Attendance Tracker

Granite School District; Unorganized West Timiskaming; On-site; CAD 43,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Granite School District is seeking an Attendance Tracker/Paraeducator to support students, families, and staff in maintaining daily attendance and timeliness. The role emphasizes communication with parents and coordination with school personnel to promote responsible attendance and student success.

The position involves working closely with administrators, counselors, teachers, and support staff and requires strong written and verbal communication skills.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent is required.
• Ability to communicate effectively with students, families and staff.
• Ability to establish positive relationships with students to support attendance.

Responsibilities

• Identify students with excessive absences by generating a weekly hot sheet.
• Monitor daily attendance to promote regular attendance habits.
• Establish open communication between the school and parents/guardians of students.
• Present communications and progress at team meetings.
• Track contact information, attendance interventions, and progress toward goals.
• Establish and maintain incentive programs to meet attendance goals.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Attendance monitoring

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

• Position Type:
  Paraeducators & Instructional Assistants/ Attendance Tracker
• Date Posted:
  10/13/2026
• Location:
  West Lake STEM
• Date Available:
  As soon as possible
• Closing Date:
  10/22/2026

Please note that this posting closes at 3:00 pm on the date listed above.
If you have questions regarding this position, please contact Tim Mundt, Assistant Principal, at (385)-646-2779 or email [e-mail].
Hours per week: 29

Job Summary

Attendance Trackers work with students, families, educators, and other staff members to maintain attendance, support student responsibility in a way that will increase student success. Attendance, physical presence, and timeliness are required and are essential functions of this position.

Essential Functions

• Identify student with excessive absences by generating a weekly \"hotsheet\".
• Monitor student attendance daily to promote regular attendance habits.
• Establish positive and open communication between the school and parent/guardian of students.
• Recognize student improvement through appropriate and administrator approved activities.
• Interface with administrators, counselors, social workers, psychologists, teachers and other staff to increase communication and identification of potential attendance issues.
• Contact parent/guardian of students with attendance issues.
• Attend team meetings and present communications and success.
• Track contact information, attendance interventions, and progress toward goals.
• Establish and maintain a contract system with students.
• Establish incentive programs with students to meet attendance goals.

Non-Essential Functions

• Other duties as assigned

Required Education and Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent

Required Prior Experience

• None

Required Knowledge and Skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work well with students, parents, and other adults.
• Ability to develop positive personal relationships with students to build a foundation of trust.

Assigned Decision Making

• Decide the best way to track and positively interact with students and parent to promote regular school attendance.

Interactions with Others

• Positive interaction with students, teachers, social workers, psychologists, support personnel and administrators.

Supervisory Responsibility

• NA

Budget Responsibility

• NA
• Work setting is mainly in the classroom.
• May be asked to work inside and outside the building to accomplish assigned tasks.
• Working conditions can be in hot and cold weather.
• May experience stress from disruptive students and/or groups of students.

Physical Requirements –

Not limited to the following:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to speak and/or hear. Frequently required to stand, walk, reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, and crouch. Occasionally required to use hands to handle or feel and must occasionally climb or balance.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.
• Must be able to sit/stand for long periods of time.

Note: The list of essential and marginal functions and of physical requirements is not exhaustive and may be supplemented in accordance with the requirements of the job.