[Hiring] Live Lesson Attendance Coordinator @Connections Academy

Role Description

The LiveLesson Attendance Coordinator is a full-time, 10-month position, grant-funded, focused on increasing student attendance and engagement in LiveLesson instructional sessions. The coordinator will work with students, families, teachers, counselors, and school leaders to:

• Identify students who are not consistently attending LiveLessons.
• Determine and address barriers to participation.
• Provide targeted interventions and ongoing support to improve attendance.

Particular attention will be given to students who have the greatest academic need for synchronous instructional support, including:

• Students who are failing or at risk of failing courses.
• Students demonstrating patterns of disengagement.
• Students identified by teachers or school teams as needing additional intervention.

The coordinator will:

• Use attendance and academic data to identify trends and prioritize outreach.
• Meet directly with students and families to understand barriers.
• Develop individualized attendance plans and interventions.
• Monitor student progress and provide persistent follow-up and encouragement.
• Partner with teachers to support attendance efforts.

This position serves as a key connection between students, families, teachers, and school leadership.

Responsibilities

• Monitor LiveLesson attendance and academic data to identify students with low or declining attendance.
• Conduct proactive outreach and meet with students and families to identify barriers to LiveLesson attendance.
• Provide targeted attendance interventions, including reminders, goal setting, problem-solving, accountability, and ongoing follow-up.
• Build positive relationships with students and families while maintaining clear expectations for attendance, engagement, and academic progress.
• Track student contacts, barriers, interventions, attendance patterns, and outcomes; adjust supports when students are not demonstrating improvement.
• Support attendance improvement efforts for specific courses, sections, grade levels, or student groups experiencing attendance concerns.
• Collaborate with teachers, counselors, special education staff, interventionists, administrators, and other school staff.
• Participate in MTSS/RTI, grade-level, student support, attendance, and family meetings as appropriate.
• Establish alternative engagement plans when regular LiveLesson attendance is not reasonably possible.
• Monitor students using alternative engagement plans to ensure they are consistently accessing instruction.
• Analyze LiveLesson attendance trends and maintain reports, student lists, or other tools.
• Support schoolwide strategies and communications designed to increase LiveLesson attendance.
• Maintain accurate records, confidentiality, and compliance with applicable school policies and procedures.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred, particularly in education, counseling, social work, psychology, youth development, or a related field.
• Experience working with middle and/or high school students, particularly those experiencing academic, attendance, engagement, or motivational challenges.
• Experience working with at-risk youth or providing student interventions is strongly preferred.
• Strong commitment to helping students overcome barriers and remain engaged in their education.
• Student-focused, relationship-centered approach.
• Demonstrated ability to build rapport with students and families while maintaining clear expectations and accountability.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Comfortable initiating frequent outreach to students and families.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to identify individualized solutions.
• Strong organizational, project management, and follow-through skills.
• High level of attention to detail.
• Ability to manage and monitor a caseload of students requiring varying levels of intervention.
• Ability to analyze attendance and academic data and use that information to prioritize student support.
• Strong technology skills and ability to learn school data, communication, and instructional systems.
• Self-motivated and able to work independently in a virtual environment.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively with teachers, counselors, administrators, and other school staff.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment and adjust priorities based on student needs.
• High degree of flexibility.
• Ability to work remotely as necessary.
• Willingness to occasionally work evening hours to accommodate student and family schedules.
• Ability to travel within Maine on an occasional basis if needed to support students, families, or school activities.