Position Type:Paraprofessional Job Families
Date Posted:2024-06-24
Location:Administration or As Assigned
INTRODUCTION: CONTEXT AND MISSIONThe Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) serves approximately 37,000 students in 100+ schools. Over the past several years, the Greater Cleveland community has united behind the collective goal of ensuring every child in Cleveland attends a high-quality school and every neighborhood has a multitude of great schools from which families can choose. The Cleveland Plan defines CMSD's approach to the reinvention of public education and holds our community accountable for the success of Cleveland's schoolchildren. The Cleveland Plan is supported by Ohio House Bill 525, which provides much-needed flexibility and autonomy for the district and its schools. Our schools have autonomy over human and financial resources in exchange for accountability forperformance. The principal has primary responsibility and accountability for establishing his or her school as a high-quality, high-expectations academic center with a focus on personalized instruction, professional support for teachers, and school-wide practices that lead to measurable results.The Cleveland Metropolitan School District has developed standards of excellence that the district applies to all parts of the organization inclusive of schools, principals, school leadership teams, networks, and central office. Alignment between Standards of Excellence (SoE) and the district's Theory of Action helps ensure that principals are able to focus on scholar achievement and that central office supports are timely and effective.
Our Vision for Learning in a Post-Pandemic World:In our pursuit of a more fair, just, and good system of education, we want each of our learners, both each of our scholars and each of their educators, to be individually and collectively presented with academically / intellectually complex tasks that are worthy of their productive struggle and allow them authentic opportunities to demonstrate their work and their learning of academic content and transferable skills in a joyful and adventurous environment.
THE OPPORTUNITY: Location: As AssignedReports To: Director, EngagementUnion: Cleveland Teachers Union 279Hours per Week: 38.75 - 10 months Salary: $32,563.No. of Positions: 3Assists with identifying students who are absent or tardy too frequently. Collaborates with parents and school administrators, and documents efforts to improve student attendance, and compiles reports as directed.
Responsibilities- Collaborates with Cleveland Metropolitan Housing Authority representatives, Department of Children and Family Services, and Cleveland Police Department (truancy sweep) to implement programs to improve students attendance
- Maintains an awareness of regulations regarding child welfare and attendance by having a working knowledge of State Law, Board policy and administrative regulations
- Compiles attendance reports as directed and documents efforts to improve student's attendance
- Reviews student's personnel files as appropriate and coordinates with Student Assignments for any necessary changes
- Maintains a strong presence within the community and neighborhood centers, to improve student attendance, and verbally explain the districts attendance policies, regulations, and laws accurately
- Serves as a liaison between the school and central Office of Attendance
- Serves as a liaison between the school, parents, courts, and police authorities
- Makes home visits and documents outcome
- Issue Ohio Legal Warning Letters in compliance with Ohio Laws
- Issues Driver's License Revocation in compliance with Ohio Laws
- Works with the appropriate staff to prevent student dropouts
- Makes recommendations to Juvenile Court and Department of Children and Family Services in compliance with departmental guidelines
- Serves as a member of the School Attendance Committee
- Serves as a liaison between the school and central Office of Attendance on all ADM related functions
- Performs other related duties as requested
Qualifications- High school diploma or GED required
- Valid Ohio Educational Aide Permit required
- Valid Ohio driver's license, own a vehicle with appropriate automobile insurance
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationship with students, staff, parents and community stakeholders
- Ability to work flexible hours throughout the District
EducationTo ApplyPlease submit your resume and application using Workday, our online human capital management system. Please note that an offer of employment will be subject to the successful completion of an FBI/BCI background check and drug screen.
EEO StatementWe believe that equity and inclusion at CMSD is an essential call to action, a catalyst to ensure value and appreciation among all our employees, so we may be fair and welcoming now and in the future. CMSD provides equal opportunities for employment, retention and advancement of all personnel by administering all terms and conditions of employment regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, national origin, sex, disability or genetic information, age, citizenship status, military status, sexual orientation or expression, socio-economic status, title, other dimensions of identity, or any other characteristic protected by law.The District's Policy Prohibiting Discrimination, Discriminatory Harassment, and Sexual Harassment and the District's Title IX grievance procedures, including information on how to report or file a complaint of discrimination, how to report or file a formal complaint of sexual harassment, and how the District will respond, may be accessed on the District's Civil Rights Notices webpage, available at ClevelandMetroSchools.org/domain/105. The District's Title IX Coordinator / Director of Equal Employment Opportunity may be reached at:1111 Superior Avenue East, Suite 1800Cleveland, Ohio 44114(216)-###-####...@ClevelandMetroSchools.org