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Scholarships & Funding
College of Education Scholarship & Funding Opportunities
Position Opening
GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH ASSISTANT
College of Education
50% FTE
Fall Quarter 2009 and Winter Quarter 2010
(November 2, 2009 through March 15, 2010)
Start Date: November 2, 2009
Application Deadline: October 27, 2009
Notification: October 30, 2009
General Information:
The Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE) is a research center at the University of Washington Bothell. The Center engages in research and analysis aimed at developing focused, effective and accountable schools in urban areas, and systems that support them. The Center’s work seeks to inform community leaders, policy makers, school and school system leaders and the research community. The Center pursues a national program of research and development on such proposals as charter schools, school contracting, equitable district budgeting policies, choice, and school system decentralization. It also conducts research into reform initiatives in Washington State and the Seattle Public Schools. CRPE is located in an off-campus office (near the main Seattle campus), by Gasworks Park in the Wallingford neighborhood of Seattle.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include:
The CRPE Research Assistant will support quantitative research in the areas of state education budgets, district finances, teacher pay and other financial analyses.
Responsibilities include:
- Assisting with administrative project tasks, specifically:
- Building quantitative dataset using public and confidential data
- Creating and maintaining instructional documentation on all data procedures
- Analyzing quantitative data from various sources
- Assisting staff in generating reports, tables, and graphical displays
- Assisting with research papers, presentations and analyses, specifically:
- Conducting literature reviews
- Providing accurate references and methodology descriptions for research papers
- Analyzing data using regression analysis
- Building and maintaining a reference library using Endnote software
- Creating presentation slides using PowerPoint software
Other duties as assigned
The Research Assistant will report to Marguerite Roza, PhD, Research Professor at CRPE and will consult closely with the Center’s research faculty and staff.
Requirements:
Current UW Graduate Student in Education, Policy Studies, Sociology, or other related field. Must be registered for at least 10 credits.
Additional minimum requirements:
Candidates must possess excellent organizational skills, at least one year of demonstrated research experience, a minimum of two years of advanced-level experience with SAS, STATA or other similar data analysis software, and familiarity with Microsoft Excel, and PowerPoint. Some background in education policy is preferred. Also required are excellent written and oral communication skills, and an ability to work independently and as part of a team
How to apply:
Please send a cover letter and resume to: Marguerite Roza at margroza@u.wasington.edu by the October 27, 2009 deadline.
Review of applications will begin upon receipt and the position will remain open until filled.
Notes:
This job classification is governed by a negotiated labor contract and is subject to union shop provisions. For more information about union shop provisions, visit:
http://www.washington.edu/admin/hr/jobs/apl/union-info.html
The University of Washington is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. To request disability accommodation in the application process, contact the Disability Services Office at 206.543.6450 / 206.543.6452 (tty) or dso@u.washington.edu.
College of Education Scholarship & Funding Opportunities
