STUDENT DATA SPECIALIST
WORK DAY/YEAR: Full-time, 1.0 (begins July 1, 2023)
REPORTS TO: Building Principal and Finance Coordinator
SALARY AND BENEFITS: See attached contract
Why Central Public Schools?
We are a district comprising three supportive and growing communities (Cologne, Norwood Young America and Hamburg) well positioned for future growth. We begin work on a 45M dollar renovation this spring and are looking for an innovative, forward thinking teachers to partner with stakeholders. Central Public Schools is proud to have the lowest class sizes in the 7 county metro area and the fastest growing zip code in the state. The communities have supported the school in passing a levy in 2019, a technology levy in 2019 and a building bond in 2021. Come join our team!
General Definition of Work
Performs intermediate professional work submitting student and district data via MARSS (EDFI) to the State and Federal governments; overseeing the entry and retrieval of data to ensure proper funding; acting as a liaison between the District and state representatives to clear up data inconsistencies, and related work as apparent or assigned. Work is performed under the general direction of the Secondary Principal, Finance Coordinator, Director of Student Services and Superintendent.
Qualification Requirements
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function listed below satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. This is not an exhaustive list of any or all functions a position could perform. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable an individual with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Essential Functions
Send and retrieve student electronic information to the state using the state and federal government guidelines.
Oversee district MARSS (EDFI) protocols and work with representatives of the state and other school districts to resolve issues relating to student enrollment data. Serves as primary point of contact and technical expertise for end user support and training on MARSS (EDFI).
Assist the finance department with implementation of internal and external procedures to ensure all student demographic data and state/federal mandated coding is input in an accurate and timely manner.
Maintains contact with other MN school districts to ensure MARSS (EDFI) data is current and correct; submits error free data to the State in order to obtain accurate district reports.
Develops manuals and instructions to assist and train all school staff with data entry and proper MARSS and other data coding (when applicable); performs quality assurance checks to ensure data is correct.
Creates, prepares, and analyzes government and other related reports on a daily, weekly and monthly basis.
Coordinates with district administrators to ensure that data is being reported accurately; monitors the quality of the district’s student records prior to their submission to the state by auditing internal error reports; corrects errors in the district system to ensure accurate reporting; identifies data problems and how they might be fixed (mass or individual record fixes); determines priorities on which errors must be corrected first in order that the district receives maximum funding.
Works closely with the Superintendent and administrators to maximize the financial benefits to the district from MARSS (EDFI) data.
Serves as a resource relating to programs that have unique requirements to ensure coding is appropriate.
Keeps the state informed of school name changes, principal changes, address changes or school openings and closings; maintains ADMWE and annual directory information with MDE.
Runs the administrative side of Infinite Campus for the secondary school and assists the principal and counselor in the development of the master schedule.
Performs quality checks and analysis on tuition billing and district data to maximize financial benefits for the district.
All other duties as assigned.