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Education Consultant 4 (AAA)

Salary

$5,416.67 - $9,856.00 Monthly

Location

Baton Rouge, LA

Job Type

Classified

Job Number

LDOE50475187-090225EL-AAA

Department

Education-State Activities

Opening Date

09/02/2025

Closing Date

9/12/2025 11:59 PM Central

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About this Job

This position is located in Baton Rouge, LA

Office of Assessment, Accountability, and Analytics

Job Focus Area

This Education Consultant 4 is located within the Office of Assessments, Accountability, and Analytics, and reports to the classified Education Consultant Supervisor. This position serves as the leader for Birth to grade 3 assessments, and is responsible for ensuring the creation and implementation of a robust assessment platform for all of early childhood. This position provides an unparalleled opportunity for an individual who is a highly organized, critical thinker, communicator, and innovator.

Statewide assessments provide crucial information about how well students across Louisiana are performing and the degree to which they are truly ready for college and career. This information (a) allows the state, districts and schools to better direct resources to improve educational outcomes for students, and (b) helps parents understand how their children are progressing.

Minimum Qualifications

Eight years of experience in education, teaching, or administrative services; OR

Six years of full-time work experience plus five years of experience in education, teaching, or administrative services; OR

A bachelor's degree plus five years of experience in education, teaching, or administrative services; OR

An advanced degree plus four years of experience in education, teaching, or administrative services.

Job Specification

The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be foundhere (https://apps01.civilservice.louisiana.gov/onestopjobinfo/DisplayJobSpec.aspx?JobCode=168220) .

Job Duties and Other Information

Job Duties:

As an Education Consultant 4, you will lead Louisiana’s efforts to develop and implement a comprehensive Birth to Grade 3 assessment program. In this role, you will:

+ Oversee the daily operations of the statewide Birth to Grade 3 assessment program and ensure its successful implementation across early childcare centers and school systems.

+ Develop clear policies, resources, and guidance to support educators in administering high-quality early childhood assessments.

+ Provide direct assistance to school systems by answering questions, offering technical support, and coordinating statewide communications related to Birth to Grade 3 assessments.

+ Collaborate with teams across the agency to ensure early childhood assessments align with other key initiatives and meet state and federal expectations.

+ Manage the certification process for assessment data, working with school systems to validate information and ensure accuracy in statewide reporting.

+ Represent the Department at school system meetings and stakeholder events, providing updates and gathering feedback to improve assessment practices.

+ Review assessment materials, reports, and guidance documents to ensure clarity, accuracy, and alignment with program goals before public release.

Position-Specific Details:

Appointment Type: Probational, Promotional, or Job Appointment. The person hired for this position is expected to regularly report to the Baton Rouge office. Current permanent classified state employees may be required to accept a probationary appointment, if selected.

Work Schedule: Work hours are Monday - Friday. Work hours will be determined.

Compensation: The salary offered will be determined based on qualifications and experience.

**Note regarding the advertised pay range: The Education Consultant series have a special entrance rate that is above the minimum hire rate for these positions. The maximum amounts listed are the maximum salary amounts a person can make over their career andnot the maximum amount we are allowed to pay a new hire .

How To Apply:

No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.

To apply for this vacancy, click on the “Apply” link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.

*Information to support your eligibility for this job title must be included in the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education). Resumeswill notbe accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.

Contact Information:

For further information about this vacancy contact:

Louisiana Department of Education – Human Resources

PO Box 94064

Baton Rouge, LA 70804

[email protected]

Louisiana is a State As a Model Employer (SAME) that supports the recruitment, hiring, and retention of individuals with disabilities.

Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity tomake a differencethrough public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career.

As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program:

Insurance Coverage More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/

Parental Leave– Up to six weeks paid parental leave

More information can be found athttps://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx

Holidays and Leave – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:

+ New Year's Day

+ Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,

+ Mardi Gras,

+ Good Friday,

+ Memorial Day,

+ Independence Day,

+ Labor Day,

+ Veteran's Day,

+ Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

***** Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor

State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.

Retirement – State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to):

+ Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video (https://lasersonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Your\_Retirement\_System.mp4) to give you more detailed information about their system

+ Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org),

+ Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others

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I understand that information on this application may be subject to investigation and verification and that any misrepresentation or material omission, including on my responses to supplemental questions, may cause my application to be rejected, my name to be removed from the eligible register, and/or subject me to disqualification from future job opportunities and/or dismissal from state service.

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Are you a current employee of the Louisiana Department of Education? Please note - teachers and other employees of the school system are NOT considered employees of the LA Department of Education:

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+ No

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Employer

State of Louisiana

Address

For agency contact information, please refer to

the supplemental information above.

Louisiana State Civil Service, Louisiana, 70802

Phone

(866) 783-5462

Website

http://agency.governmentjobs.com/louisiana/default.cfm

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