Attendance Technician

Full-Time and Permanent; 6.5 Hours/Day; 220 Days/Year; 11 Months/Year; Grade HH

General Responsibilities

This position is responsible for monitoring student attendance, dropout retrieval, and serving as the division's attendance officer.

Education and Experience

Requires a high school diploma, some college level course work and 1-2 years of experience with at-risk youth, or an equivalent combination of education and experience. At least one year of customer service experience. Requires a valid driver's license.

Essential Job Functions

• Serving as the division's attendance officer.
• Serves as school representative to parents, students, and court officials concerning unexcused absences.
• Schedules and facilitates attendance conferences with school staff, parents and students concerning unexcused absences.
• Reviews attendance guidelines with parents and students.
• Inputs or retrieve attendance data from the student information system.
• Generates truancy reports for school staff and administrators;
• Reconciles and adjusts attendance data and follows standard protocols and applicable laws and regulations.
• Prepares forms, attendance summaries, truancy reports and other documents as required.
• Communicates with parents or guardians to report or verify excused or unexcused absences.
• Operates a computer and use various software applications to complete assigned duties.
• Explains and interprets applicable laws, regulations and protocols to parents, guardians and staff.
• Presents lawful documentation to Juvenile and Circuit Court System.
• Files petitions against parents or guardians who are out of compliance with state attendance regulations.
• Provides accurate and lawful documentation to Juvenile Courts.
• Maintain confidentiality of student information.
• Monitor attendance and identify habitual truancy.
• Maintain punctual and consistent attendance;
• Performs home visits for truant students.
• Attends weekly prevention meetings with court and community professionals.
• Works under the general supervision of a Senior Coordinator of Student Support Services.
• Performs other duties as assigned.