Kari Smith Email & Phone Number

Washington, Dc, Us

United States

As a member of the (PLA) Technology and Student Information Systems team, I serve as the PowerSchool SIS System Administrator for multiple instances of PowerSchool in Indiana and Michigan and support PLA schools in Missouri and DC on special projects.My responsibilities include:● PowerSchool SIS System Administrator. ● Work with vendors on mapping and integrating PowerSchool with downstream systems through API (i.e. Clever and PowerSchool API and plugins) such as School Messenger, SchoolMint, PowerSchool Enrollment, Blackboard and other LMS platforms. ● Implemented new instances of PowerSchool as needed for new schools joining the PLA network.● Support school staff and PLA National team members to ensure access and enhance their knowledge of information systems.● Collaborate with school staff and other departments to ensure data integrity, compliance, and accountability for data management.● Develop technical resources to align with internal and external policies and procedures.●Provide Professional Development and training on PowerSchool and other downstream systems.

Washington Dc

Led the Performance Management and Accountability Team. Selected Accomplishments:● Submitted reports and documents as required by the DC Public Charter School.● Supported the expansion of the LEA. (1). To continue offering remote learning to a small percentage of opportunity youth with extenuating circumstances during the pandemic reopening and recovery period, and (2). Request For Maya Charter to become LEA for the DC Jail during the 21-22 school year. ● Rejoined the MySchool DC application network to improve enrollment outcomes for the High School Campus. ● Implemented a new enrollment management (Enrollment Express-E-forms) system to improve the collection of required student data on enrolled students.● Oversaw the annual enrollment audit process with successful outcomes●Created ad-hoc reports using data analytics tools such as Tableau.

Washington, Dc

● LEA Data Manager to the Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE) on the reporting of enrollment, promotion attendance, discipline, adjusted cohort graduation rate (AGCR), and Career and Technology Education (CTE) programs and other key metrics used to evaluate the organization's annual performance rate with OSSE and the DC Charter School Board.● Developed and administered Standard School Operating Procedures for tracking enrollment, attendance, grading, discipline, and other organizational and mission-specific data.Provided professional development and support to school-level data owners.● Directed annual enrollment of the LEA, including configuring enrollment management systems to meet reporting requirements, establishing timelines, communications, and correspondences to parents, providing training to staff on enrollment policies procedures, and systems, and compiling ongoing analysis on the progress toward meeting enrollment targets.● Supported business objectives by collecting, compiling, and analyzing various data, including enrollment trends, attendance, grades, discipline, assessment data, and teacher performance evaluations.● Implemented technology systems or enhanced systems to support educational programs and reduce the administrative burden of administrative staff.● Administered PowerSchool, PowerSchool Registration (formerly known as InfoSnap), Blackboard-ParentLink, and MySchoolDC (LEA administrator).● Managed technologies using SQL, ODBC, Direct Data Export, ETL, Middleware tools, and API solutions for seamless integration of systems.● Conducted data analysis using Microsoft Excel and a business analytics tool, Tableau.Key Accomplishments:● Maximized student enrollment to over 4200 students with an annual budget of over $90M. ● Developed Dashboards in PowerSchool SIS that secured a $1.5M Race to the Top (RTTP) Instructional Improvement Systems grant. Implemented this tool to a consortium of 6 DC charter schools.

Washington, Dc

●Effectively oversaw all areas of Student Data Management and ensured compliance with state and federal laws; develop, implement, and ●Enforced Standard School Operating Procedures for student data management●Directed, mentored, and supervised 8 staff (central office and school data managers); promoted professional development by providing training to teachers, data managers, central office staff, and management●Ensured successful annual enrollment outcomes by managing all aspects of the process, including establishing timelines, creating enrollment forms and letters, tracking outcomes, and monitoring compliance with policies and procedures●Supported business objectives by collecting, compiling, and analyzing various data, including enrollment trends, attendance, grades, discipline, assessment data, and teacher performance evaluations●Upheld audit readiness by periodically vetting student residency laws and regulations and other enrollment reporting requirements●Provided critical organization-wide tools for evaluating performance and defining future strategies by creating quality custom reports via PowerSchool; maintained PowerSchool servers with the latest application release● Demonstrated technical expertise by spearheading programming of data dashboards for Friendship PCS and 6 LEA Race to the Top Consortium group.Key Accomplishment:● Transitioned Friendship Public Charter School Student Information System – SASI to PowerSchool on time and below budget.● Secured the enrollment funding for the students verified as enrolled and DC residents during the yearly enrollment audit process.

Washington, Dc

●Administrator and trainer of the SASI Student Information System (SIS), Electronic grade book, and enrollment management system. ●Developed standard operating procedures and conducted procedural and data quality audits to verify data integrity. ●Created letters and flyers to inform parents about annual enrollment requirements.●Updated yearly enrollment forms to comply with student data collection requirements.●Monitored, tracked, and reported enrollment data and oversaw the annual enrollment audit, the LEA's primary revenue source. ●Prepared and submitted reports on enrollment, attendance, discipline, scheduling, and grades to internal stakeholders.Submitted federally mandated reports, including the Civil Rights Data Collection(CRDC) and 3% verification of lunch status, and Safe and Drug-Free Schools to regulatory bodies.●Validated the standardized assessment data, which served as the key indicator for determining Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) under No Child Left Behind (NCLB). Key Accomplishment:Awarded the Friendship Public Charter School, Chairman's Choice Award in 2005.

Washington, Dc

● Reported to the organization's first Chief Academic Officer (CAO).● Analyzed monthly Benchmark assessment data and produced data reports for leaders and teachers.● Validated the standardized assessment data, which served as the key performance indicator determining Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) under No Child Left Behind (NCLB).● Played a key role in compiling materials and related reports for the Middle States Accreditation review process.

Washington, Dc

●Managed the school's front office operations and staff.●Oversaw data management, the yearly enrollment process and enrollment audit, file maintenance, and other areas to safeguard student data and privacy.●Coordinated meeting logistics and collected relevant materials for compliance and performance reviews conducted by regulatory bodies.●Produced enrollment, demographics, attendance, discipline, assessment, grades, and schedule reports as needed.●Submitted official school reports to federal and state regulatory agencies on behalf of the school.●Performed other tasks such as timekeeping and assigning substitutes to cover classes.Key Accomplishments:●Helped to establish the foundation for student information management for the LEA.●Promoted to a central office position to provide additional support to the largest Charter School in Washington, DC at that time.

Washington, Dc

🔻Formerly known as the Washington Business Group on Health●Developed an event management database Microsoft Access●Upheld quality assurance by tabulating evaluations from meetings, training, and technical assistance engagements●Provided other administrative support as needed to the organization