This is a full-time position located from a remote office anywhere in the country, with national travel expected about once a quarter in accordance with public health guidelines.
What You’ll Do
At Instruction Partners, we are dedicated to achieving our vision that all students experience an excellent education that prepares them to contribute to their community, achieve economic security, and pursue their dreams. We believe using data to make decisions about our current and future services is a critical part of the continuous improvement we take pride in as an organization. Whether this means analyzing large data sets or working deeply with a single partner, we want to hone our understanding of promising practices in pursuit of sustainable impact for the schools and systems we serve.
Reporting to the Senior Lead of Research and Measurement, the Research Analyst, Measurement and Evaluation will support the creation, implementation, and analysis of data systems for our nationwide Program Team that works to ensure equitable access to great instruction for all students. Specifically, this new role will work closely with our Early Literacy team, providing data service support as well as assisting in pilot research needs. The Research Analyst will, additionally, undertake ad hoc data work as requested, assisting other members of our Program and Partnership Teams with data collection, analysis, and reporting. You’ll be a great fit for this role if you’re a curious, big-hearted individual who is excited about applying their analytical skills to support our team in working shoulder to shoulder with educators. In addition to a strong technical background, you should have experience playing a key role in large-scale projects and data collection, analysis, and visualization.
Responsibilities:
Embedding with Early Literacy Partners
- Participate as a member of the Early Literacy pilot team, working closely with 3-5 design pilot partners
- Support pilot needs with timely data wrangling and reporting, giving team members necessary information for service design and improvement
- Assist in the creation of new data collection and report processes, aimed at helping staff make informed service decisions
- Support the development of measurement plans and evaluation needs for short cycles of improvement
- Clean and triangulate large scale student datasets aimed at answering internal program evaluation questions
Program Evaluation Analysis
- Work with additional design pilot teams to create and implement project-specific measurement plans
- Support service design creation with collection, analysis, and reporting of key metrics
- Engage in learning about best practices in program measurement and evaluation, gaining an understanding of equitable measures that uplift marginalized communities
Mainstream Partnership Ad Hoc Requests
- Assist other members of the Measurement and Evaluation team with partnership data and analysis needs
- Support the design and implementation of partner-specific data collection efforts from across the portfolio, such as custom surveying
- Utilize knowledge gained from working with design partners to inform data process changes within partnership oriented work
Candidate Qualifications and Traits:
- Curiosity about education required; background in education preferred, specifically Early Literacy
- At least 1-2 years of experience in playing a key role in large-scale projects, including defining roadmaps and delivering critical work
- At least 2-3 years of experience with the following, although the right candidate can build new technical skills on the job:
- Microsoft Office and/or Google Workspace, especially advanced use of Excel and/or Google Sheets
- Analyzing large data sets to derive insights
- Programming in data analysis languages (e.g. R, Python) - STATA preferred
- Strong data storytelling skills, able to find trends and instances of impact in routine analyses
- Strong attention to detail and numeracy - you notice when Ns seem off and understand the implications of using a weighted average versus a straight average
- Self-starter with a high degree of motivation to learn and the ability to manage multiple projects with competing priorities in a dynamic environment
- An ultra practical approach to solving the challenges of collecting and understanding information in an education environment
Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Hiring
At Instruction Partners, we know that difference enhances, transforms and strengthens our ability to serve students and schools. We invite and celebrate diversity of all perspectives, and we are deeply committed to ensuring equitable access and voice throughout our organization. Instruction Partners is proudly an equal opportunity workplace, and we value the inclusion of persons who have experienced poverty and/or for whom English is not their first language, and every race, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, culture, ancestry, religion, national orientation, age, marital status or Veteran status. Join us, and let's work together to support great teaching and accelerate learning for every student.
Compensation:
The salary for this role is $83,490. Detailed information about the organizational compensation philosophy is available upon application. Competitive benefits and private retirement investment options are available, as well as a generous vacation policy.
Our Vision
All students experience an excellent education that prepares them to contribute to their community, achieve economic security, and pursue their dreams.
Our Mission
We work shoulder to shoulder with educators to support great teaching and accelerate student learning. We focus on small systems, both districts and charters, and we work to ensure equitable access to great instruction for students in poverty, students of color, students learning English, and students with disabilities.
Our Core Values
Live Big-Hearted
We care deeply about ourselves, each other, our work, our partners, and the students we serve. We value the differences each other brings to the table because we know diversity of voice, thought, and experience makes us better. We operate joyfully and without ego, collectively focused on the broader good.
Choose Optimism
We believe that, with the right support, every student can succeed. We have the courage to lean into challenges and believe in the possibility of overcoming obstacles while holding a high bar for ourselves, partners, educators, and students. As we advance antiracist actions, our path may not be smooth, but we will walk it anyway because we have faith that the journey will make our team and our education system better.
Champion Antiracism
We think critically about creating and upholding brave spaces for all team members, partners, leaders, and students so they are seen, valued, and heard. We amplify the voices and experiences of Black, Latinx, and Native people. We actively look for and dismantle systems of oppression within and outside of our organization, and we are consciously de-centering whiteness in our organizational culture by embracing diverse expressions of excellence that make our team more inclusive and effective.
Read our commitment to antiracist action.
Be Honest
We are open, authentic, and truthful with ourselves, teammates, and partners. Our trust in each other and our work gives us the courage to lean into difficult conversations, put forth new ideas, and give and receive feedback through the lens of equity of voice and experience. We understand the intense and gripping nature of our work, so we name our needs to ensure we are practicing self-care and love within our beloved community.
Get Practical
We believe support should be thoughtful by meeting people, schools, and systems where they are. We leverage the voices, strengths and stories of families, educators, partners and teammates to find answers, because we know there isn’t a “one size fits all” solution to the challenges of our education system. We always look for ways to work smart, focus on the most relevant impact, and reduce friction to make it easier to take action while grounding our progress in equity.
Keep Learning
We know and love that we don’t yet have all the answers because we are nerds for learning, even when it’s hard or ambiguous. We actively pursue new knowledge, research, and evidence so that we can leverage the latest insights and best practices in our work, then we put that knowledge to work in partnership with our team, our partners, and the students and communities we serve. We respect the learning that springs from our own anti racist journeys, and vow to activate our knowledge in pursuit of equity and excellence.
How We Work
Instruction Partners is a nonprofit organization dedicated to excellent instruction for all students, with a focus on students in poverty, students with disabilities, students learning English, and students of color. We keep one foot in practicality and the other in evidence-based best practices, because we believe that leveraging high-quality, grade-level content and providing just-in-time supports will accelerate learning for all students.
Instruction Partners spends time getting to know the needs of the educators, leaders, and systems it serves, allowing the team to custom-build service plans to support partner goals. Partnerships include on-the-ground support, and partnership team members serve as thought partners to the school systems they serve, a team educators can reach out to and feel supported by.
Instruction Partners provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Instruction Partners complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.