Districtwide Director of Pupil Personnel- FTE

Director of Pupil Personnel

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the essential job functions satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the primary job functions herein described. Since every duty associated with this position may not be described herein, employees may be required to perform duties not specifically spelled out in the job description.

Job Class Code:0080 - Position Type:

Salaried

Job Type:Administrative
- Certified
- Pay Grade:

Salary calculations are based on verified education and related experience levels

Administrative additive level: 9

Reports To:

Superintendent's Designee
- Supervises:

Assigned Staff

Work Calendar Name:12 month salaried
- Days in work calendar:240

Job Summary:

Provides leadership and supervision in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of pupil personnel and pupil attendance services. Administers the enrollment, registration, attendance system, accounting, and census functions of the district. Communicates and enforces Kentucky laws and regulations related to enrollment and truancy.

Essential Job Functions:

• Maintains knowledge of current laws, regulations, school board policies and procedures, as well as emerging trends and current research in pupil attendance to increase school attendance and Support Education Excellence in Kentucky (SEEK) funding.
• Works with principals, teachers, pupils, parents, community agencies, social workers, attendance workers, and the court to implement a research based system of school level interventions to improve pupil attendance, and to provide attendance incentive programs.
• Coordinates and supervises the work of central office pupil attendance personnel.
• Coordinates and supports the work of secondary/elementary school attendance and registration personnel.
• Provides information to schools and parents regarding school enrollment requirements.
• Enforce the laws regarding compulsory attendance.
• Communicates with parents, pupils, various state and local agencies, and district leadership on procedures, policies, and laws relating to pupil attendance.
• Interacts with pupils and families on issues relating to enrollment, attendance, and truancy
• Investigate the home conditions of habitual truants and acquaint the school with those conditions, while also acquainting the home with the work and advantages of the schools
• Document the home conditions of students and the intervention strategies attempted during any action brought to enforce compulsory attendance
• Coordinates driver license monitoring with high school personnel to ensure implementation of the No Pass No Drive law
• Responsible for ensuring the process and procedure for all requests from parents or guardians to enroll their pupil in an out-of-area school in the district, per Board of Education Policy.
• Implements and monitors the school board tuition policy and provides an annual report to district leadership.
• Supports and monitors school board policy and procedures for approval of Home and Hospital instruction.
• Prepares, administers, monitors, amends, and keeps an accounting of the budget designated for Pupil Personnel.
• Attends to all record-keeping functions, correspondence, data requests, and any other requests related to the duties of the Pupil Personnel office.
• Establishes procedures for attendance accounting for (1) guardianship of pupils, (2) truancy referral, (3) foreign exchange pupils, (4) immigrant and migrant pupils, (5) homeless pupils, and any other pupil presenting for enrollment in the schools.
• Supervises attendance accounting in all schools, applying school board policies and procedures regarding guardianship of students, I-20 Foreign Exchange pupils, immigrant and migrant pupils, homeless pupils, and any other pupils presenting for enrollment in the schools.
• Maintains an integrated census and attendance record for all pupils between the ages of 3-21 in Fayette County Public Schools.
• Maintains all district-level cumulative records for the present, as well as the past.
• Provide or arrange for training for district attendance personnel regarding the proper methods of administering pupil…