Position Overview
This position is an hourly temp casual position with hours that ebb and flow with the needs of data collection for the IGDI Lab through the Department of Educational Psychology. The position requires Spanish language fluency and an interest in and knowledge of early literacy assessments. This data collection position includes training on assessments and interaction with young children to collect early literacy and language data.
The project requires that data collectors sign up for scheduled shifts, travel to early childhood classrooms and use technology to assess students on new testing items. After completing training on the measures, the data collectors are required to login and test students on the measures, record the data, report back updates to the research team.
Once hired, all data collectors will be trained on all assessments and fidelity procedures and are required to achieve 90% fidelity using existing fidelity of implementation forms before they are allowed to enter the classroom for live testing.
This position is based on campus/in-person. Per UMN policy, work may be done remotely when appropriate and approved by your manager. All UMN employees are expected to follow applicable public health and safety prodeures.
Job Responsibilities
Data Collection and Data Entry (100%):
- Travel to sites and collect data with preschool age children based on information provided by the data collection lead.
- Document all scores.
- Transfer data each session by syncing iPad device to save the data to the server and updating research lead on progress.
- Deliver respectful and kind communication with children and teachers.