Specialist Attendance Incumbent performs detailed and varied clerical duties primarily related to attendance procedures. Incumbent performs comprehensive clerical duties to maintain accurate student attendance records and support compliance with district, state, and federal requirements. Ensure attendance data is recorded, verified, and maintained in accordance with the Texas Education Agency (TEA) Student Attendance Accounting Handbook (SAAH), Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS), and district procedures. Serve as a campus resource for attendance processes, documentation requirements, and student record management while supporting attendance interventions, state reporting, and audit readiness. This position requires the incumbent to have general office skills, such as typing and filing, as well as basic understanding of the policies and programs of their campus or office. Incumbent must be able to perform a wide variety of duties simultaneously and respond to interruptions. This position requires the ability to operate office equipment such as computers, calculators/adding machines, and copiers/scanners. Incumbent should have strong interpersonal skills and knowledge of campus policies and procedures are necessary to respond to inquiries from parents, teachers, students, and other staff members. Employees in this position must be able to read, write, and speak/communicate in English in order to receive and to provide work-related information in a timely manner to other employees, supervisors, principals, school personnel, volunteers and where appropriate, visitors and students. 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. This position may involve rare exposure to blood or body fluids. Regular attendance for this position is required.
Tools/Equipment: Used: Standard computer, and peripherals
Posture: Frequent standing, kneeling/squatting, bending/stooping, pushing/pulling, and twisting, extended periods of sitting and/or standing. Motion: Frequent walking, rasping/squeezing, wrist flexion/extension, lifting and stacking, repetitive hand motion Lifting: Lifting and carrying (30 pounds and over) Environment: Standard office environment or in a school office environment. Mental Demands: Maintain emotional control under stress. Frequent interruptions of work interfere with concentration and task completion, and peak workloads occur every six (6) weeks. Incumbent reports directly to the campus Principal and may supervise student aides. The incumbent will provide guidance and consultation to teachers and other school staff members. Incumbent will have contact with Child Accounting regarding student absences and provide information to outside agencies as well as Attendance Investigators. The Austin Independent School District provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
