School Attendance Clerk and Climate Specialist

School Attendance Clerk and Climate Specialist

Attendance Clerk and Climate Specialist - Irving School

The Attendance Clerk and Climate Specialist for Irving School will work collaboratively with all staff to monitor and improve student attendance and student behavior.

• Experience working with youth in a school environment
• Knowledge of PMT, ABA, Restorative Practices, and PBIS preferred
• DCF Mandated Reporter Training Certified

• Promote a safe and positive educational environment
• Monitor in‑school suspension when necessary
• Supervise arrival, dismissal, lunch and recess when necessary
• Assist classroom teachers with challenging behaviors throughout the day
• Work collaboratively with staff to promote a positive and safe learning environment
• Review daily attendance and collaborate with staff, students, and family members to ensure daily student attendance

• Assists in managing behavioral concerns to minimize disruptions
• Ensure a safe and orderly school environment
• Assist pupil personnel and teachers in creating and implementing plans and strategies to deal with challenging behaviors
• Monitors daily attendance, chronic attendance patterns, and trends that affect learning (late arrival and early dismissal)
• Contacts, educates, and offer support to parents in regards to importance of attendance and resources available to assist families
• Assists students in non‑instructional areas such as supervising the student lunch programs, bus duty, playground duty, hallway, and other non‑instructional areas as needed
• Under the direct supervision of the school Principal, provide supervision and academic support to students who are in a school‑based in‑school suspension program
• Support PBIS and attendance initiatives by building positive relationships with students, staff, and families

• Establish supportive and compassionate relationships with students supervised
• Establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with students and staff
• Work with diverse student groups
• Maintain confidentiality concerning students and staff
• Ability to carry out written and oral instructions
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide, and perform arithmetic operations as needed to assist students
• Proficient in computer use and Microsoft Office programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Effective writing and verbal communication skills

Note:

The above description is illustrative of tasks and responsibilities. It is not meant to be all‑inclusive for every task or responsibility.

FLSA Status: Non‑exempt

The Derby Board of Education (the “Board”) will not make employment decisions (including decisions related to hiring, assignment, compensation, promotion, demotion, disciplinary action and termination) on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, alienage, ancestry, disability, pregnancy, genetic information, veteran status, gender identity or expression, status as a victim of domestic violence, or any other basis prohibited by state or federal law (“Protected Class”), except in the case of a bona fide occupational qualification.