Location: all cities,CA, USA
The Student Retention Support will perform a variety of duties and responsibilities involved in student attendance and readmission, and book retrieval. This position will interact with students, families, school personnel, community agencies and law enforcement.
Essential Functios:
* ?Investigate student absences and withdrawals and encourage school readmission.
* Contact parents/legal guardian and students to obtain information concerning reasons for pupil absences from school.
* Make home visits to follow up on attendance problems and to observe home situations that may interfere with attendance
* Participate in Attendance Intervention Meetings (AIM) and Student Retention Meetings (SRM)
* Secure and track return of school books
* Collaborate with school personnel to investigate and address student retention
* Develop, establish and coordinate community resource contacts
* Provide weekly progress reports to supervisor regarding student and asset retrieval along with comprehensive report tracking all contact with current or former students.
* Answer inquiries from students, parents/legal guardian regarding attendance records and school re- admittance.
* Document student attendance progress in the student database
* Apply and provide information, forms and necessary documents regarding school policy and procedures
* Work with local law enforcement for student retention
* Type and prepare a wide variety of documents including letters, reports
* Compile and analyze information
* Perform a wide variety of general clerical and administrative work including the maintenance of accurate and detailed reports, verifying accuracy of information, and research
* Participate in staff meetings and trainings
* Perform other related duties as assigned
* Adhere to attendance policies
* Research the enrollment status of students leaving our school at outside schools and update codes as needed.
Minimum Ohysical Requirements:
* Mental Demands: Ability to process a large volume of electronic and manual data
* Finger Dexterity; using primarily just the fingers to make small movements such as typing, picking up small objects, or pinching fingers together
* Talking; especially where one must convey detailed or important instructions or ideas accurately, loudly, or quickly
* Average Hearing; able to hear average or normal conversations and receive ordinary information
* Average Visual Abilities; ordinary acuity necessary to prepare or inspect documents or operate machinery
* Physical Strength; sedentary work. Sitting most of the time. Exerts up to 10 lbs. of force occasionally (almost all office jobs)
* Frequent multi-tasking, changing of task priorities, repetitious exacting work required
* Field work is required and includes visiting homes, schools, and community agencies
* Working in a noisy, distracting environment with frequent deadline pressures
Minimum Qualifications, Job Experience, KNowledge, Skills and Abilities:
* One year experience in a public school environment or public social services background
* Community or school relations work experience, including working with courts and law enforcement
* Proficient in MS Office applications (Word, Excel, Email)
* Ability to travel up to 40% (to include student homes)
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