Classification: Certified                                                                                                    Location: Assigned School

Reports to: School Principal                                                                                            FLSA Status: Exempt

Bargaining Unit: Teacher (182 working days 7.5 hours per day)

Position Summary:

Works within a 4-tier data informed support system to encourage positive attendance of enrolled students.  Must have the ability to work collaboratively in a team, with administration, and other staff.

Supervision:

The Attendance Success Coach works with a high level of independence and professional discretion under the general supervision of a designated school administrator. The teacher’s work is governed, controlled, and evaluated by acceptable professional practice, school and district policies and regulations, provisions of Taos Municipal Schools district policies and procedures, direction of the supervisor, and performance standards and expectations as set forth in the collective bargaining agreement.

 

Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Communicate Effectively and Professionally with Staff
2. Works collaboratively to interpret the recently enacted HB 236 ‘Attendance for Success Act’ replacing

the Compulsory School Attendance Law into a functioning attendance improvement plan.

3. Is the Attendance Law expert, seeking continuing education on attendance matters, and attends mandated

Attendance Conferences/training as scheduled by the NMPED (2 sessions per year).

4. Responsible for systemic implementation of attendance improvement plan, documentation of

interventions with students/parents, and collection of data to support interventions.

5. Consults with school counselors, nurse, principal, and staff (as needed) concerning attendance related

barriers/needs of students. Information will adhere to FERPA standards.

6. Facilitates Attendance Team: works collaboratively based on Attendance for Success Act guidance to

initiate an Attendance Team, organizes data for team meetings, and maintains team log.

7. Creates and works collaboratively with Counseling department to produce media (brochure, flyers, web

content) to raise family awareness of the new law, to educate families and students of the consequences

              of the changes, and how to be compliant with the proposed expectations.

8. Provides at least two informational forums for parents and community to attend relating to HB236

changes.

9. Utilizes ‘power school’ to obtain student attendance/grades information, to populate attendance warning

letters, mailing of the letters, student file management.

10. Depending on the attendance tier meets with students to discuss attendance, schedules meetings with

parents/guardians to discuss barriers to attendance excused and unexcused, referrals to appropriate

services and agencies; is aware of school resources and community resources; and agency referrals to

11. Teen Court, CYFD, and JPPO, as necessary
12. Support to the attendance secretary (as needed)
13. State testing supports if applicant holds a certified license.
14. Required to follow board policies and procedures and stay abreast of updates and changes.
15. Other Duties as Assigned.

 

Minimum Qualifications:

• NM Mexico Education License in the following areas:
  • Current Teaching license (K-12)
  • Educational Assistant License
  • School Counselors
• Minimal 2 years school experience, preferred.
• Current in Attendance Law
• Basic computer skills
• English/Spanish Preferred
• Professional Knowledge/Vocabulary of attendance research and best practices
• Effective Team Building Strategies
• Effective Communication with ALL Stakeholders
• Effective Writing Skills

 

Physical and Environmental Requirements of the Position:

• The physical demand and work environment 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.
• The employee must lift and/or move 25 to 50 pounds, and may assist, move, or restrain students with greater weight when required to intervene in student safety issues.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, lift, carry, move about, hear, and speak. Employee may require extensive work at a computer display terminal.
• May be required to break up fights.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee may occasionally work in outside weather conditions and be exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, temperature fluctuations, fumes, or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals commonly used in instruction and/or cleaning. It may be expected that the individual could be exposed to blood or other potentially infectious materials during their duties. The teacher may be exposed to infectious disease as carried by students.
• The employee may be required to travel in school owned or leased vehicles while supervising and assisting students.

 

The information contained in this job description is for compliance with the American with Disabilities Act (A.D.A.) and is not an exhaustive list of the duties performed for this position. Additional duties are performed by the individuals currently holding this position and additional duties may be assigned.