Technology - State Reporting Specialist

Amarillo ISD•Amarillo, TX

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The primary purpose of this role is to troubleshoot the Student Management System for staff and students, ensuring the appropriate security settings are in place. This role is crucial for maintaining the system's smooth and secure operation. The specialist will be the primary contact for all Student Information System (SIS) inquiries, handling help requests via telephone, email, and work orders. Key responsibilities include supervising student information data for accuracy across various categories (At-Risk, Gifted and Talented, Title I, Special Education, BIL/LEP, Discipline, Career and Technology, Leaver, Economic Disadvantaged, Attendance), scheduling and performing audits of enrollment reconciliations and attendance, and maintaining multiple tables within the SIS. The role also involves building new staff accounts, maintaining security permissions, and managing all templates within the student management system. Additionally, the specialist will prepare student data for promotion, provide support to campuses for failure reports, missing grades, and eligibility reports, and conduct training for all district employees. Building rapport with users to understand problems, develop solutions, and instruct users on finding those solutions is also a key aspect of this position.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in information systems, statistics, business, data analysis, mathematics, education or a related field preferred.
Ability to develop spreadsheets, perform data analysis, and do word processing.
Proficient in keyboarding, 10-key numerical data entry and file maintenance skills.
Working knowledge of database query logic and relational databases.
Strong organizational, communication and interpersonal skills.
Must be able to lift 50 pounds.
Must be able to bend, stoop and reach fully above head.
Must be able to travel throughout the district.
Must possess acute and/or corrected visual and hearing capabilities.
Must possess manual dexterity.
Must be above average in energy, health and vitality.
Must possess a high level of mental capabilities.
Work with frequent interruptions.

Nice To Haves

Student Management System preferably Skyward.
Experience with Skyward.
PEIMS experience.

Responsibilities

Learn and understand data and reporting requirements as determined by local, state or federal needs.
Serve as the Primary Contact for all SIS Inquiries.
File incoming help requests from end users via telephone, email and work orders.
Supervise Student Information data for accuracy (AtRisk, Gifted and Talented, Title I, Special Education, BIL/LEP, Discipline, Career and Technology, Leaver, Economic Disadvantaged, Attendance).
Schedule and perform audits of enrollment reconciliations and attendance.
Build new staff accounts as well as maintain security permissions.
Maintain multiple tables in SIS including, address, staff, family, schedules, calendars.
Maintain all templates within student management system.
Prepare student data for promotion based on physical address and transfer approval.
Provide support to campuses for failure reports, missing grades, and eligibility reports.
Perform training for all district employees, including, but not limited to administrators, teachers and support staff.
Build rapport with users to understand problems, develop processes, procedures and structures to solve problems and instruct users on how to find solutions.