Position Type:
Student Support Services/Specialist

Date Posted:
10/29/2021

Location:
Administration Center - Allentown, PA

Learning Loss Attendance Specialist
Starting Salary: $34,468

Qualifications:

1. Bachelor's degree with major in education, social work or other related field.
2. Experience in working with at-risk students.
3. Satisfactory work record & criminal/child abuse clearances (Acts 34, 114, and 151).
4. Experience in public education preferred.
5. Experience designing and delivering professional development
6. Ability to lead, plan, organize, and work collaboratively with various teams
7. Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to create positive relationships
8. Strong organizational skills with excellent attention to detail.
9. Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the School Board may find appropriate and acceptable.
10. Proficient in Microsoft Office programs, including PowerPoint, Word, and Excel

Summary:
To work with assigned schools to identify students with chronic absenteeism, individual barriers to school attendance, and individualized interventions needed to improve school attendance. Support the implementation of evidence-based attendance initiatives to increase daily attendance.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Utilize district and school attendance data to identify students with attendance issues.
2. Monitor attendance data weekly and share findings and trends with school personnel.
3. Actively participate in attendance team meetings in assigned schools.
4. Collaborate with Home and School Visitors and other school staff.
5. Schedule and conduct Student Attendance Improvement Conferences for eligible students and families.
6. Facilitate development of School and Student Attendance Improvement Plans and follow up as needed.
7. Identify student and family barriers to school attendance and work to remove barriers on both an individual and schoolwide basis.
8. Work with schools to create and implement multi-tiered attendance intervention strategies schoolwide.
9. Collaborate with and make referrals to appropriate community agencies.
10. Maintain and submit accurate records to ensure appropriate accountability.
11. Collect data related to attendance interventions and supports.
12. Conduct attendance related home visits.
13. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
14. Performs other duties as assigned.

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The Allentown School District is committed to excellence! The richness of The Allentown School District's diversity is strengthened by its central role in educating our students for America's future through academic excellence and celebrating the culturally responsive, athletic and artistic range of talent in the schools. ASD students originate from 51 countries and speak 26 languages.

The Allentown School District offers a comprehensive benefits package to those who qualify.
This may include*
o Medical Insurance
o Dental Insurance
o Vision Reimbursement
o Tuition Reimbursement
o Personal and Sick time
o PSERS Retirement Fund

*Eligibility for specific benefits will be outlined in each labor group's specific collective bargaining agreement.

For more information on this position, please read the full description document.

• Learning Loss Attendance Spec JD - Student Services