Attendance & Student Engagement Coordinator

Attendance & Student Engagement Coordinator (Teacher Leader Role) FLSA Status

Exempt

• Valid Mississippi Educator License required.
• Strong classroom management and student relationships.
• Strong organizational and data analysis skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively with students, parents, and staff.
• Passion for student success and removing barriers to attendance.

Principal

The Attendance & Student Engagement Coordinator is a teacher leader responsible for improving student attendance, reducing chronic absenteeism, and supporting school-wide systems aligned to state guidance. This individual will lead efforts to identify at-risk students, implement intervention strategies, and build a culture that prioritizes and monitors attendance daily. Chronic absenteeism is defined as missing 10% or more of the school year (approximately 18 days), regardless of the reason, and has a direct impact on student achievement and graduation outcomes.

This role is critical in addressing that need at the school level.

• Data Monitoring & Accountability
• Track daily attendance data and identify students at risk of chronic absenteeism
• Maintain and monitor a "watch list" of students approaching the 10% threshold
• Analyze trends by grade level, subgroup, and time of year
• Provide regular attendance reports to the administration and leadership teams
• Intervention & Support Systems
• Develop and implement tiered attendance interventions (Tier 1, 2, and
  3)
• Coordinate attendance improvement plans for chronically absent students
• Work with counselors, administrators, and teachers to address root causes
• Monitor the effectiveness of interventions and adjust as needed
• Student & Family Engagement
• Communicate with families regarding attendance concerns and expectations
• Coordinate parent meetings, attendance contracts, and support plans
• Build positive relationships with students to improve engagement and accountability
• Staff Collaboration & Leadership
• Serve as the point person for attendance initiatives across the school
• Provide teachers with strategies to improve classroom engagement and attendance
• Support grade-level teams with attendance data and action steps
• Lead or support attendance-focused PLC discussions
• School Culture & Awareness
• Promote the importance of attendance through school-wide messaging
• Recognize and celebrate improved or strong attendance
• Help build systems that make students feel connected and accountable
• Compliance & Alignment
• Ensure school practices align with state and district attendance policies
• Collaborate with the Office of Compulsory School Attendance when needed
• Maintain accurate documentation for attendance interventions and communication.

Perform additional duties and assignments as assigned.

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 sit, stand, and walk. The employee frequently is required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk and hear. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance.

The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 40 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

187 Days. Salary to be established by the Board.

Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with provisions of the Board's policy on Evaluation of Professional Personnel.