Academic Support Specialist

Effective immediately, the Human Resources Department will accept online applications for the position of Academic Support Specialist (Classification IV) at the Secondary Building.  This is a 12-month, full-time position and reports to the Building Principal.  The hourly rate of pay is $22.82 per hour, based on the 2020-22 master agreement between SSP School District #6 and Local 12 Office & Professional Employees International Union.

Job Summary
Maintain up-to-date master student and staff course schedule.  Provide support to staff to assist with student academic success.

Job Functions

Perform general clerical duties such as keyboarding, answering phones and distributing correspondence, organizing department information, and maintaining all student records.
Perform duties including coordination with teachers to make sure grades have been recorded correctly, updating documents including but not limited to transcripts, honor roll reports and oversees the production of printing, maintaining and mail out report cards, maintaining class lists and assisting with master schedule.
Maintain student withdrawals, process all student withdrawals in student information system and route forms to proper channels.
Create and maintain electronic schedules.
Set up and maintain School View accounts for parents (Parent View).
Set up and maintain Focus program schedule in Secondary Building, enroll students, maintain schedules and report cards.

Complete PSEO minutes and submit to the State.
Generate student reports from Student Information System.
Coordinate homework requests from parents with teachers, collect and organize front desk with these requests and materials.
Maintain lunch detention lists, send reminders to students, keep attendance records and communicate with appropriate office administrator(s).Analyze and organize student attendance data.
Monitor automated daily attendance calls.
Report chronic attendance issues to the assistant principals and counselors

Provide back-up to the front desk and other clerical staff as directed.
Provide support during conferences including setting up, distributing report cards and answering general questions.
Set up enrollment meetings with appropriate administrator(s) and meet with enrollment families to make sure all paperwork is properly completed and all forms submitted.
Enroll new students into classes and communicate new student information with teachers.
Set up Master Schedule in student information system each year with updated courses and sections.
Complete end-of-year state reporting.
Attend student information training sessions.
Collect grades (midterm, end of trimester, end of year).
Create positive interactions with students/staff /parents and public.
Model the 1B Learner Profile for students, families and staff.
Other duties as assigned.