[Hiring] Attendance Specialist @Stride, Inc.

Role Description

The remote 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
• Helping to represent the school if cases go to court

This is a REMOTE full-time position. Ability to work independently, typically 40+ hours per week is required. Ability to maintain a professional home office without distraction during workday, typically 9-5 (or 8-4) or as defined by the school.

Essential Functions:

• Coordinates school-wide attendance efforts and absenteeism prevention programming
• 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 compliance 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

Qualifications

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

Requirements

• 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

Benefits

• Stride, Inc. considers a person’s education, experience, and qualifications when determining a new employee’s salary level
• Salaries will differ based on various factors including position’s level and expected contribution

Work Environment

• This is a virtual position
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions