Data Manager-11 months position

PowerSchool Data Manager

Contact Person: Tara Tucker

Phone Number: 828-433-1533

Email: taratucker@burke.k12.nc.us

11-month position

Position Title: Data Manager

Reports To: Principal

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Required:

• Knowledge of computers, networking, and office practices.
• High level of accuracy in data entry and management.
• Administrative skills to interpret county and state policies governing enrollment/withdrawal, attendance, immunizations, and health records.
• Communication skills to communicate with school personnel, students, parents, and outside agencies.
• Ability to perform common arithmetical functions.
• Software/word processing skills for data entry, reporting, word processing, desktop publishing, spreadsheets, and other PowerSchool programs.
• Uses discretion to structure tasks to meet expectations and prioritizes meeting deadlines.
• Keeps information confidential.
• Needs limited supervision and can work independently and as part of the team.
• Able to make decisions and solve problems with school data and information provided.

Education, Training Required: High School diploma and a minimum of two years of experience with computer processing and data entry preferred. An Associate’s Degree from a two-year college or technical school is preferred.

Term of Employment: 8 hours per day for 11 months at schools with grades K-5 or

8 hours per day for 12 months for schools with grades 6-12.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Enters and manages student data in PowerSchool, including enrollments, withdrawals, student/teacher/room schedules, transcripts, test scores, immunizations, demographics, etc.
• Monitors teachers’ entry of attendance and grades into PowerSchool. Monitors student absences for correct excused/ unexcused coding. Prepare student absence lists and the daily absence bulletin. Maintains student sign-in/sign-out logs per the principal’s directions.
• Employs the PowerSchool program to generate reports to satisfy the requirements
• Collects data for and prints marking period report cards.
• Requests cumulative records for new students and sends cumulative records upon request for exiting students. Manages student cumulative records according to federal ( FERPA) and district policies and procedures
• Other clerical duties as assigned by the principal.