Manager, School Quality and Accountability

Title: Manager, School Quality and Accountability

Department: School Performance Department

Reports to: Director of Accountability

Location: Washington, DC (Two days of Telework)

ABOUT THE DC PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL BOARD (DC PCSB)

Every day, we’re doing the work to ensure that 44,000+ public charter school students, families, and communities receive a quality education that makes them feel valued and prepared for lifelong learning, fulfilling careers, and economic security. DC PCSB is an independent agency of the District of Columbia government. Our mission, vision, values, and work are rooted in the principle of ensuring that every DC student has access to a quality education.

ABOUT THE ROLE

In this role, you serve as the strategic "right hand" to the Director, acting as a high-level technical expert and school liaison. This is a Manager-Level role. You will bridge the gap between complex academic data and the real-world context of school leadership. Your primary focus is ensuring that DC public charter schools have rigorous, fair, and mission-aligned academic accountability goals and a fair, well-understood academic performance accountability system.

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Negotiation & Strategy: Lead the high-level negotiation of charter goals with school leaders, ensuring measures are both rigorous and reflective of unique school models (e.g., Adult Ed, Alternative, or Early Childhood).
• Policy Implementation: Support the Director in the design and rollout of the new Charter Goals Policy, ensuring it aligns with DC PCSB’s academic accountability system, ASPIRE.
• Project Management: Lead and manage cross-functional projects related to academic accountability, charter goals implementation, policy rollout, and portfolio initiatives by establishing timelines, coordinating stakeholders, tracking deliverables, mitigating risks, and ensuring successful execution aligned with organizational priorities.
• Technical Assistance: Serve as the primary point of contact for school leaders to interpret academic data and navigate the goals lifecycle.

• Lead & Support Authorship: Pivot between roles based on portfolio needs—acting as the lead analyst and author for complex charter review and renewal reports, while at other times owning specific technical sections or providing high-level peer review for team members to ensure consistency and accuracy.
• Evidence Synthesis: Synthesize multi-year performance data into clear, evidence-based recommendations for the Board.
• School Performance Data Analysis: Analyze complex datasets to drive the implementation and refinement of academic assessment methodologies and tools. Move beyond data entry by interpreting business rules, analyzing growth metrics, and ensuring the accurate, data-driven evaluation of a school’s long-term viability. The candidate should have experience with one or more widely used data visualization, scripting, and/or transformation tools.

• Technical Liaison: Communicate directly with school leaders regarding testing results, performance ratings, and framework compliance, translating technical data into actionable school-level context.
• Strategic Triage: Use field-based knowledge to identify "red flags" in performance data and coordinate with other departments (Finance, Equity, Legal) and the Executive Team to determine if a school requires a specific intervention.

COMPETENCIES 

1. Educational Assessment and Evaluation
2. Academic Performance Monitoring and Evaluation
3. Education Policy Application
4. Compliance, Operations, or Academic Performance Reporting
5. Student Equity and Inclusion Advocacy
6. School Leader Supportive Stance
7. Relevant Parties Engagement and Influence
8. Quality Management
9. Persuasive Writing
10. Project Management

QUALIFICATIONS

• Seeking candidates with deep expertise in one or more of the following areas related to data, curriculum, assessment, pedagogy, administration, policy, leadership, etc.
  • Adult Education
  • Alternative Education
  • Early Childhood
  • Elementary, Middle, or High School Education
• Candidates should have 6+ years of school-based or district-level leadership experience and be professionally curious about how data-driven accountability can improve student outcomes across a diverse portfolio of schools.
• Proven track record of leading school-wide or district-wide academic initiatives.
• Thrives in a fast-paced environment and navigates ambiguity with comfort
• Advanced proficiency in data analysis and training/visual presentation tools; familiarity with DC’s educational landscape is a plus.
• A deep commitment to equity and the belief that all students in the District deserve access to a quality education.

Compensation and Benefits 

Salary is competitive and commensurate with prior experience in a similar role. DC PCSB offers a comprehensive benefits plan covering 100% of the employee’s insurance premium. If you’re employed by a government or not-for-profit organization, you might be eligible for the PSLF Program. Please visit the studentaid.gov website for eligibility details and requirements. DC PCSB offers a generous telecommuting policy.

To foster fair compensation practices within our organization, there is a non-negotiation policy built within our compensation system. The salary for this role is $100,570.00 -$117,332.50

DC PCSB is an equal-opportunity employer dedicated to fostering a unified workplace. We are committed to ensuring all employees feel valued and respected. We recognize that multiple perspectives and experiences contribute to a strong and effective team, enhancing our ability to fulfill our mission.

Additional Information

This position will remain posted continuously to support ongoing and future hiring needs. Applications will be reviewed periodically as organizational needs evolve and hiring priorities are identified.

DC PCSB is not enrolled in E-Verify and does not sponsor individuals for work visas.