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The Student Attendance Specialist ensures that school age children are attending school regularly by investigating causes of unexcused or excessive absences, communicating with families and assisting them in problem-solving, issuing attendance-based warnings, and helping to represent the school if cases go to court.
Job Responsibility:
Coordinates school-wide attendance efforts and absenteeism prevention programming
Works with teachers to monitor student adherence to the school’s attendance policies
Emails, calls and sends auto-dial notices to targeted student population
Recommends families to the appropriate administrator for truancy intervention meetings
Attends truancy meetings with school administrators
Ensures state compliancy guidelines are met for student attendance, progress and system logins
Ensures school policy and state requirements are met regarding all attendance withdrawals
Produces attendance/truancy reports for the school, county and state
Works with the Student Support Team to assist students in situations where referral to service agencies are necessary
Works with families and teachers to develop individualized action plans to increase student attendance and engagement
Works with the Student Support Administrator, Head of School and local school board to develop improved procedures that address attendance
Works with families and student support staff to prevent juvenile delinquency
Develops and implements educational workshops related to absenteeism for school staff and families
Assists staff on projects regarding student attendance/truancy
Requirements:
High School Diploma or General Equivalency Degree (GED) Certificate
Two (2) years of truancy experience OR Equivalent combination of education and experience
Ability to pass required background check
Knowledge of state school attendance laws, and other pertinent laws regarding K-12 education
Knowledge of state specific court procedures regarding truancy
Familiarity with online learning environment
Strong organizational and time management skills
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc.)
Ability to travel 20% of the time
Nice to have:
Three (3) years of experience working with families in similar capacity, enrollment or truancy
Post-secondary degree especially in Education, Counseling, Human Services or related field of study