Field Testing Coordinator

3 weeks ago


Edmonton, Canada Government of Alberta Full time

**Ministry of Education**
Through safe and caring schools for all students, Alberta’s government is making life better by investing in education - one of the most important investments we can make in our future. The Ministry is responsible for: developing and evaluating curriculum; teacher development and certification; supporting students with diverse learning needs; funding and supporting school boards; First Nations, Métis and Inuit and Francophone education; and overseeing basic education policy and regulations.

**System Excellence Division**
System Excellence is responsible for the areas of teaching and leadership excellence and provincial assessment. This includes certification of all teachers, principals and superintendents in the province; developing and implementing professional practice standards; and conducting practice assurance in relation to the teaching profession. System Excellence division also develops, administers, marks and continually improves Alberta’s provincial assessments, including the Provincial Achievement Tests (PATs), Diploma Exams (DIPS), Student Learning Assessments (SLAs) and Literacy/Numeracy Assessments.

**Job Information**

Job Requisition ID: 51067
Ministry: Education
Location: Edmonton
Full or Part-Time: Full Time
Hours of Work: 36.25 hours per week
Regular/Temporary: Regular
Scope: Open Competition
Closing Date: December 4, 2023
Classification: Program Services 2 (022PSA)

**Salary**: $2,345.14 to $3,076.28 bi-weekly ($61,208 - $80,290/year)

**Role Responsibilities**:
Reporting to the Online Assessment Specialist, the Field-Testing Coordinator will lead the digital development and delivery of online field tests and support the transition away from the optional provision of paper field tests in the province of Alberta.
- This role is critical in ensuring that high quality Provincial Achievement Test (PAT) and Diploma Exam items continue to be developed and field tested at the rigor stakeholders expect from Alberta Education. The incumbent generates and provides the data that ensures Alberta Education's assessment are credible, accurately reflect student achievement in the province, and undergo continual improvement processes prior to province-wide implementation on a standardized test.
- Over the next two years Systems Excellence will require a permanent FTE for the Field-Testing Coordinator to transition internal processes for field testing in paper and legacy digital platform formats to the digital platform:

- In 2023-2024, field testing in digital format will be optional and require some paper processing.
- In 2024-2025, paper field testing will be formally phased out, with field testing being administered online. Paper field testing will be officially considered an accommodation in the General Information Bulletin.
- In 2025-2026, the General Information Bulletin will indicate that paper field testing is not available in paper formats.

**Role Responsibilities Continued**:
The Field-Testing Coordinator must be able to liaise with technical staff, editors, art staff and team leads to address their field testing needs and support the digital transformation to a new online platform. The incumbent must be able to work within multiple technology environments and possess the skills to troubleshoot within them, including Adobe Creative Cloud, Microsoft Office, the Provincial Assessment Authoring tool, related technologies and legacy online-testing systems.

**1. Ongoing Field Test Coordination**
- Liaising with other areas of the sector to communication changes and identify impacts necessary for the daily operations of the field-testing system.
- Maintaining the provision of paper field tests for Alberta's 3,500+ students on Hutterite colonies during the transition period.
- Maintaining the provision of paper field tests for students with accommodations where possible during the transition period; and
- Maintaining direct end-user support via advice to the Online Assessment Specialist.

**2. Digital Field-Testing Transformation**
- Digital field test development, upgrading, UAT testing, maintenance and delivery.
- Digital field test configurations and workflows.
- Troubleshooting and identifying faults within the systems and recommend modification to resolve the problems.
- Leading the resolution of complex hardware/software issues (i.e. impact the entire sector; involves specialty equipment, etc.)
- Supporting the development of test models and plans for large-scale digital implementation; and
- Reporting on participation rates and performing data analysis in the digital platform.

**3. Duties as assigned**
- Supporting the Online Assessment Specialist as required.

**Qualifications**:
University graduation in a related field; no experience required; or equivalent as described below. Equivalency: Directly related education or experience considered on the basis of:

- 1 year of education for 1 year of experience; or
- 1 year of experience for 1 year of education.



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