The District's Attendance Truancy Officer will monitor student attendance to minimize tardiness and truancy problems that inhibit access to educational opportunities in accordance with law, regulations and board policies. To initiate legal residency challenges when indicated. Under direction, patrol district streets during school hours to deter truant behavior, investigate habitual truancy and determine causes of truancy or delinquency; perform other related duties as required. Reports To: Direc... more details
Attendance/Truancy Officer
JobID: 1630
Position Type: Support Staff
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Date Posted: 6/7/2024
Location: District
Closing Date: Open until filled
Additional Information: Show/Hide Vacancy for 2024-2025 School Year
POSITION: ATTENDANCE/TRUANCY OFFICER
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. High school diploma; college-level course work in human behavior, child development or related field. 2. Valid New Jersey driver's license 3. Demonstrated ability to work successfully with children and adults, and sensitivity to cultural diversity 4. Knowledge of child welfare and compulsory education laws and regulations and minimum one year of work-related experience
FUNCTION: The District’s Attendance Truancy Officer will monitor student attendance to minimize tardiness and truancy problems that inhibit access to educational opportunities in accordance with law, regulations and board policies. To initiate legal residency challenges when indicated. Under direction, patrol district streets during school hours to deter truant behavior, investigate habitual truancy and determine causes of truancy or delinquency; perform other related duties as required.
Reports To: Director of School Safety, Security, and Student Attendance
PERFORMANCE OF DUTIES: 1. To maintain contact with all schools to monitor undocumented absences and excessive tardiness; to confer with parents and make home calls when necessary. 2. To enforce the statutes, policies, and regulations on school attendance. 3. To ascertain, daily, the number of pupil absences. 4. To conduct a check of any pupil whose reason for absence seems inadequate or illegal and to visit or telephone to determine if the pupil is truant. 5. To examine all violations of the attendance code and to warn the child and his/her parent or guardian of the legal responsibility of the child and parent 6. To counsel students regarding absenteeism and tardiness to gain their cooperation and identify any underlying problems that may warrant intervention by a social worker, psychologist, or other professional staff member. 7. To advise parents of their legal responsibility to ensure school attendance to issue notices as required under district policy and law. 8. To confer regularly with building principals, security chief, school nurses, teachers and child study-team members regarding students who are chronically absent/tardy. 9. To perform all duties specified in state law, and administration code and in accordance with board policy and procedures. 10. To perform other related duties as may be assigned by the superintendent or his/he 11. Knowledge of methods likely to be successful in promoting student attendance at school. 12. Knowledge of techniques used to deal with a hostile individual. 13. Ability to read and interpret laws, rules and regulations of the District to school attendance, and to apply them to specific situations. 14. Ability to enforce remedial actions permitted by the District. 15. Ability to prepare reports. 16. Ability to establish and maintain records and files. 17. Ability to utilize various types of electronic recording and information systems used in the agency, office or related units. 18. Will be required to perform physical activity and counseling while on daily patrol. 19. Maintain daily surveillance of areas where truant students congregate and other places frequented during school hours 20. Conduct investigations and home visitations. 21. When necessary, may transport students to home schools. 22. Return truant students to central site or home school. 23. Responsible for developing clear, sound, accurate and informative daily and weekly reports containing findings, recommendations and conclusions of all truants picked up. 24. Act Function as a member of a multi-disciplinary social services team. 25. Collaborate with Safe Schools/Healthy Students grant management team. 26. Participates in activities that promote professional growth. 27. Performs other job related duties as required.
TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT: Salary and work year to be determined by the board of education. 10-month WEA position.
EVALUATION: Performance of this job will be evaluated annually in accordance with provisions of the board's policy on evaluation of non-certified personnel
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