DEFINITION: The Attendance Specialist, under the supervision of the school administrator, manages the high school attendance office; oversees and trains clerical staff and students assigned. Responsible for effective operations including records and reports of all attendance; communications with administrators, teachers, parents, law enforcement and other public agencies regarding absences, truancies, related laws, and other matters of student attendance. ESSENTIAL DUTIES: • Maintains accurate records and lists of student attendance; enters or scans attendance, enrollment, truancies, and change of status data into computer. • Performs a variety of specialized and clerical duties related to the attendance function at an assigned school site involving period-by-period attendance; prepares a variety of lists, forms, notices and correspondence related to attendance matters. • Maintains records and accounting for “Limited Independent Study Program” (LISP) and home teaching. • Prepares reports of Average Daily Attendance (ADA) and various other reports. • Identifies and reports “no-show” students at the beginning of each school year. • Communicates with administrators, parents, students, and teachers regarding attendance and truancies. • Oversees students in a variety of clerical duties. • Performs related tasks as required. QUALIFICATIONS: Knowledge of: • Attendance laws, codes, rules and procedures. • Operation of standard business equipment including computers and computer program relative to the position. • Record-keeping techniques. • Health regulations and safe working methods and procedures. • Proper lifting techniques. • District policies, rules and regulations. Ability to: • Type at a net corrected speed of 45 words per minute. • Train and provide work direction and guidance to student aides and others as assigned. • Observe health and safety regulations • Work cooperatively with others. • Understand and follow oral and written instructions. Education/Training/Required Certification: • High school graduate or equivalent. • Four years increasingly responsible experience involving maintaining student attendance records and statistics. • College-level training in personnel administration, accounting, management, or related subjects desirable. PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of the job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls and talk and/or hear. The employee frequently is required to walk or sit. The employee is occasionally required to stand; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee may occasionally lift and or move up to 50 pounds. Work conditions may include exposure to fumes, dust, odors, cleaning agents and chemicals. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.