REPRESENTATIVE DUTIES:

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  Perform student attendance accounting activities at a middle school or continuation high school; provide accurate reporting for daily attendance activities and update attendance data for required ADA reporting; distribute, collect and scan attendance sheets. E
• Input student absences and appropriate codes into assigned student information software system; verify student absence information with teachers and parents; set up automated phone calls; receive parent notes and verify suspicious signatures; assist students and parents at attendance window or counter; issue readmit slips and off-campus and hallway passes to students. E
• Perform clerical duties related to assigned activities; receive telephone calls from parents concerning student attendance; retrieve and respond to messages as appropriate; compose letters, memoranda and correspondence concerning student attendance. E
• Assist with enforcing attendance policies according to established guidelines and procedures; oversee, counsel and discipline students as assigned; notify parents of student absences; prepare School Attendance Review Board (SARB) letters as needed. E
• Prepare detention slips and referrals for students with truancy issues and submit to appropriate personnel; communicate truancy issues to appropriate personnel or agency including police, probation and truancy officers according to established procedures. E
• Prepare and maintain a variety of records and reports related to student attendance and truancy, distributing to administrators and faculty as requested; compile information and data as assigned. E
• Operate a variety of office equipment including a telephone, fax machine, copier, typewriter, computer, and assigned software. E
• Communicate with students, parents, administrators, faculty, social workers and various outside agencies to exchange information and resolve issues or concerns related to student attendance; respond to inquiries and provide information concerning student attendance and enrollment. E
• Assist with coordinating and scheduling student registration activities; monitor inventory levels of registration materials and order supplies as necessary; prepare registration forms and packets; assure appropriate paperwork is completed and signed.
• Participate in other assigned activities such as coordinating independent study contracts, performing backup receptionist duties, training and overseeing student assistants, responding to homework requests, assisting with schedule preparation, and withdrawing, transferring and releasing students.
• Perform related duties as assigned.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
Graduation from high school and two years of general clerical experience in a school environment.