Job description
Primary Purpose:
- To maintain student attendance records and to serve as secretary to the assistant principal(s).
Qualifications:
- High school diploma or equivalent from an accredited institution (required)
Special Knowledge/Skills:
- Good telephone/clerical skills
- Basic word processing skills/experience
- Ability to follow verbal and written instructions
- Interpersonal communication skills
- Bilingual Preferred.
Major Responsibilities:
Specific Responsibilities and Duties
- Performs general clerical duties, such as filing, typing letters, etc.
- Schedules teacher/parent conferences as needed.
- Receives telephone calls and takes messages as needed.
- Serves as secretary to assistant principal(s).
- Monitors absences.
- Calls parents of absent students who have not been cleared.
- Reports any attendance problems to assistant principal(s)
- At end of day, prints/types updated Unexcused Absence Summary and distributes to all teachers.
- Prepares attendance reports.
- Processes, verifies, and distributes attendance violation letters.
- Writes passes and admits for students.
- Maintain attendance records on the mainframe computer
- Enter each period's absentees and tardies
- Updates computer from call-in list
- Supervises office aides.
Shared Responsibilities:
(May vary with school situation)
- Assists receptionist with calls and visitors.
- Assists Data Clerk when necessary.
- Assists in clinic in nurse's absence.
Other Duties as Assigned