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The Assessment Implementation Consultant, West Coast will partner with districts and state department of education to share how our program meet their assessment needs. This individual will collaborate with district and state leaders to create educator-focused guidance on key use cases and offer suggestions for adaptation for specific local context. Using their understanding of district/state assessment needs, the consultant will lead implementation planning/discussions with Educator Success, Account Management and Assessment to ensure high quality implementations.

The impact you’ll have:

• Establish collaborative, productive working relationships with the assessment and product team to gain and in-depth understanding of how assessment products function and share key findings/needs of educators to inform new development.

• Act as an expert on the company’s products, the issues faced by assessment directors and classroom educators, and the latest educational assessment trends at the local, state, and federal level.

• Proactively develop relationships with top school district assessment and curriculum directors to determine their assessment needs and help them develop solutions.

• Share various approaches used by different districts and synthesize new strategies when faced with novel situations.

• Deliver key presentations virtually or in person to educate individuals about our assessments and how they fit into a district’s overall assessment plan.

• Demonstrate effective and successful assessment consultation practices in working with district administrators on topics including how CA’s assessments can be used for RTI/MTSS, screening, benchmarking, instructional guidance, and accountability.

• Provide leadership and engagement in addressing account- or state-level issues; escalate issues as needed and serve as a resource in helping to resolve issues and communicate those resolutions.

• Be a role model during every interaction and communication, upholding CA’s values.

• Develop clear and compelling content that helps build educator’s understanding of our Assessment products and equips them to develop successful implementation plans.

• Partner with Account Management, PD, Sales, Government Relations to identify common problems of practice and offer suggestions based upon what worked with specific implementations.

Who we’re looking for:

• Candidates must possess prior assessment data experience in a district or state-level K-12 setting

• Demonstrated effectiveness leading cross-functional teams and working with a broad range of stakeholders.

• Proven ability to build deep understanding of complex products and services.

• Masters degree in relevant area required.

• Establish collaborative, productive working relationships with the assessment and product team to gain and in-depth understanding of how assessment products function and share key findings/needs of educators to inform new development.

• Act as an expert on the company’s products, the issues faced by assessment directors and classroom educators, and the latest educational assessment trends at the local, state, and federal level.

• Proactively develop relationships with top school district assessment and curriculum directors to determine their assessment needs and help them develop solutions.

• Share various approaches used by different districts and synthesize new strategies when faced with novel situations.

• Deliver key presentations virtually or in person to educate individuals about our assessments and how they fit into a district’s overall assessment plan.

• Demonstrate effective and successful assessment consultation practices in working with district administrators on topics including how CA’s assessments can be used for RTI/MTSS, screening, benchmarking, instructional guidance, and accountability.

• Provide leadership and engagement in addressing account- or state-level issues; escalate issues as needed and serve as a resource in helping to resolve issues and communicate those resolutions.

• Be a role model during every interaction and communication, upholding CA’s values.

• Develop clear and compelling content that helps build educator’s understanding of our Assessment products and equips them to develop successful implementation plans.

• Partner with Account Management, PD, Sales, Government Relations to identify common problems of practice and offer suggestions based upon what worked with specific implementations.

Travel: 50% within the assigned territories. Please note that due to the travel requirements of this role, candidates must be located in the West Coast region or willing to relocate by the start of employment.