ALTA VISTA INNOVATION SCHOOL
Full Time, Monday - Friday; 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
This position provides support to various school sites within the region, including Inglewood, Los Angeles, and Lincoln. The role may require travel between locations to meet site-specific needs.
Help Us Change Lives
We live by the motto that “There is a Student in Front of Everything We Do” and we are very passionate about it. Do you have a passion to work with students? If so, then this is an exciting opportunity for you! You’ll have the opportunity to work with a diverse group of students supporting their growth and development. Remember the person who made a difference in your life? Now it’s your turn.
Learn more about us at https://learn4life.org/
How You Will Make an Impact
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.
RESPONSIBILITIES/DUTIES: This list is illustrative only and is not intended to be a comprehensive list of tasks performed by this classification. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.
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Investigate student absences and withdrawals and encourage school readmission
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Contact parents/legal guardian and students to obtain information concerning reasons for pupil absences from school
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Make home visits to follow up on attendance problems and to observe home situations that may interfere with attendance
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Participate in Attendance Intervention Meetings (AIM) and Student Retention Meetings (SRM)
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Secure and track return of school books
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Collaborate with school personnel to investigate and address student retention
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Develop, establish and coordinate community resource contacts
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Provide weekly progress reports to supervisor regarding student and asset retrieval along with comprehensive report tracking all contact with current or former students
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Answer inquiries from students, parents/legal guardian regarding attendance records and school re-admittance
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Document student attendance progress in the student database
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Apply and provide information, forms and necessary documents regarding school policy and procedures
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Work with local law enforcement for student retention
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Type and prepare a wide variety of documents including letters, reports
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Compile and analyze information
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Perform a wide variety of general clerical and administrative work including the maintenance of accurate and detailed reports, verifying accuracy of information, and research
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Participate in staff meetings and trainings
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Administrative duties, responsibilities, and activities may be assigned or changed from time to time
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Adhere to attendance policies
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Research the enrollment status of students leaving our school at outside schools and update codes as needed
SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, LICENSES, CERTIFICATIONS, ETC:
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Modern office methods, practices, procedures
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Proficiency in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint
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Good English usage, spelling, grammar and punctuation.
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Data analysis, entry and work processing methods, techniques, and programs
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Understanding of ADA and attendance accounting procedures
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Telephone techniques and etiquette
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Interpersonal skills using tact, patience and courtesy
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Record keeping practices
Ability to:
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Learn, interpret, apply and communicate school rules, regulations, and policies
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Work effectively in the absence of supervision
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Perform data entry and data compilation from a variety of sources
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Perform work with speed and accuracy
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Understand and carry out oral and written directions
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Strong organizational and planning skills; Meet schedules and timelines
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Work cooperatively with others (parents/legal guardians, students, and school officials)
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Ability to handle multiple competing assignments and projects
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Communicate effectively, both orally and in writing
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
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One year experience in a public school environment or public social services background
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Community or school relations work experience, including working with courts and law enforcement
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Proficient in MS Office applications (Word, Excel, Email)
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High School Diploma or GED equivalent; college coursework or CASCWA training a plus
TRAVEL: Ability to travel up to 40% (to include student homes)
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
- Mental Demands: high workflow management, high project coordination
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Finger Dexterity: using primarily just the fingers to make small movements such as typing, picking up small objects, or pinching fingers together
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Talking: especially where one must convey detailed or important instructions or ideas accurately, loudly, or quickly
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Average Hearing: able to hear average or normal conversations and receive ordinary information
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Average Visual Abilities: ordinary acuity necessary to prepare or inspect documents or operate machinery
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Physical Strength: sedentary work. Sitting most of the time, and occasionally exerts up to 10 lbs. of force (almost all office jobs)
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Frequent multi-tasking, changing of task priorities, repetitious exacting work required
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Working in a noisy, distracting environment with frequent deadline pressures
