Director, District Applications

Summary

The Director, District Applications ensures information and systems are available, stable, secure, and reliable; provides direction for the overall administration of information and instructional applications, custom applications, and system integrations; Ensures a standard application lifecycle management process; provides supervision and management for personnel including Records Management, Student Information System, Collaboration/Productivity, Content Management, Records Management, Curriculum Applications, and single sign on platforms.

Essential Duties

• Directs and manages the team responsible for system implementation and support for District curriculum and information applications and systems, including, but not limited to Infinite Campus, Microsoft Sharepoint, Classlink, Safari Montage, Canvas and Destiny
• Provides leadership in the development, implementation, and evaluation of data collection procedures for Local, State, and Federal reporting requirements in cooperation with State Department of Education personnel, central office administrators, and school-based personnel
• Establishes a service delivery standard that ensures a high level of customer satisfaction and engagement; Defines and reports on success metrics and goals
• Collaborates with data team on fulfilling District data requests, ensuring data is readily available, primary source is known, data is well defined, and in proper formats; Supervises preparation of State and Federal required enrollment information for services as mandated by law
• Assists in long-range departmental planning and budgeting based on the District’s defined strategy, goals and objectives
• Liaisons with District Leadership to identify and prioritize work based on the strategy and resource availability 
• Determines and communicates expectations on work that will be delivered and timelines; Monitors delivery of that work, communicating issues, risks and recommended next steps to keep the work on track
• Collaborates with other IT departments in the identification of programming needs, stakeholder support needs, data entry personnel training, development of reports and dashboards, and determining system implementation timelines
• Establishes and builds relationships with vendors; capacity planning, scheduling and vendor negotiations
• Coordinates the development of records maintenance, dissemination, and destruction procedures for student permanent records and transcripts 
• Develops and provides appropriate procedural manuals and in-service activities for central office staff, principals, enrollment coordinators, and selected teacher groups regarding reporting procedures for enrollment and attendance, FTE, and special education reporting
• Develops and maintains Standard Operating Procedures for each application managed by the team
• Ensures the team provides the proper level of documentation and manages that documentation as it relates to requirements, process flows, business rules, design, configuration, customizations, and user documentation
• Serves as Academics Liaison in maintaining referral database, Special Education enrollment, and personnel assignments
• Meets regularly with staff to identify departmental needs, prioritize planning concerns, revise operating procedures, approve leave requests, and evaluate job performance
• Performs other duties as assigned by the appropriate administrator

Required Education

Bachelor’s Degree in a closely related field or 10 years’ experience in related field in lieu of Bachelor’s Degree required

Certification/Licensure

None requiredLeadership coursework preferred

Experience Qualifications

Minimum 7 years of experience in system implementation, system support, application development, data collection, analysis, and maintenance with a minimum of 3 years supervisory experience required; Mid to senior level experience in an educational organization preferred

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• Proven expertise in Records Management, Student Information System, Collaboration/Productivity, Content Management, Records Management, Curriculum Applications, and single sign on platforms
• Knowledge of system implementation and design methodologies
• Knowledge of Federal, State, and Local policies regarding student information reporting requirements and the maintenance and release of confidential student records/transcripts
• Ability to design, develop, implement, and evaluate data collection and reporting procedures
• Ability to relate to a wide variety of people and to observe, listen, motivate, and provide leadership which results in a positive environment
• Ability to manage financial material and human resources effectively
• Proven ability to mak