KBE/KDE Ed Academic Program Manager (FFTL)

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7/25/2023 (8:00 PM EDT)

23-06147

KBE/KDE Ed Academic Program Manager (FFTL)

Employment Type

EXECUTIVE BRANCH | FULL TIME | INELIGIBLE FOR OVERTIME PAY | 18A | 37.5 HR/WK

Hiring Agency

Education & Labor Cabinet | Department of Education

Location

300 Sower Boulevard Frankfort KY 40601 USA

Description

Kentucky Department of Education employees work to support and improve Kentucky’s public education system so that the nearly 650,000 students attending public schools will have a bright and successful future. KDE offers its employees exciting and rewarding careers supporting Kentucky’s public education system. In addition to rewarding work, KDE employees enjoy excellent benefits and flexible work opportunities, including telecommuting commensurate with job duties and responsibilities. KDE is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion in Kentucky’s public schools and the KDE workforce.

Our mission is to partner with districts, schools, families, students, business and industry, and communities to provide leadership and support to ensure success for each and every student.

We seek persons of the highest moral character who understand it is a privilege to represent the Kentucky Department of Education and work on behalf of Kentucky’s children. This role represents a great opportunity to work in a dynamic, challenging, and professional environment.

The department seeks to hire a smart, experienced, hardworking, and dependable KBE/KDE Education Academic Program Manager (All STARS Coordinator).

This position is eligible for consideration for a hybrid schedule that allows for a combination of in-office and approved alternative work scheduling. The agency may terminate or modify the telecommuting arrangement at any time.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Serves as project coordinator for the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) Preschool Development Grant Birth through Five (PDG B-5) All STARS work.
• Coordinates regional preschool Quality Rating Improvement Systems (QRIS) All STARS site visits with Regional Training Centers (RTCs), and with childcare and Head Start as needed.
• Manages All STARS ratings based on evaluation of preschool sites (data, observations, interviews, related information).
• Develops reports and technical assistance based on site evaluations, and coordinates work with RTC staff, childcare and Head Start evaluators.
• Supports regional training and professional learning related to All STARS implementation.
• Completes and maintains inter-rater reliability training.
• Supports implementation of other PDG B-5 objectives and deliverables at state and regional level, as needed.
• Tracks and monitors regional All STARS ratings, as well as district implementation of recommendations related to Tiered Quality Rating Improvement Systems (TQRIS).
• Performs other duties as assigned.

This is a federally funded time limited (FFTL) position. This means the position is paid entirely as the result of a federal grant. The duration of employment shall not exceed the life of the federal grant that funds the position. An employee appointed to an FFTL position is required to meet the minimum requirements for the classification but is not required to take an examination or be graded through the testing and evaluation process. Further, an employee appointed to an FFTL position is designated as an unclassified (non-merit) employee. An FFTL employee is eligible to receive benefits at the same level as a classified (merit) employee in a permanent position.

Applicants and employees in this classification may be required to submit to a drug screening test and background check.

Applicants currently under contract with a local school district are required to provide a written release from their superintendent prior to an offer of employment is given.

In accordance with KRS 161.220 the applicant selected for this position will become a member of the Kentucky Teachers’ Retirement System.

The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. KDE will only use E- Verify once you have accepted a job offer and completed the Form I-9.

For more information on E-Verify, or if you believe that KDE has violated its E-Verify responsibilities, please contact the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) at 999-897-7781 or E-Verify website

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