Truancy Officer
Job Description
Residency Requirements: Must reside in North Carolina
The Truancy Officer ensures students are attending school regularly by investigating causes of unexcused or excessive absences, communicating with families, and assisting them in problem-solving, issuing attendance-based warnings, and helping to represent the school if cases go to court.
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Passionate Educators are needed at the Stride K12 partner school,North Carolina Virtual Academy (NCVA). We want you to be a part of our talented team!
The mission ofNorth Carolina Virtual Academy (NCVA)is to provide an exemplary individualized and engaging educational experience for students by incorporating school and community/family partnerships coupled with a rigorous curriculum along with a data-driven and student-centered instructional model. Student success will be measured by valid and reliable assessment data, parent andstudentsatisfactionandcontinued institutional growth within the academic community.Join us!
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: Reasonable accommodationmay be made to enable individuals with disabilities to performtheessential duties.
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Coordinates school-wide attendance efforts and absenteeism prevention programming with a two-fold focus 1) educating families on the importance of attendance with a focus on prevention and 2) intervening to fix the underlying issues that lead to absenteeism;
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Works to monitor student adherence to the school’s attendance policies, including student information systems, state systems, and company systems daily.
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Forlower-leveltruancy concerns: Emails, calls and sends auto-dial notices totargetstudent population;
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For escalated truancy concerns, Truancy Officer holds meetings with student and family to address concerns,identifybarriers, and provide back-on-track planning.
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For final level truancy concerns,meetings areheld withstudents, family, and support.
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Offer restoration to students, including truancy agreements and courses.
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Meeting covers state law concerns, as the next step will have the student go to court
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Works with county court systems, understanding requirements to process juvenile court petitions
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Collaborates with authorizer to ensure best practices, final level truancy concerns, training etc.
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Ensures state compliancy guidelines are met for student attendance and progress
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Produces attendance/truancy reports for the school,countyand state. Must have Excel fluency.
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Works with the Student Support Team toassiststudents in situations where referral to service agenciesarenecessary;
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Works with families and teachers to develop individualized action plans to increase student attendance and engagement;
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Works with the Executive Director, manager,etcto develop improved procedures that address attendance;
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Works with families and student support staff to prevent juvenile delinquency;
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Develops and implements educational workshops related to absenteeism for school staff and families;
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Assistsstaff on projectsregardingstudent attendance/truancy.
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Ensures school policy and state requirements are metregardingall attendance withdrawals;
MINIMUMREQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
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Associate degreeor specialized related training
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One to two years of truancy experience OR
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Equivalent combination of education and experience.
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Ability to pass required background check.
OTHER REQUIREDQUALIFICATIONS:
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Knowledge of state school attendance laws, and other pertinent lawsregardingK-12 education;
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Knowledge of state specific court proceduresregardingtruancy;
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Familiarity with online learning environment;
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Strong organizational and time management skills;
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Strong written and verb