Rapid Online Assessment of Reading Research Coordinator🔍Graduate School of Education, Stanford, California, United StatesNew📁Research📅2 days ago Post Date📅103087 Requisition #
Who We Are:
The Brain Development & Education Lab focuses on understanding the interplay between brain development and learning. We are highly interdisciplinary spanning the Graduate School of Education, Pediatrics within the School of Medicine, Psychology and Neuroscience. Current research studies focus on literacy and dyslexia and combine behavioral assessments, psychophysical measures of perception, development and validation of online assessments, neuroimaging, computational modeling and educational intervention programs. The long-term goal of this research is to (1) understand the mechanisms that underlie individual differences in learning and (2) develop personalized education programs that are tailored to an individual's unique pattern of development. More information about the lab can be found at: https://www.brainandeducation.com/ and https://roar.stanford.edu/ and https://dyslexia.stanford.edu/
Note: This position is a 1-year fixed term appointment based on Stanford University's main campus.This position has a hybrid work schedule (onsite work) arrangement. Interested candidates should include a resume and cover letter describing why they are interested in this position at this stage in their career.
What We Do:
The Rapid Online Assessment of Reading (ROAR) is a project with potential to positively impact current educational practices while also expanding the frontier of research on reading development. Our goal for ROAR is to provide a suite of open-access reading assessments that can be used both in schools and at home. The assessments, which will be available in English and Spanish for grades PK-12, provide data that enables teachers and parents to understand their students' foundational reading skills. Our team works with a wide variety of school partners who use the ROAR to inform instruction. The data collected through these partnerships support our validation and research studies. More information on the project can be found at https://roar.stanford.edu/.
Position Summary:
The lab has an outstanding opportunity for a full-time Research Study Coordinator for ROAR! Research Study Coordinators get to work directly with school practitioners and student participants to collect data through gamified assessments and focus groups, and to develop skills for analyzing and interpreting these data.Coordinators who have the ability to communicate proficiently in Spanish have the opportunity to contribute to Spanish-language assessments and administer Spanish-based validation measures.
Primary responsibilities include:
Support schools in implementing and new technology for screening and assessment through a collaborative research practice partnership model.Work directly with children and adult research participants to collect data through standardized tests, questionnaires, computer-based experiments, and focus groups.
Maintain organized databases.
Additional Responsibilities:
To be successful in this position, you will bring:
In addition, preferred qualifications:
The expected pay range for this position is $24.04 to $29.00 per hour. Stanford University provides pay ranges representing its good faith estimate of what the university reasonably expects to pay for a position. The pay offered to a selected candidate will be determined based on factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the qualifications of the selected candidate, departmental budget availability, internal equity, geographic location and external market pay for comparable jobs.
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Why Stanford is for You:
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The job duties listed are typical examples of work performed by positions in this job classification and are not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, tasks, and responsibilities. Specific duties and responsibilities may vary depending on department or program needs without changing the general nature and scope of the job or level of responsibility. Employees may also perform other duties as assigned.
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