2. School authority planning and reporting under the Assurance Framework is supported through the use of valid and accurate AEAMs data.
Maintains working knowledge of school authority planning and reporting requirements, the AEAMs reporting system and various internal and external reporting applications (e.g., Data Catalogue, Stakeholder File exchange, Extranet, PED).
Checks, verifies and analyzes AEAMs data and reports at the individual school, school authority, and provincial levels, to ensure data accuracy.
Conducts additional analysis and prepares reports and other materials based on AEAM results to support the Manager or Senior Manager's follow-up work related to school authority performance.
Identifies potential gaps and improvements in existing reports and assists with the design of new reports.
The Senior Research Officer (SRO) is provided with research and technical support in the implementation, processing and analysis of the Alberta Education Assurance (AEA) survey.
Assists the SRO with the day-to-day activities required for the preparation and administration of the Alberta Education Assurance (AEA) survey, including liaising with contractors and partners involved in the mail out and distribution of parent surveys.
Performs data entry for paper-based surveys.
Assists the SRO with maintaining the AEA survey task-list and calendar.
Performs data entry for paper-based surveys.
Responds to enquiries from representatives of school authorities and schools, as well as parents regarding the survey administration and process.
3. The ongoing enhancements to the Alberta Education Assurance Measures (AEAMs) are provided with research and analytical services.
Conducts research and analysis to support continual refinement of the AEAMs, including developing initial recommendations for review by the SRO or Senior Manager.
Under the guidance and direction of the SRO or Senior Manager, conducts research and analysis to support development of new performance measures, including liaising with other areas within the Ministry, GoA, or external partners, where necessary.
Participates in the evaluation of proposed approaches and methodologies, including identifying strengths and weaknesses of proposed approaches and testing for validity and reliability.
Analyzes new measures against existing measures to assess consistency and correlation.
The Branch is supported in achieving the mandate and goals of the sector, division, and Ministry.
Represents the Branch on Ministry and cross-government working groups, committees, and initiatives as required.
Provides support and input for the development of policies and standards relating to data integrity, privacy, security, standards, sharing, repository, and retention.
Provides research and analytical services in response to enquiries and requests for briefing materials and Action Requests, as required.
4. The Branch is supported in achieving the mandate and goals of the sector, division, and Ministry.
Represents the Branch on Ministry and cross-government working groups, committees, and initiatives as required.
Provides support and input for the development of policies and standards relating to data integrity, privacy, security, standards, sharing, repository, and retention.
Provides research and analytical services in response to enquiries and requests for briefing materials and Action Requests, as required.