Administrative Skills, Communication Skills, Computer Networks, Computer Skills, Data Collection, Data Entry, Data Management, Data Processing, Desktop Publishing, Establish Priorities, Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), High School Diploma, Medical Records, Problem Solving Skills, Records Management, Reporting Skills, School Attendance, Spreadsheets, Time Management, Training/Teaching, Word Processing
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.
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North Carolina Department of Public Instruction