Truancy Officer

Job Description

Residency Requirements:

Must reside in North Carolina

• This is a hybrid position that will require three or more days a week in the Durham, NC office as determined by the supervisor.

The Truancy Officer ensures students 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.

K12, a Stride Company, believes in Education for ANY ONE. We provide families an online option for a high-quality, personalized education experience. Students can thrive, find their passion, and learn in an environment that encourages discovery at their own pace.

Passionate Educators are needed at the Stride K12 partner school, North Carolina Virtual Academy (NCVA). We want you to be a part of our talented team!

The mission of North Carolina Virtual Academy (NCVA) is to provide an exemplary individualized and engaging educational experience for students by incorporating school and community/family partnerships coupled with a rigorous curriculum along with a data-driven and student-centered instructional model. Student success will be measured by valid and reliable assessment data, parent and student satisfaction and continued institutional growth within the academic community.

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Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

• Coordinates school-wide attendance efforts and absenteeism prevention programming with a two-fold focus
  1) educating families on the importance of attendance with a focus on prevention and
  2) intervening to fix the underlying issues that lead to absenteeism;
• Works to monitor student adherence to the school’s attendance policies, including student information systems, state systems, and company systems daily.
• For lower-level truancy concerns:
  Emails, calls and sends auto-dial notices to target student population;
• For escalated truancy concerns, Truancy Officer holds meetings with student and family to address concerns, identify barriers, and provide back-on-track planning.
• For final level truancy concerns, meetings are held with students, family, and support.
• Offer restoration to students, including truancy agreements and courses.
• Meeting covers state law concerns, as the next step will have the student go to court
• Works with county court systems, understanding requirements to process juvenile court petitions
• Collaborates with authorizer to ensure best practices, final level truancy concerns, training etc.
• Ensures state compliancy guidelines are met for student attendance and progress
• Produces attendance/truancy reports for the school, county and state. Must have Excel fluency.
• 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 Executive Director, manager, etc 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.
• Ensures school policy and state requirements are met regarding all attendance withdrawals;

• Associate degree or specialized related training
• One to two 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;

• Three (3) years of experience working with…