Student Relations Technician - Inglewood - California Department Of Education : Job Details

The Student Retention Support will perform a variety of duties and responsibilities involved in student attendance and readmission, and book retrieval. This position will interact with students, families, school personnel, community agencies and law enforcement.

Essential Functios:

* ?Investigate student absences and withdrawals and encourage school readmission.

* Contact parents/legal guardian and students to obtain information concerning reasons for pupil absences from school.

* Make home visits to follow up on attendance problems and to observe home situations that may interfere with attendance

* Participate in Attendance Intervention Meetings (AIM) and Student Retention Meetings (SRM)

* Secure and track return of school books

* Collaborate with school personnel to investigate and address student retention

* Develop, establish and coordinate community resource contacts

* Provide weekly progress reports to supervisor regarding student and asset retrieval along with comprehensive report tracking all contact with current or former students.

* Answer inquiries from students, parents/legal guardian regarding attendance records and school re- admittance.

* Document student attendance progress in the student database

* Apply and provide information, forms and necessary documents regarding school policy and procedures

* Work with local law enforcement for student retention

* Type and prepare a wide variety of documents including letters, reports

* Compile and analyze information

* Perform a wide variety of general clerical and administrative work including the maintenance of accurate and detailed reports, verifying accuracy of information, and research

* Participate in staff meetings and trainings

* Perform other related duties as assigned

* Adhere to attendance policies

* Research the enrollment status of students leaving our school at outside schools and update codes as needed.

Minimum Ohysical Requirements:

* Mental Demands: Ability to process a large volume of electronic and manual data

* Finger Dexterity; using primarily just the fingers to make small movements such as typing, picking up small objects, or pinching fingers together

* Talking; especially where one must convey detailed or important instructions or ideas accurately, loudly, or quickly

* Average Hearing; able to hear average or normal conversations and receive ordinary information

* Average Visual Abilities; ordinary acuity necessary to prepare or inspect documents or operate machinery

* Physical Strength; sedentary work. Sitting most of the time. Exerts up to 10 lbs. of force occasionally (almost all office jobs)

* Frequent multi-tasking, changing of task priorities, repetitious exacting work required

* Field work is required and includes visiting homes, schools, and community agencies

* Working in a noisy, distracting environment with frequent deadline pressures

Minimum Qualifications, Job Experience, KNowledge, Skills and Abilities:

* One year experience in a public school environment or public social services background

* Community or school relations work experience, including working with courts and law enforcement

* Proficient in MS Office applications (Word, Excel, Email)

* Ability to travel up to 40% (to include student homes)

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