Job Class: 0993 Director

Salary Range: $148,215 - $198,901/annually

Appointment Type: Permanent Exempt (what does this mean?)

Length of Appointment: PEX not to exceed three (3) years. This position is excluded by the Charter from competitive Civil Service examination process and shall serve at the discretion of the appointing officer.

Calendar: Full Time / Full Year

Who We Are

The San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) is the seventh largest school district in California, serving more than 50,000 students who speak more than 44 documented languages across 121 schools in the city of San Francisco every year. We aim for every student who attends SFUSD schools to discover his or her spark, along with a strong sense of self and purpose, and that all students graduate from high school ready for college and career, and equipped with the skills, capacities and dispositions outlined in SFUSD’s Graduate Profile. Every day in our quest to achieve this mission we provide each and every student the quality instruction and equitable support required to thrive in the 21^st century.

What It Means to Work Here

The SFUSD community is unified by our Core Values:

● Student-centered: We put students’ needs first

● Fearless: We persist through challenges

● United: We celebrate and build on each other’s strengths

● Social Justice: We stand with those most vulnerable in our community

● Diversity-driven: We respect and seek to understand each person

We are also inspired by Vision, Values and Guardrails which captures our aspirations and vision for the future of public education in San Francisco. Alongside the District’s strategic plan. SFUSD is reimagining how public education will change over the next decade to meet the dynamic future of San Francisco. As a CORE district, SFUSD is also a leader in critical systems change for more comprehensive school accountability and innovations that help strengthen the instructional core, which is the foundation of our strategic plan and goals.

Who We Want

We want talented people from diverse backgrounds and experiences, who are inspired by our mission, steeped in equity, and who are motivated to unleash our children’s potential. We want people who are strong collaborators, skilled communicators, and problem solvers who are comfortable in a community of continuous learning.

As the Director of Performance Data, Evaluation, & Research, you will report to the Senior Executive Director of Research, Planning, & Assessment and provide leadership for the district's performance management, evaluation, and research functions. This role is responsible for supporting the implementation of the Board-adopted Vision, Values, Goals, and Guardrails (VVGG) through the development of performance measures, progress monitoring systems, data analysis, and reporting processes that inform decision-making and continuous improvement. You will lead the district's progress monitoring efforts by coordinating the collection, analysis, and interpretation of implementation and outcome data; preparing reports and presentations for district leadership and the Board of Education; and facilitating continuous improvement discussions that support strategic priorities. In addition, you will oversee program evaluation activities and research partnerships that generate actionable insights to strengthen educational outcomes and organizational effectiveness.

Essential Duties

The duties specified below are representative of the range of duties assigned to the job code/class and are not intended to be an inclusive or exhaustive list.

As the Director of Performance Data, Evaluation, & Research you will:

● Direct the development and refinement of interim goals, guardrails, metrics, targets, and theories of action aligned to the Board-adopted VVGGs

● Lead districtwide progress monitoring processes that assess implementation and outcomes in support of VVGG-related initiatives

● Facilitate continuous improvement cycles with district leadership to identify successes, barriers, and opportunities for improvement

● Serve as the district lead for Board-facing progress monitoring workshops, including the development and coordination of the reports, presentations, and follow-up actions

● Design and maintain performance frameworks that define how implementation and impact will be assessed for VVGG-related initiatives

● Develop and maintain systems and processes for collecting, integrating, validating, and analyzing implementation and outcome data from multiple sources

● Synthesize quantitative and qualitative data into actionable analyses, reports, and presentation that support organizational learning and decision-making

● Partner with VVGG Initiative teams to ensure the accuracy, reliability, and accessibility of the underlying and summarized data used for progress monitoring and continuous improvement

● Lead the design and implementation of evaluations that assess the effectiveness and impact of key district programs, including Lesson Study, Community Schools, Salesforce, Continuous Improvement Monitoring (CIM) for Significant Disproportionality, and other emerging priorities

● Partner with program leaders to establish evaluation frameworks, performance measures, and improvement strategies

● Oversee evaluation staff and ensure findings are communicated effectively and used to inform decision-making

● Build district capacity to use research, evaluation, and evidence as drivers of continuous improvement

● Oversee the district's review, approval, and monitoring processes for external research and evaluation projects

● Serve as the district's primary liaison with researchers, evaluators, universities, and external partners

● Guide research design, data-sharing agreements, and collaborative studies that advance district priorities

● Ensure compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and district policies governing research and data use.

The strongest candidates will have:

● Five (5) years full-time equivalent professional-level experience conducting and communicating analysis and research, in an educational agency research office, university or other research organization, and/or similar organization providing technical assistance to educational agencies

● Training and professional experience in improvement science methods, including leading teams through the processes of developing and testing their theories using a range of data types and sources, and facilitating sense-making among diverse teams to act on data for continuous improvement

● Understanding of educational measurement and indicator development

● Experience with designing data systems and workflows

● Familiarity with software for building databases, such as Salesforce, Google Cloud, or Amazon Web Services

● Experience using Tableau or similar software for creating dynamic data dashboards

● Proficiency in R and/or Python for data manipulation and analysis, in conjunction with basic knowledge of SQL

● Expertise in mixed methods from multiple disciplines in research design, sampling strategies, and analytical techniques for collecting, analyzing, and interpreting data

● Experience applying statistical process control techniques for visualizing and detecting significant variation Knowledge of the data and analytics requirements for federal, state, and local accountability systems for California public schools

● Understanding of data privacy, including implications of education regulations such as the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)

● Excellent written, oral, and visual communication, collaboration, and facilitation skills, including ability to engage a variety of audiences through multiple interaction and representation formats (e.g., large groups, staff meetings, executive briefings, research briefs, infographics, technical reports)

● Publication in peer-reviewed journals and presentations at national conferences

Minimum Qualifications

Education & Experience

Bachelor’s degree (B.A. / B.S) from an accredited college or university with coursework in education, psychology, sociology, economics, measurement, or related social science fields with research methods training (advanced degree strongly preferred)
Four (4) years of experience performing professional-level responsibilities in educational analytics or related field
Strategic leadership and management experience (K-12 public educational setting strongly preferred)

Substitution

Education requirements may be substituted for additional professional-level experience on a year for-year basis.

What We Offer

SFUSD offers a competitive salary of $148,215 - $198,901 annually commensurate with experience in a similar position. We offer a comprehensive benefits plan including dental and vision plans, a defined benefit pension plan, disability, life insurance, flexible spending account options and vacation time. We also offer an inclusive and equity-centered environment where we encourage staff to bring their whole selves to work.

How to Apply

● Visit https://jobs.sfusd.edu/ and create a new account to begin your application.

● You will be prompted to electronically attach a letter of interest, resume, list of professional references

and any applicable credentials or licenses

● Our Human Resources team will then review your entire application to determine your eligibility status

and contact you directly should you move forward in the process

Verification

Applicants may be required to submit verification of qualifying education and experience at any point during the recruitment and selection process. If education verification is required, information on how to verify education requirements, including verifying foreign education credits or degree equivalency, can be found at http://sfdhr.org/how-verify-education-requirements.

Note: Falsifying one’s education, training, or work experience or attempted deception on the application may result in disqualification from this and future job opportunities with the San Francisco Unified School District.

District Nondiscrimination Statement:
San Francisco Unified School District prohibits discrimination, harassment, intimidation, sexual harassment and bullying based on actual or perceived race, color, ancestry, nationality, national origin, immigration status, ethnic group identification, ethnicity, age, religion, marital status, pregnancy, parental status, reproductive health decision making, physical or mental disability, medical condition, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, veteran or military status, or genetic information, or association with a person or a group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics or any other basis protected by law or regulation, in its educational program(s) or employment.

For more information about the District's non-discrimination policy, please review Board Policy 4030.

Title IX Nondiscrimination Statement and Grievance Procedures:
Any person may report sex discrimination, including sexual harassment (whether or not the person reporting is the person alleged to be the victim of conduct that could constitute sex discrimination or sexual harassment), in person, by mail, by telephone, or by electronic mail, using the contact information listed for the Title IX Coordinator, or by any other means that results in the Title IX Coordinator receiving the person's verbal or written report. Such a report may be made at any time (including during non-business hours) by using the telephone number or electronic mail address, or by mail to the office address, listed for the Title IX Coordinator.

District Title IX Coordinator:

Eva Kellogg
Office of Equity
555 Franklin Street, 3rd Floor, San Francisco, CA, 94102
415-355-7334 or equity@sfusd.edu

For more information on the District’s Sexual Harassment policy and grievance procedures, please review Board Policy 4034.

Title IX Nondiscrimination Statement and Grievance Procedures:
Any person may report discrimination on the basis of a physical or mental disability (whether or not the person reporting is the person alleged to be the victim of conduct that could constitute discrimination on the basis of a physical or mental disability), in person, by mail, by telephone, or by electronic mail, using the contact information listed for the Section 504 Coordinator.

District Section 504 Coordinator:

Rodney Wilson
1515 Quintara St., San Francisco, CA, 94116
(415) 242-2615 or eis.sfusd.edu

Director (0993), Performance Data, Evaluation, & Research: Research, Planning, and Assessments