Credential/License
Other Certification
* ‎2 recommendation letters
* Degree certificate and Transcript, High School diploma and transcript (grades ‎9, ‎10,11, and ‎12) attested by the Ministry of Education from the country of issue, Foreign Affairs Ministry, UAE Embassy
* Police Clearance
Job Benefits:
* Full-time overseas-hired and locally-hired employees receive a ‎25% (twenty-five percent) reduction in tuition fee - for up to two dependents for the first year of service and ‎50% (fifty percent) for each successive year of full-time employment with the school. All other fees must be borne by the employee.
* Medical Insurance - medical insurance provided to visa holders only
Job Description:
The Assessment Coordinator will manage the development and implementation of a
comprehensive program of assessment for institutional improvements by
accreditation requirements in support of institutional effectiveness.
The Assessment Coordinator must work with the faculty, staff, and
administrators to develop effective strategies for the academic assessment of
student learning outcomes at the general education and program levels. The
assessment coordinator will provide ongoing support for assessment activities,
assist with the analysis of assessment methods and results and report such
results to both internal and external stakeholders.
The Assessment Coordinator will coordinate the collection, evaluation, and
dissemination of all academic, support, and administrative units.

Job Responsibilities:
* Work with the Principal and Assistant Principal to further develop the assessment plan.
* Work with the curriculum coordinator and Heads of Departments through ongoing flex workshops for programs, inter-disciplinary committees, departments, divisions, or individuals to:
* Develop Service Outcomes (SO), benchmarks, and rubrics
* Present assessment plan
* Work with Heads of Departments to:
* Collect evidence - design assessment tools, collect samples of student work
* Analyze evidence - make summative judgments
* Document analysis in the report (develop a template for reports)
* Implement Changes
* Work with non-instructional and academic support units to develop and assess service outcomes and develop reporting forms if they do not exist.
* Develop statistical models to measure the impact of learning support services on student achievement of intended learning outcomes.
* Develop item analysis reports as necessary to help faculty evaluate the effectiveness of tests and test items.
* Conduct focus groups with students and/or faculty and staff to get insight into practices that work and those that do not.
* Work with administrators to problem-solve issues that arise with assessment plans and present solutions to appropriate bodies.
* Work with the inspection and accreditation teams and assist with inspection/accreditation activities.
* Create reporting forms for assessment activities on campus.
* Work with Heads of Departments to disseminate reports and archive assessment activities.
* Serve as a repository for evidence and reports.

Knows of:
* UAE Inspection framework and Accreditation standards
* Student learning outcomes
* Assessment practices and methods
* Assessment plan for college
* Pedagogy - practice and study of teaching
* Learning theory - practice and study of learning
* Rubrics
* Statistics
* Psychometrics

Can:
* Facilitate workgroups
* Organize
* Problem solve
* Plan
* Communicate and present
* Provide resources
* Monitor the assessment process
* Collaborate with others
* Coordinate
* Lead
* Collect, analyze, and interpret data
* Train others on complex processes