Attendance Specialist

278 VA Shared; United States; Hybrid; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Ohio Digital Learning School (ODLS) is seeking a Student Attendance Specialist to coordinate attendance efforts, investigate causes of absences, and support families in problem-solving to improve attendance. The role supports a Stride K12 partnership and involves collaboration with teachers and administrators.

The position is home-based with potential days in the office as determined by the supervisor, requiring knowledge of attendance laws and strong organizational skills.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Two years of truancy experience or equivalent.
• Ability to pass required background check.
• Knowledge of state school attendance laws.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate school-wide attendance efforts and absenteeism prevention.
• Monitor student attendance adherence with policies; email/call/auto-dial targeted students.
• Refer families to administrators for truancy interventions.
• Attend truancy meetings with school officials.
• Ensure compliance with state attendance guidelines and policy.
• Produce attendance/truancy reports for school, county, and state.
• Collaborate with Student Support Team on service referrals.

Skills

Organizational skills

Time management

Written and verbal communication

Microsoft Office Suite

Travel ability (20%)

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Post-secondary degree (Education, Counseling, Human Services)

Tools

Microsoft Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Outlook

Job description

Job Description

Residency Requirements: Must reside in Ohio

The Student Attendance Specialist ensures that school age children are attending school regularly by investigating causes of unexcused or excessive absences, communicating with families and assisting them in problem-solving, issuing attendance-based warnings, and helping to represent the school if cases go to court.

K12, a Stride Company, believes in Education for ANY ONE. We provide families an online option for a high-quality, personalized education experience. Students can thrive, find their passion, and learn in an environment that encourages discovery at their own pace.

In support of this, we are committed to creating and maintaining a culture of inclusion and diversity where our employees are passionate about serving students and families, treat one another and customers with respect, challenge each other to innovate and always strive to do better.

Passionate Educators are needed at the Stride K12 partner school, Ohio Digital Learning School (ODLS). We want you to be a part of our talented team!

The mission of Ohio Digital Learning School (ODLS) is to provide an exemplary individualized and engaging educational experience for students by incorporating school and community/family partnerships coupled with a rigorous curriculum along with a data-driven and student-centered instructional model.

Student success will be measured by valid and reliable assessment data, parent and student satisfaction, and continued institutional growth within the academic community. Join us!

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Coordinates school-wide attendance efforts and absenteeism prevention programming with a two-fold focus 1) educating families on the importance of attendance with a focus on prevention and 2) intervening to fix the underlying issues that lead to absenteeism;
• Works with teachers to monitor student adherence to the school's attendance policies; Emails, calls and sends auto-dial notices to targeted student population;
• Recommends families to the appropriate administrator for truancy intervention meetings as necessary;
• Attends truancy meetings with school administrators;
• Ensures state compliancy guidelines are met for student attendance, progress and system logins;
• Ensures school policy and state requirements are met regarding all attendance withdrawals;
• Produces attendance/truancy reports for the school, county and state, as required;
• Works with the Student Support Team to assist students in situations where referral to service agencies are necessary;
• Works with families and teachers to develop individualized action plans to increase student attendance and engagement;
• Works with the Student Support Administrator, Head of School and local school board to develop improved procedures that address attendance;
• Works with families and student support staff to prevent juvenile delinquency;
• Develops and implements educational workshops related to absenteeism for school staff and families;
• Assists staff on projects regarding student attendance/truancy.

MINIMUM REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• High School Diploma or General Equivalency Degree (GED) Certificate AND
• Two (2) years of truancy experience OR
• Equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to pass required background check.

OTHER REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Knowledge of state school attendance laws, and other pertinent laws regarding K-12 education;
• Knowledge of state specific court procedures regarding truancy;
• Familiarity with online learning environment;
• Strong organizational and time management skills;
• Strong written and verbal communication skills;
• Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc.);
• Ability to travel 20% of the time;

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Three (3) years of experience working with families in similar capacity, enrollment or truancy
• Post-secondary degree especially in Education, Counseling, Human Services or related field of study.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. This is a home-based position but may require one or more days a week in the office as determined by the supervisor.

Job Type

Board Employee_CW

The above job is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions, and perform any other related duties, as assigned by their supervisor. All employment is "at-will" as governed by the law of the state where the employee works. It is further understood that the "at-will" nature of employment is one aspect of employment that cannot be changed except in writing and signed by an authorized officer.