About this role
Position: Attendance Officer Reports to: Chief Executive Officer Qualifications: 1. High school diploma (minimum)
• Two years prior school experience
• Ability to utilize existing computer technology and software.
• Professional standards which will allow presentations and communications with social service agencies, parents and professionals.
• Required criminal history background check and proof of U.S. citizenship or legal resident alien status.
Job Overview: To maintain an accurate record of all students attending MaST Community Charter School and to investigate, monitor, and follow existing board policy governing student attendance and consequences for truant students. Responsibilities:
• Monitors daily attendance rates to ensure a 95% daily rate. Reports findings to the CEO.
• Reports to appropriate principal when a student is absent more than ten (10) consecutive school days.
• Development and implementation of an attendance incentive program. Monitors weekly attendance by homeroom and assigns points, rewards, etc.
• Monitors each individual student's attendance for excessive absences, tardiness and non-submission of excuse notes.
• Monitors and codes excused absences, i.e., long-term absences with home schooling, college visits, religious holidays, etc.
• Provides assistance to homeroom teachers with attendance coding and input corrections and/or additions.
• Issues parent/guardian letters for students in non-compliance with the Student Handbook regarding attendance policies.
• Meets with parents/guardian of students who exceed the absence/tardy guidelines and places students on attendance probation.
• Arranges a hearing with the Discipline Committee of the Board of Trustees if a student's absences/tardiness persists.
• Prepares reports and attendance histories for each student that will be attending a hearing for each Discipline Committee member prior to the hearing.
• Attends Discipline Committee meetings and implements recommendations of the members.
• Follow-up with parents/guardians to ensure recommendations are being followed and takes necessary steps if not.
• File all correspondence generated in reference to attendance in student files.
Terms of Employment: Twelve (12) months. Contract terms and salary to be determined by the Board of Trustees.