North Slope Borough School District

Public school district on Alaska's North Slope

Building Test Coordinator

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Full-timeNuiqsut, AK, USA$1.8kIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

High school graduation or an equivalent credential is required.
Ability to pass a background check.
An Alaska driver's license is preferred.

Responsibilities

Serve as liaison between the school and the Curriculum and Instruction Department.
Attend all scheduled testing trainings offered by the Assessment Department, Student Services, Curriculum and Instruction, or external entities such as the State of Alaska or WIDA.
Work with the site technician to verify that student computers have access to the MAP testing browser, and report issues to the information technology department and the designated contact.
Create MAP test sessions for students according to their teachers at least one day before testing, and report missing students or incorrect class rosters to the designated contact.
Verify MAP student accommodations with the counselor, special education teachers, and classroom teacher to ensure accuracy and compliance with individualized education programs.
Arrange training for test proctors and verify that each staff member has an account and can log in to the NWEA testing site; resolve or report access issues.
Coordinate with teachers and building administrators so students receive the appropriate MAP test and complete it within the testing window; send schedules to the designated contact and seek scheduling assistance from the Curriculum Department as needed.
Ensure teachers administering AIMSweb benchmarking probes can access the online system, and report missing teachers or students to the designated contact.
For WIDA ACCESS, verify that test administrators have signed level 4 Test Security Agreements and that proctors have passed the relevant online modules; coordinate with the designated contact to keep training certificates on file and report issues.
Work with the Curriculum Department to identify students requiring WIDA ACCESS and create a schedule to ensure all English language learner students are tested.
Verify WIDA ACCESS accommodations with Student Services, the counselor, special education teachers, and the test proctor; ensure Student Services has the WIDA accommodations form.
Assist in ordering WIDA ACCESS materials, verify the student testing list, receive materials, secure them, and sign materials in and out to appropriate staff.
Work with the building principal to provide the government representative with needed information for NAEP, and ensure required staff complete federal paperwork.
For PEAKS, verify test administrators have signed level 4 Test Security Agreements and confirm student computers have the INSIGHT client installed; coordinate configuration checks with the site technician and report issues to information technology.
Roster students into PEAKS test sessions and promptly report difficulties to the designated contact.
Print and organize secure PEAKS test tickets by grade, teacher, or classroom; advise teachers to track students who do not test and keep their tickets separate, and permit make-up students to use their original tickets.
Provide graph paper and blank scratch paper to each classroom testing PEAKS.
Cover or remove materials on walls in rooms where students will test.
Broadcast PEAKS testing dates over VHF or radio and share the provided reminders about preparing for testing.
Ensure students receiving text-to-speech accommodations have headphones, assess whether additional headphones are needed, and notify the designated contact by December 15 if more are required; if headphones are offered to any students to block noise, offer them to all students.
Provide each PEAKS test administrator with a paper copy of the Test Administrator Directions and Tech Support Guide.
Verify PEAKS accommodations with Student Services, the counselor, special education teachers, and test proctors; ensure Student Services has the appropriate forms signed by the test administrator.
Plan PEAKS seating arrangements, including room capacity, spacing between seats, and seating charts.
Coordinate when, where, and by whom homeschooled students will test; ensure they are rostered before testing and that the Assessment Department is aware of them or has contacted their home school.
Create a plan for disruptive students, including whether they should test separately and who will administer their tests.
During PEAKS testing, ensure teachers keep cell phones and laptops out of sight and do not use them during test sessions except for emergencies when no landline is present; phones must be off or silent.
Post signs prohibiting electronics and indicating that testing is in progress.
Immediately report and document security breaches, including electronics in testing rooms, lost or copied test materials, and ethics breaches such as coaching students or paraphrasing questions.
Document student or parent refusals, medical waivers, absent students, or invalidations on an Irregularity Report.
Create a staff plan for what students may do after finishing their tests, such as quietly reading or leaving the room.
After testing, collect Irregularity Reports and scan or email them to the designated contact.
Document parent refusals and send the records to the designated contact.
Collect PEAKS test tickets; shred tickets after students complete both test parts and retain tickets for students who have not tested.
Secure used PEAKS scratch paper until it is shredded, either by teachers or after collection with other secure test items.

ADDED DUTY CONTRACT: Building Test Coordinator

North Slope Borough School District · Nuiqsut, United States · Other · Posted 2026-05-25

Salary: USD 1,766–1,766

Workplace: on_site

Department: Nuiqsut Trapper School

Description

REPORTS TO: Building Principal. Serves as liaison between school and Curriculum and Instruction Department.

OVERVIEW OF THE POSITION

The Building Test Coordinator has varying roles dependent upon the testing happening. This document is split into parts by assessment. For assessments not listed (DIAL, KDP), Central Office Personnel will work directly with the teachers administering the assessments, and you may or may not be asked to assist. The district recognizes that the time, care, and accountability needed to ensure smooth, consistent, and secure testing needs a devoted individual at each site. It is the responsibility of the BTC to attend all scheduled trainings regarding testing, whether they are offered by the Assessment Department, Student Services, Curriculum & Instruction, or an outside entity such as the State of Alaska or WIDA.

MAP

1. MAP/ MPG browser check

Work with the Site Tech to verify that all your student computers have access to the MAP testing browser.
Report any issues to InfoTech and Caitlin.

2. Test Sessions

Create all test sessions for students in your building, according to the teacher who will be testing them. Test sessions must be created at least one day prior to testing.
If students are missing from the roster, or are rostered to the wrong class, contact Ian Acuna.

3. Accommodations

Students who receive accommodations per their IEP must be given accommodations on their MAP testing.
Verify the list of student accommodations with the Counselor, SPED teachers at your site, and the classroom teacher to ensure accuracy and compliance.

4. Test Proctors

Each test proctor needs to be trained in test administration. This can be done by you, the Assessment team, or through the online modules provided by NWEA. It is your responsibility to arrange training for those in your building.
Each proctor must be able to log in to the NWEA testing site. Verify that each staff member has an account and can log in. If you have issues, contact Ian Acuna.

5. Testing Scheduling and Completion

Work with teachers and building administrators to ensure that all students given the appropriate test and are tested in the given window. Schedules need to be sent to Caitlin. If you need scheduling assistance, contact the Curriculum Department.

AIMSweb

Ensure all teachers giving the AIMS benchmarking probes have access to the online system
If teachers or students are missing, contact Ian Acuna

WIDA ACCESS (Regulated by WIDA and the state)

1. Test Security Agreements

Verify that all your test administrators have signed level 4 TSA’s.

2. Proctor Training

Verify that all of the test proctors have passed the WIDA online modules pertaining to the assessments that they will administer. Work with Kathleen Fisher to ensure we have certificates on file.
Report any issues to Kathleen and Caitlin

3. Test Sessions

Work with Curriculum Department to determine the students needing the assessment, then create a schedule to ensure that all ELL students are tested.

4. Accommodations

Students who receive accommodations per their IEP must be given accommodations on their ACCESS testing.
Verify the list of student accommodations with Student Services, the Counselor, SPED teachers at your site, and the test proctor to ensure accuracy and compliance. Ensure that Student Services has the WIDA Accommodations form.

5. Materials Management

Assist in the ordering of materials for your building. You will receive a list of students to be tested. It is critical that you verify this list so that the proper materials can be ordered.
Work with Kathleen to receive all of the WIDA ACCESS materials. They must be kept in a secured location and signed in and out to appropriate staff for testing.

NAEP (regulated by the federal government)

Work with your building principal to ensure the Government Representative has all of the information they need
Ensure all required staff completes the necessary paperwork from the federal government.

PEAKS (regulated by the state)

BEFORE TESTING

1. Test Security Agreements

Verify that all your test administrators have signed level 4 TSA’s.

2. INSIGHT client check

Verify that all your student computers have the INSIGHT client installed.
Work with the Site Tech to perform the configuration check, report any issues to InfoTech.

3. Student Rostering

Roster all students into test sessions, if you have difficulties, report them to Caitlin immediately.

4. Test tickets

These are secure test items; they must be kept secure until student’s test.
Print them and organize them by grade or teacher/classroom, however your students will test.
Advise teachers to keep track of who does NOT test, keep their test tickets separate.
Make-up students can use their original test ticket.

5. Scratch paper/graph paper

Make sure you have graph paper and blank scratch paper for each classroom that will be testing

6. Cover up or remove materials on the walls where students will test.

7. Broadcast on VHF or radio the dates students will be testing, go to bed early, eat breakfast, etc…

8. Headphones

Students who get the text-to-speech accommodation MUST have headphones.
Other students may use headphones to block noise while they test, do you have enough? If you anticipate needing additional headphones, notify Caitlin by December 15.
If you allow any students to do this, you must give ALL students the option to use headphones while they test

9. Test Administrator Directions & Tech Support Guide

Each test administrator needs a paper copy of the TAD and Tech Support Guide.

10. Accommodations

Students who receive accommodations per their IEP must be given accommodations on their PEAKS test.
Verify the list of student accommodations with Student Services, the Counselor, SPED teachers at your site, and the test proctor to ensure accuracy and compliance. Ensure that Student Services has the appropriate forms signed by the test administrator.

11. Seating arrangements, determine the following:

Is there enough room for all the students to test?
Is there enough space between each seat?
Is there an established seating chart?

12. Homeschool students

When will they test? Where will they test? Who will administer the test?
Ensure that Homeschooled students have been rostered BEFORE testing begins and that Assessment is aware of them/ has contacted their home school.

13. Create a plan for disruptive students.

Who are they?
Should they test in a separate location?
Who will test them, where will they test?

DURING TESTING

1. Teacher cell phones and laptops

Teachers may not have anywhere to store their cell phones or laptops.
Laptops and cell phones can be stored in the room where students test.
Cell phones must be off or silent and out of sight (not in your pocket)
Computers should be out of sight.
Teachers are not to use their cell phone or laptop during the test session, they can however use their cell phone in the case of an emergency, ONLY IF NO LANDLINE IS PRESENT

2. Post signs

No electronics.
Testing, do not disturb.

3. Security or ethics breach

Report any security breach (electronics in testing room, lost test materials, test materials copied in any way, etc.) to Caitlin immediately, and document in writing.
Report any ethics breach (test administrator coaching students, helping students, paraphrasing questions, etc.) to Caitlin immediately, and document in writing.

4. Special Circumstances: student/parent refusal, medical waiver, absent student, or invalidation

Document on Irregularity Report

5. Create a plan with your staff to ensure students know what they can do after they finish testing.

Should they quietly read a book?
Can they leave the room?

AFTER TESTING

1. Collect all Irregularity Reports

Scan/email all Irregularity Reports to Caitlin

2. Document all parent refusals and send to Caitlin.

3. Collect all test tickets

After a student has finished both parts of a test their test ticket should be shredded
Keep the test tickets for students who have not yet tested.

4. Shred all used scratch paper.

Teachers can do this as soon as they finish testing, or they can turn it in to you with their secure test items, it is kept secure until it is shredded.

COMPENSATION

Subject to negotiated agreement added duty compensation range and meeting all “Responsibilities”. Payment may be prorated based on meeting the responsibilities.

Requirements

High school graduate or equivalent required
Ability to pass a background Check
AK Driver's license preferred

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About the Company

North Slope Borough School District

Public school district on Alaska's North Slope

North Slope Borough School District runs public schools for children across northern Alaska, with instruction shaped by the needs and traditions of predominantly Inupiat communities. Its academic mission links reading, writing and mathematics with students' understanding of Inupiat values, history, language and culture. The Inupiaq Learning Framework guides curriculum and assessment, while the district's Inupiaq Language Program teaches language through an accelerated second-language method and a custom computer-based learning tool. Teachers receive culturally based teaching units, resources and professional development. The district is guided by its Board of Education and was founded in 1973; its central office is in Utqiagvik, Alaska.

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