QUALIFICATIONS

• High school diploma and two years of business college preferred
• Proficiency in oral and written communication
• Proficiency in computer skills (word processing, spreadsheet, and SAM)
• Loyalty and discretion

REPORTS TO

Principal and/or Office Manager

SUPERVISES

N/A

JOB GOAL

To contribute to the efficiency for maintaining and documenting student attendance and data entry as relevant to the essential functions and duties of said position

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Ensures the accuracy of daily attendance by guaranteeing that attendance is properly recorded and coded in the Student Information System.
• Inputs and maintains required attendance data in student administration management system.
• Carefully monitors the enrollment of all students to ensure that the proper Entry Code (E-Code) is applied.
• Executes proper withdrawal procedures using well-defined district processes and ensures that the proper Exit Code (T-Code) is applied.
• Assists with verifying the legitimacy of “No Shows,” whose physical presence could not be documented.
• Executes and implements the procedural phases for monitoring district attendance to safeguard against truancy.
• Ensures that all 5, 10, & 12 day submissions to the Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) are current & consistent with tangible evidence.
• Ensures that appropriate paperwork has been accurately completed for ALL unexcused absences to the state.
• Assists in the maintenance of student discipline records and ensures that discipline has been properly entered and coded in Student Information System by end of work day.
• Assists with ensuring that the coding of discipline in district’s Student Information System matches the discipline data that are uploaded in the Mississippi Student Information System (MSIS).
• Ensures that the submissions of Out of School Suspensions (OSSs) to the Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) are current, accurate, & consistent with tangible evidence and are submitted on the day of occurrence.
• Ensures that parents are notified for all Out of School Suspensions.
• Ensures that appropriate paperwork has been accurately completed for ALL Out of School Suspensions (OSS) to the state.
• Completes daily and monthly attendance reports and prints absentee report; runs and verifies ADA report.
• Processes dismissals, releases students after sign out, and readmits students after absences; enters excused absences when students return.
• Produces excessive absence reports and notification letters; notifies attendance officers of excessive absences.
• Completes and maintains accurate records and reports; compiles and updates a variety of periodic reports and information as deemed pertinent to essential functions
• Operates a variety of office equipment including photocopiers, facsimile machines, and computers; inputs and retrieves data and text.
• Performs other related duties as requested or assigned.

EVALUATION

Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with provisions of the Board’s policy on evaluation of personnel.

Salary Information

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