Wayne | Parent​/Attendance Coordinator

Full-time school year schedule

BASIC FUNCTION:

Assist in planning, organizing, coordinating and implementing activities and services involved in facilitating, enhancing, and improving student attendance. Serve as liaison between FWCS, schools, and parents regarding student attendance and related parent involvement issues. Perform a variety of attendance duties in support of assigned unit head. Monitor, analyze, record, evaluate, investigate, and implement interventions to help maintain regular attendance for identified students.

Prepare and maintain a variety of records and reports. Establish and maintain contact with identified students & families.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Any combination equivalent to: graduation from high school and two years of experience working with students or families in an educational, social service or related environment. One year of general clerical experience and college degree preferred. The employee must have strong office, computer, technology, public relation and oral and written communication skills. The incumbent must have knowledge of the technical aspects, methods, processes, principles, practices, procedures and terminology used in assigned field.

The employee must have a valid Indiana driver’s license and reliable transportation.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Collaborate individually or in group settings with students, their parents/guardians and identified personnel to stress the importance of school attendance and to identify, intervene and resolve problems affecting student attendance and educational goals; support students by maintaining goals and expectations.
• Serve as liaison between FWCS, students and their families; maintain regular contact with families of identified students and make home visits to verify student addresses and to monitor student and family needs; identify possible encumbrances to meeting student attendance and educational goals; provide families with information and implement interventions to assist regular student attendance.
• Seek and maintain partnerships with community agencies to facilitate and enhance support services that foster regular student attendance of identified students; refer families to programs, services, community resources, medical, social services andother resources as appropriate.
• Prepare and maintain a variety of detailed and complex notes, lists, records and reports related to student attendance and absenteeism issues, progress, interventions, strategies and related matters; prepare affidavits for SOCAP and ACJC Hearings; maintain filing systems; assure attendance reports and related information are completed in accordance with established time lines and requirements.
• Provide clerical and administrative support services to building administrators; assure smooth and efficient office operations.
• Perform related duties as assigned by the Administrator to meet the particular needs of the building/unit, in compliance with Title I rules and regulation.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to speak and hear. The employee is required to have dexterity of hands and fingers. The employee is required to sit or stand for extended periods of time. They may be occasionally required to bend at the waist, kneel or crouch. Specific vision acuity required. While performing the duties of this job the incumbent is seated or walking at will and must be able to push, pull, lift and carry up to 25 pounds on occasion.

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Position Type: Full-Time

Salary: $22.88 to $28.50 Per Hour

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