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Coordinator, Assessment
Job Description
These core values are essential to authentic and sustainable institutional equity at Foothill College. Institutional equity is embedded not only in the college’s Educational Master Plan and Strategic Vision for Equity but in its planning, hiring and evaluative processes.
- Organizes, coordinates, and oversees testing and assessment services and activities for a diverse student population by creating positive learning communities.
- Participates in the planning, development, and implementation of policies, procedures, and handbooks for assigned centers, including incorporating regulatory updates and technological advancements, as appropriate.
- Coordinates testing and assessment services with other programs, divisions, and departments, including outreach, room availability, student accommodations, and development of quarterly testing schedules; refers students to other resources, programs, divisions, and departments as needed.
- Reviews guidelines, policies, and instructions related to placement testing, registration, and counseling with students prior to placement tests; distributes and assists students with testing admissions applications.
- Administers and proctors individual and group testing sessions in various subject matter areas.
- Sorts and scores assessments and tests in accordance with District policies, procedures, and curriculum requirements.
- Sorts, prepares, builds, and administers accommodated tests for students with disabilities; interprets counselor-recommended accommodations.
- Organizes and maintains accurate and detailed databases, files, and records, verifies accuracy of information, researches discrepancies, and records information.
- Responds to and troubleshoots requests for assistance from users experiencing technical issues with computer hardware and software applications; configures software application as needed; provides guidance to faculty, students, and staff; develops user guidelines.
- Researches and extracts student, class, and course information data for analysis and reporting; assists in the development and design of surveys.
- Processes placement test score transfer forms by reviewing and interpreting scores based on college guidelines; informs students of course availability.
- Responds to requests from other educational institutions and processes release of placement test scores.
- Designs, creates, and edits a variety of documents, including correspondence, letters, memos, agendas, reports, lists, forms, schedules, flyers, event materials, and statistical reports.
- Responds to inquiries and requests for information; interprets and applies regulations, policies, procedures, systems, rules, and precedents in response to inquiries and requests.
- Oversees and conducts recruitments for and training of tutors and student workers; develops work schedules; may review and approve timesheets; monitors hours worked and allocated budgets; oversees and provides work direction and training; explains performance standards, policies, and procedures; and monitors tutorial sessions and evaluates performance.
- Performs related duties as assigned.
- Understanding of, sensitivity to, and respect for the diverse academic, socio-economic, ethnic, religious, and cultural backgrounds, disability, and sexual orientation of community college students, faculty and staff.
- Any combination of training and experience which would provide the required knowledge, skills, and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the required qualifications would be: equivalent to graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with major coursework in education or a related field AND two (2) years of increasingly responsible experience in coordinating and/or administering placement tests.
- A District on-line application on http://hr.fhda.edu/careers/. *In the application, you will provide information, which demonstrates your understanding of, sensitivity to, and respect for the diverse academic, socio-economic, ethnic, religious, and cultural backgrounds, disability, and sexual orientation of community college students, faculty and staff. Additionally, you will be asked to explain how your life experiences, studies or work have influenced your commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion.
- A cover letter addressing your qualifications for the position.
- A current resume of all work experience, formal education and training.
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