Junior Research Intern, Center on Reinventing Public Education

Job Profile:

Administrative Support Specialist 1 Non-Exempt

Job Family:

Administrative Support

Time Type:

Part time

Max Pay – Depends on experience:

$20.00 USD Hourly

Apply before 11:59 PM Arizona time the day before the posted End Date.

Minimum Qualifications:

Associate's degree and one (1) year of experience appropriate to the area of assignment/field; OR, Any equivalent combination of experience and/or training from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved.

Job Description:

Salary: $20 per hour

The Center on Reinventing Public Education is seeking a Junior Research Intern with experience in qualitative research and an interest in research and data management to join our team.

The Junior Research Intern will be responsible for supporting our qualitative data collection and analysis on our New England District Transformation project. They will work both collaboratively with the project team on various tasks. Responsibilities will include scheduling interviews, observing and summarizing interviews, research operations activities, and contributing to theme identification.

The Junior Research Intern will also support specific tasks on the Canopy project’s nomination survey administration and communications campaign. This involves managing contact data, drafting and sending outreach communications to support participation, reviewing school nominations, and maintaining data quality assurance for educational research.

This role is a great opportunity to gain research experience and contribute to multiple projects across the organization. The intern will engage with a variety of critical topics affecting the public education landscape this year (deeper learning, college and career readiness, supporting multilingual learners, district budget and enrollment decline).

About CRPE

The Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE) is a nonpartisan research center founded in 1993 and affiliated with Arizona State University’s Mary Lou Fulton College for Teaching and Learning Innovation.

CRPE believes inequities are hard-wired into our public education system in both obvious and subtle ways. Our core business is studying efforts to rewire the system for ongoing improvement and excellence for every student—moving from the classroom to the school and policy implications. We envision a public education system that truly prepares every student for the challenges of the future.

We fulfill this mission through:

• Research: We produce world-class research that’s interesting, significant, and trustworthy.
• Thought leadership: Our analysis looks around the corner, comments on relevant issues, and proposes new ideas.
• Engagement with leaders: We prioritize learning from city, state, and nonprofit leaders in their communities, and we inform their work with evidence.

CRPE has played a national role in studying the impact of the COVID pandemic on school systems and policy, and we study new methods of schooling that will inform rebuilding efforts post-pandemic, such as innovative teacher preparation approaches, Artificial Intelligence, and novel school governance models. To learn more about our work, visit CRPE’s publications page, which features our most recent thinking on education issues in play today.

CRPE stands at the intersection of enduring challenges (like educational inequity) and emerging ones (like technological disruption). While areas of focus vary over time, the Research Analyst will support projects specifically focused on 1) the conditions necessary for school systems to sustain bold innovation and 2) building a national research agenda and conducting responsive research on AI in education.

Essential Duties:

• Conduct background research using public sources to track district, school, and state policies, organizing and analyzing findings according to established data quality and handling procedures.

• Support survey administration by drafting materials, updating contact data, and coordinating email communication.

• Support data collection by scheduling, attending, and managing interviews

• Contribute to qualitative analysis by identifying patterns, themes, and trends across interview and survey data.

• Participate in team meetings, webinars, and other project-related activities; communicate proactively with supervisors and team members regarding progress, priorities, and deadlines.

• Perform other duties as assigned in support of CRPE research projects and organizational priorities.

Desired Qualifications:

• Completion of at least one academic or work project involving qualitative research methods, which entailed interviews, data collection, or summarizing findings.

• Demonstrated experience coordinating communication across multiple stakeholder groups by managing recurring correspondence, drafting and distributing updates, and tracking follow-up.

• Experience building and maintaining spreadsheets and databases (e.g Excel, Google Sheets, Airtable) to organize and track information.

• Demonstrated interest in education policy and educational equity, with familiarity with US public education institutions, particularly in New England.

• Demonstrated effective communication skills.

Working Environment:

• Activities are performed in an environmentally controlled office setting and involve extended periods of sitting, keyboarding, and use of a computer mouse.

• Position may require travel between campus locations or buildings for meetings or job-related tasks.

• Regular activities require the ability to manage and adjust to changing priorities, including handling time-sensitive tasks and resolving conflicts.

• MLFC supports flexible work options for certain positions, such as alternate work schedules and hybrid remote arrangements, subject to approvals per ASU policy.

Department Statement:

ASU’s Mary Lou Fulton College for Teaching and Learning Innovation creates knowledge, mobilizes people, and takes action to improve education. Nationally recognized as a leader in teacher preparation, leadership development and scholarly research, Mary Lou Fulton College for Teaching and Learning Innovation prepares over 8,000 educators annually.  MLFC faculty create knowledge by drawing from a wide range of academic disciplines to gain insight into important questions about the process of learning, the practice of teaching and the effects of education policy.  MLFC mobilizes people through bachelor's, master's and doctoral degree programs, through non-degree professional development programs and through socially embedded, multilateral community engagement.  MLFC takes action by bringing people and ideas together to increase the capabilities of individual educators and the performance of education systems.

Aligned with ASU’s charter, MLFC is committed to advancing inclusive excellence in our curricula, programming and institutional relationships.

Driving Requirement:

Driving is not required for this position.

Location:

Campus: Tempe

Funding:

Grant Funded

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