Attendance Intervention Specialist - Marina Vista

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The Monterey Peninsula Unified School District is looking for talented and passionate individuals to help us support families and improve attendance.

The position will work with two schools. This is a grant funded position for a project titled "Promoting Attendance through Collaboration and Compassionate Systems." The project is aimed at improving attendance by working with families to address the root causes of absenteeism and by utilizing proven strategies to reduce chronic absenteeism. Our ideal candidate is someone with strong interpersonal skills who is able to meet families where they are at both literally and figuratively.

Besides having the needed compassion to support families, applicants should be comfortable doing home visits and meeting with parents and guardians in the community.

The workday for these positions is 8:00am-4:30pm Monday, Wednesday, and Friday and 11:00am-7:00pm Tuesdays and Thursdays. The modified workday on Tuesdays and Thursdays is so that our specialists can meet with families in the evening who are otherwise unavailable during the day due to their work schedule.

For information concerning benefits, please use the link provided below. The Monterey Peninsula Unified School District is committed to equal opportunity for all individuals in education and in employment. MPUSD prohibits discrimination, harassment, intimidation, and bullying based on actual or perceived age, ancestry, color, physical or mental disability, ethnicity, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical information, national origin, parental status, pregnancy status, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, political affiliation or activity, or association with a person or a group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics.

If you believe you, or your student, have been subjected to discrimination, harassment, intimidation, or bullying you should contact your school site principal and/or the following individuals at the MPUSD District Office at 700 Pacific Street, Monterey, CA 93940:
Title IX Officer and Title VI Officer:
Dr. Manny Nunez, Assistant Superintendent, Human Resources (phone: , email: ) or visit  for more information. Title II Coordinator:
Katie Rivera, Senior Director, Special Education Services (phone: , email: ). Title V and 504 Coordinator:
Donnie Everett, Assistant Superintendent, Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (phone: , email: ). Title 5 Officer:
Ryan Altemeyer, Associate Superintendent, Business Services (phone: , email: ).