Job Posting

Job Opening- Director of Technology- Bexley City Schools

Director of Technology
Bexley City School District
Columbus, OH

Provide technology vision and leadership in the development and implementation of information systems to support both educational (teaching and learning) and business operations, and achieve effective and cost beneficial enterprise-wide IT operations using open source technology where possible and appropriate.

Qualifications:

  • Minimum of 5-10 years of experience with progressively increasing responsibility for management and support of management information systems and information technology as well as information technology staff
  • Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Management, Information Systems or a closely allied field.

Desired Qualifications:

  • A Master’s degree in MIS, CS, or Business Administration, or a closely allied field. Direct management of one or more major IT operations is required.

Experience must include vendor qualification ad selection with business case analysis as well as technical merit considerations.

Please send letter of interest, resume, copies of transcripts and three letters of reference to Dr. Michael Johnson, Superintendent at mike.johnson@bexleyschools.org by May 15, 2017.

Full job description: https://goo.gl/UwXGA4.

Graduate Research Assistant Position

The interdisciplinary reverse-mortgage research team at OSU is seeking a graduate research assistant to work on a research project that studies the relationships of food insecurity among older adults, housing costs, and home equity borrowing. The GRA’s task includes data assembly and directed statistical analysis using the Health and Retirement Study and the Panel Study of Income Dynamics.

The start date is August 22, 2017. The position is for 9-12 months, 20 hours per week, and includes monthly stipend and tuition.

Requirements for this position are:

  1. Experience analyzing panel data sets; experience using the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) and the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) is preferred.
  2. Experience using STATA statistical software to analyze longitudinal data sets.

Email loibl.3@osu.edu with a CV by May 10, 2017.

The team consists of Cazilia Loibl (Human Sciences), Don Haurin (Economics), Stephanie Moulton (Public Affairs), Julia Brown (Medicine), Wendy Xu (Public Health) and Michelle Kaiser (Social Work). The core team of Loibl, Haurin and Moulton has conducted funded research on the causes and consequences of home equity borrowing since 2012, with a focus on reverse mortgage borrowing. Results of this research are published in the Journal of Urban Economics, the Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, and Cityscape. Our current working papers were presented at the University of Michigan Retirement Center and the Federal Reserve Board. This research has received extensive national press coverage, see “In the News” on http://glenn.osu.edu/faculty/glenn-faculty/moulton/.

RA Position- Center for the Study of Student Life

The Center for the Study of Student Life anticipates hiring a Graduate Student Researcher (GSR) for the 2017-2018 academic year. The GRA will report to a Research Associate. Examples of major projects for the 2017-2018 academic year include but are not limited to either implementing or analyzing data from the following studies:

  • College Prescription Drug Study– The CPDS is a multi-institutional study of prescription drug misuse among college students at up 25 institutions across the country. Tasks include recruiting institutions to participate, troubleshooting survey administrative issues with institutions via phone and email, preparing samples, completing IRB application, administering survey, cleaning and coding data, analyzing data and preparing reports.
  • Student Life Survey– Survey of Ohio State undergraduate and graduate students on involvement in co-curricular activities, experiences at Ohio State and other topics determined by relevant annual trends.
  • Wellness Assessment– Survey of Ohio State undergraduate and graduate students on the interrelationship between the nine dimensions of wellness (http://swc.osu.edu/about-us/9-dimensions-of-wellness/.

The GSR will perform the following duties:

  • Coordinate and perform quantitative analysis, reporting and distribution of new and existing research projects
  • Prepare report and presentations
  • Write and implement surveys
  • Prepare Institutional Review Board applications and amendments
  • Develop manuscripts for publication in peer-reviewed journals
  • Participate in staff meetings and retreats
  • Complete ad hoc requests as assigned

Qualifications
Required:

  • Enrolled in a Master’s or PhD program in education, the social sciences, public health or a related field
  • Knowledge of statistical analysis, including multivariate regression, and social science research methods
  • Experience using SPSS and/or STATA
  • Management, including cleaning and coding of large datasets
  • Strong writing skills

Desired:

  • Experience writing surveys and with survey software, such as Qualtrics
  • Experience writing protocols for the Institutional Review Board
  • Demonstrated experience publishing and/or presenting  research
  • Knowledge of higher education and/or student development theories

Applications will be accepted until the positions are filled. Review of applications will bein on April 15, 2017. Please submit a cover letter, curricula vita/resume, a writing sample (preferably including an empirical analysis) and a list of three professional references.

Applications may be submitted via email to:
Dr. Anne McDaniel
Interim Executive Director
Center for the Study of Student Life
Email: McDaniel.145@osu.edu

Jobs at the Ohio Department of Education (ODE)

Listed below are open positions at the Ohio Department of Education

Exempt Educational Employee (Director), PN20009948, in the Office for Exceptional Children
School Sponsorship Program Specialist (Special Education), PN20080364, in the Office of School Sponsorship
School Sponsorship Program, PN20009974, in the Office of School Sponsorship

To view and/or apply for this position, please visit http://careers.ohio.gov and search for the State of Ohio Government Jobs > Filter > Department > Education.

Attention Graduating Students: Research Associate Positions Available

The Center for Study of Student Life currently has two full-time Research Associate positions open.

Position 1

The Research Associate leads, designs and implements quantitative and qualitative data analysis, reporting and distribution of new and existing assessment and research projects, including the national College Prescription Drug Study (CPDS) and the Study on Collegiate Financial Wellness (SCFW); assists with marketing, recruiting and client contact for CPDS and SCFW; assists in development research and assessment goals and plan work to attain these goals; performs complex statistical analyses; designs and implements data management and processing systems to code data and prepare comprehensive reports; writes and administers surveys; prepares research papers and manuscripts for publication in peer-reviewed journals and presentation at regional and national conferences and workshops; prepares reports and visual representations of data; consults with various internal and external partners on appropriate research methods; provides guidance and mentoring to undergraduate research assistants and graduate administrative assistants; completes ad hoc requests.

Position 2

The Research Associate leads and coordinates quantitative and qualitative data analysis, reporting and distribution of new and existing assessment and research projects (e.g. University Graduation Survey); assists in development research and assessment goals and plan work to attain these goals; designs and implements assessment and research on select topics related to higher education and student affairs; performs complex statistical analyses; designs and implements data management and processing systems to code research data and prepare comprehensive reports; writes and administers surveys; prepares research papers and manuscripts for publication in peer-reviewed journals and presentation at regional and national conferences and workshops; prepares reports and visual representations of data, including interactive dashboards; consults with various internal and external partners on appropriate research methods; serves as Qualtrics brand administrator for the university; provides guidance and mentoring to undergraduate research assistants and graduate administrative assistants; completes ad hoc requests.

Temporary Contract Positions Available- Randi Korn & Associates, Inc

Randi Korn & Associates, Inc (RK&A), a museum consulting firm is looking to hire graduate students to observe field trip programs to the Columbus Museum of Art and interview students as part of a research study. The types of data that need collecting are:

  • Observing field trips to the Columbus Museum of Art and in-classroom art programs within the Columbus City School District. The pay is $95 per observation session.
  • Conducting interviews with students in the classroom within the Columbus City School District. The pay is $22 per hour.

Training will be provided Wednesday and Thursday, January 25th and 26th.

Experience in data collection methods similar to those described above is preferred. Interested students can contact Erin Wilcox at wilcox@randikorn.com with the following information:

  1. A cover letter and resume that describes their data collection experiences.
  2. In the email, include a description of availability to participate in a training on Wednesday and Thursday, January 25th and 26th. Also describe general availability to collect data between January and May, 2017.

Additional information is provided below.

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AFAS Postdoctoral Fellowship

The Department of African American Studies (AFAS) at Washington University in St. Louis invites applications from recent Ph.D. graduates in the humanities and social sciences for a one-year postdoctoral fellowship, with the option to apply for a second-year renewal. The fellowship is intended to assist junior scholars whose research focuses on topics related to Africa, African Americans, and/or the African Diaspora in furthering their careers by providing them with opportunities for mentorship, advancing their research, and enhancing their teaching.

AFAS postdoctoral fellows are provided a competitive salary, support for research and research-related travel, office space, and computer equipment. They are expected to teach one course per semester based on their scholarly area of expertise and with the approval of AFAS curriculum committee or the Chair. In addition, fellows will participate in the intellectual life of the unit and the university by giving and attending public lectures, mentoring undergraduate and graduate students, and participating in departmental activities. The fellowship begins in the fall semester of the 2017-2018 academic year.

Applications are evaluated against a broad set of criteria, with special consideration given to contributions the candidate can make to diversify the University community and to deepen the scholarly inquiries of the department of African and African-American Studies and its curriculum. Applications should include: (1) a letter of interest that briefly explains the applicant’s scholarly interest, with a detailed statement of proposed research that will be pursued during the fellowship period (up to 5 pages), (2) a curriculum vitae, (3) one writing sample (a scholarly publication or dissertation chapter (maximum 30 pages), (4) three letters of recommendation, including one from the dissertation advisor.

Applications received by January 20, 2017 will be given priority consideration. Washington University in St. Louis especially encourages applications from women, members of racial/ethnic minority groups, and disabled individuals. Applicants must be eligible to work in the United States and must have received a doctorate no earlier than Spring 2014 and no later than July 1, 2017.

Send application materials via email: afas@wustl.edu, Subject: 2017-2018 Postdoctoral Applicants

Or mail:
Attn: Ms. Janary Stanton
Department of African & African-American Studies
Washington University in St. Louis
CB 1109, One Brookings Drive
St. Louis, MO 63130-4899

Further inquiries regarding the fellowship should be made by email to afas@wustl.edu

Westerville City Schools Job Posting

Our district is looking to hire a part-time program assistant for our office of Minority Student Achievement through the end of this school year and we thought it might be of interest to some adjuncts or grad students.  A bachelor’s degree is required.

The link to the posting is 

https://www.applitrack.com/wcsoh/onlineapp/default.aspx?Category=Classified+Support+Staff

The posting will close on Thursday, November 10. 

Job Announcement-Temporary Contract Position, Data Collector

My company, which specializes in museum research and evaluation, is looking to hire one graduate student to administer questionnaires as part of a research study of school field trips to the Columbus Museum of Art. We believe that the desired qualities needed for data collectors aligns with the experience and interests of students in the Ohio State University Educational Studies department. The types of data we need help collecting are:

  • Administering questionnaires to students in the classroom within the Columbus City School District. The pay is $20 per hour.

More details about the position are below. Training will be provided on Thursday, November 17, but experience in data collection methods similar to those described above is preferred.  Interested students can contact me, Erin Wilcox, at wilcox@randikorn.com with the following information:

  1. A resume that describes their data collection experiences.
  2. In the email, students should describe their availability to participate in a training on Thursday, November 17.  They should also describe their general availability to collect data in November and December.

Thanks

-Erin

 

Erin Milbeck Wilcox

Research Associate, RK&A

 

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