Today, 67% of students and 82% of low-income students can’t read at grade level by the end of third grade. That’s when students are supposed to go from learning to read to reading to learn. It’s America’s number one education crisis and we know how to fix it.
Ignite Reading delivers one-to-one virtual tutoring that teaches every student the foundational skills they need to become a confident, fluent reader. We pair students who need extra support with expert reading tutors who provide daily, 15-minute, Science of Reading-based instruction that rapidly closes their decoding gaps. We focus on the foundational reading skills—phonics, phonemic awareness, and sight words—kids need to master so they can decode a sentence. Students in Ignite Reading’s program achieve over 2 weeks of reading skills growth per week of instruction, and notably all students achieve the same outstanding results including students with IEPs, multilingual learners, students of color and those receiving free or reduced-price lunch.
Ignite Reading is a mission-driven public benefit corporation. We believe we can do well for our team members and shareholders while we solve one of the nation’s biggest challenges. We believe we will be more successful with a diverse team and are seeking candidates who have lived experience related to social justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion.
The Role
The Data Analyst reports to the Director of Operations for the Ignite! Reading program, and is responsible for compiling, cleaning, analyzing and creating reports from all of the data generated by the reading program.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage program data collection, including student achievement data and survey data ● Perform quality assurance on all data for accuracy
- Create report templates to share information with internal and external stakeholders, and develop and execute the processes required to produce those reports on a timely basis
- Conduct a variety of statistical, exploratory, and descriptive analyses to improve the management and effectiveness of the program
- Use your knowledge of Ignite!’s strategic initiatives to improve the data collection and analysis processes, identifying new opportunities to use data to improve results
- In collaboration with the Director of Operations and leadership, support with data compilation/reporting/insights/recommendations connected to Ignite! Reading’s KPIs ● Support platform configuration, licensing, maintenance, integration and reporting efforts to ensure third party systems meet Ignite! Reading data needs
- Support ad hoc projects at the direction of the Director of Operations
Core Competencies and Job Qualifications
- Strong quantitative skills as demonstrated by either prior work experience as a data analyst or college coursework
- Experience using Excel or Google Sheets to merge, clean, aggregate and analyze data ● Hyper-organized, attentive to detail, and process-oriented
- A self-starter comfortable working independently who persists until the job is done ● Exceptional interpersonal, presentation, written and oral communication skills ● Ability to communicate findings clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences ● Comfortable in a high-growth startup-like environment: you’re resourceful, calm under pressure, and welcome with ambiguity and change
- Passionate about our mission to teach kids to read
- Preferred Experience or have taken coursework in computer programming languages and/or data visualization platforms such as SQL, Python, R, or Tableau
- Preferred experience working with student data and knowledge of handling Personally Identifiable Information (PII)
At Ignite Reading, we’ve decided to embrace a transparent compensation structure for a few reasons:
To promote fairness and equity: This approach supports fairness within our structure. When everyone knows how compensation decisions are made, it reduces the likelihood of pay discrimination based on factors like gender, race, relationships, or negotiation skills.
To provide accountability for our approach: The same role receives the same compensation, with no negotiation.
To build trust within the organization: When employees understand how their compensation is determined, they are more likely to trust organizational structures and decisions, which can lead to overall better culture.
To support legal considerations: Many states are moving to requiring compensation listed on job descriptions and we want to follow these rules.
Salary: $97,000
We believe in building and fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace environment. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer where all applicants are considered for employment without attention to color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status. Research shows that candidates from underrepresented backgrounds often don't apply for roles if they don't meet all the criteria – unlike majority candidates meeting significantly fewer requirements. We strongly encourage you to apply if you’re interested!
We are seeking candidates who have lived experience related to social justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion. We are a virtual organization with headquarters in the California Bay Area.
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What We Do
When kids learn to read on time their opportunities in school and life improve profoundly. If a child cannot read by the time they are in third grade, they are four times less likely to graduate high school.* In 2022, only 33% of U.S. fourth graders and 31% of eighth graders were reading at grade level (National Assessment of Educational Progress reading assessment scores). Ignite Reading is on a mission to fix this.
Ignite Reading delivers one-to-one virtual tutoring that teaches K-8th graders the foundational skills they need to become confident, independent readers. We pair developing readers with expert reading tutors who provide daily, 15-minute, Science of Reading-based instruction that rapidly closes decoding gaps. Students across all demographics achieve the same outstanding results–an average of 2.4 weeks of reading skills growth per week of instruction–including students with IEPs, multilingual learners, students of color and those receiving free or reduced-price lunch. By ensuring all students master the foundational skills to fluently read any word, Ignite Reading empowers them to move forward and unlock everything school and life have to offer.
"Ignite Reading is one of the most, if not the most, successful interventions we have implemented in our district. The student results and program design are indisputable."
- Claudia Salvestrin, Assistant Superintendent, Red Bluff Union Elementary School District, CA
