Job Descriptions

District Director of Assessment

Title:	District Director of Assessment
Function:	Carries out the mission of the State Program for Referee Development within the district. Serves as liaison between the State Director of Assessment and the local assessors.
Requirements:	Administrative ability, knowledge of the needs of the state, ability to work smoothly with state and local officials and assessors.
Appointment:	State Referee Committee with concurrence of the State Director of Assessment. Must be an experienced assessor but state level preferred and a grade seven referee.
Reports to:	State Referee Committee and the State Director of Assessment.
Duties:	Help develop and implement referees and assessors curriculum, content, materials and program. Review all assessments performed by district assessors before being sent to SDA to assure accuracy and provide educational feedback to district assessors. Maintain contact with assessors throughout their area and promote their welfare. Coordinate topics of emphasis with the DDI for in-service clinics. Coordinate, support, encourage participation and assist as necessary with state sponsored activities in the area. Conduct meetings for local assessors as needed. Evaluate and monitor the local assessors. Identify qualified referees as candidates to become assessors. Provide local assessors with materials as distributed by the SDA. Assign area assessors. Provide routine feedback to area assessors. Assist the SDA. Complete an annual report of all assessments and clinics held each year in the Area and send it to the State Referee Committee and the State Director of Assessment by November of each year.