PowerSchool Data Manager
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 with school personnel, students, parents, and outside agencies. • Ability to perform standard arithmetical functions. • Software skills for data entry, reporting, word processing, desktop publishing, spreadsheets, and other PowerSchool programs. • Uses discretion to structure tasks to meet expectations and prioritizes to meet deadlines. • Keeps information confidential. • Needs limited supervision and can work independently and as a part of the team. • Able to make decisions and solve problems with school data and information provided.
Education and Training Required:
High School diploma and at least two years of experience with computer processing and data entry preferred. An Associates Degree from a two-year college or technical school is preferred.
Term of Employment:
Primary Responsibilities:
• Enters and manages student data in PowerSchool, including enrollments, withdrawals, student-teacher-room schedules, transcripts, test scores, immunizations, demographics, etc. • Monitors the entry of attendance and grades by teachers into PowerSchool. • Monitors student absences for correct excused and unexcused coding. • Prepares student absence lists and daily absence bulletin. • Maintains student sign-insign-out logs based on the directions from principals. • 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. • Performs other clerical duties as assigned by the principal.