Supervisor of Attendance

Supervisor of Attendance

JOB GOAL

The attendance supervisor shall oversee the entire attendance program, which shall include: All system-wide accounting and reporting procedures; Ensuring that all school-age children attend school; Observing and enforcing all county attendance policies and state attendance laws.

QUALIFICATIONS

Holds a valid Tennessee teacher's license with an administrative endorsement;

Has a minimum of a master's degree; and Meets health and physical requirements.

Completed 8 semester hours in areas such as: counseling and guidance, community and school relations, special education, social case work, or state and federal laws relating to school attendance.

REPORTS TO Director of Student Services

FLSA STATUS Exempt

SCHEDULE 260 Day

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Coordinates student personnel services regarding attendance matters;
• Supervises attendance staff, attendance officer, secretary, and district homebound teachers
• Works closely with teachers, guidance counselors, and principals regarding students who are absent or tardy too frequently and who have not responded to the corrective efforts made by the building principal;
• Participates in individual or group counseling sessions whenever needed or requested by a member of the administration;
• Contacts the parents/guardians by phone, mail, or home visit;
• Documents outcomes of contacts, visits, and court hearings, and reports to the individual school;
• Is available to school administrators, teachers, students, and parents on an individual basis to explain attendance laws and policies and encourages faithful attendance;
• Serves as liaison between the schools and parents, and community agencies;
• Works closely with guidance counselors in the identification and counseling of potential dropouts;
• Document and maintain records for home school and non-public school students;
• Maintains the system's records of attendance and student accounting, including projection of future enrollments, transfer of students, and implementation and reinforcement of boundaries;
• Attends hearings for tier meetings at schools;
• Responsible for contacting parents and students who have been determined as being truant;
• Works as a liaison between the Wilson County Truancy Court, Truancy Board, and Wilson County Schools;
• Contacts the state when students are ineligible to retain a driver’s license or permit, and for reinstatement of a student’s driver’s license or permit;
• Works with SMS Coordinator to prepare, maintain, and submit monthly reports and EIS attendance and membership data as required by the state;
• Collaborates with school attendance clerks and SIS to monitor attendance, enrollment, withdrawals, and custody of students;
• Communicates with Department of Children Services for at risk students and students in state custody;
• Develops a procedure for approving Out of Zone Requests;
• Monitors and reports on chronic absenteeism for schools and the district; and
• Performs other duties as assigned.

TEMPERAMENT (Personal Traits)

• Adaptability to performing a variety of duties, often changing from one task to another of a different nature without loss of efficiency or composure;
• Adaptability to accepting responsibility for the direction, control, and/or planning of an activity;
• Adaptability to working with people beyond giving and receiving instructions; and
• Adaptability to making generalizations, evaluations, or decisions based upon sensory or judgmental criteria.

CAPACITY AND ABILITY REQUIREMENTS

Specific capacities and abilities may be required of an individual in order to learn or perform adequately a task or job duty.

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  Intelligence: The ability to understand instructions and underlying principles; the ability to reason and make judgments.
• Verbal: The ability to understand the meanings of words and the ideas associated with them.
• Numerical: The ability to perform arithmetic operations quickly and accurately.
• Data Perception: The ability to understand and interpret information presented in the forms of graphs, charts, or tables.
• Spatial: The ability to comprehend forms in space and understand relationships of plane and solid objects.
• Manual Dexterity: The ability to move the hands easily and manipulate small objects with the fingers rapidly and accurately.
• Color Discrimination: The ability to perceive or to recognize similarities or differences in colors or shades or other values of the same color.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

This job may require frequent lifting and/or carrying of objects weighing up to twenty-five (25) pounds. Other physical demands that may be required are as follows: pushing and/or pulling, stooping and/or kneeling, reaching and/or handling, talking, hearing, seeing, and climbing.

WORK CONDITIONS

Normal working environment.

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this position. They are not intended to be a complete list of responsibilities, duties, and skills of personnel so assigned.

NONDISCRIMINATION POLICY

The Wilson County Board of Education does not discriminate because of age, race, color, gender, national origin, disability, religion, genetics, creed, or veteran status in the provision of services, in programs or activities, or in employment opportunities or benefits. The Wilson County School System is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a Drug-Free Workplace. Employees or applicants who need reasonable accommodations should contact Human Resources for assistance.