Teacher Assistant - Student Success Coordinator - Interim @ Stuart Cramer High

Gaston County Schools•Belmont, NC

6d•Onsite

About The Position

The Teacher Assistant – Student Success Coordinator supports the educational environment at Stuart Cramer High by performing a variety of tasks for professional school staff. This interim role focuses on student management, including attendance, tardiness, academic progress, and other duties assigned by the administration. The position requires proficiency in data analysis, Student Services Management Team (SSMT) processes, and software including Home Base, Plato, North Carolina Virtual Public High School (NCVPHS), Microsoft Excel, and Access. The Student Success Coordinator attends and leads MTSS meetings, maintains meeting records, follows up on actions, and coordinates with school support staff. The employee monitors attendance and tardiness, supports attendance and grade recovery, tracks virtual course enrollment and progress, prepares student performance reports, supports discipline procedures, and trains staff on web-based programs. The position may also involve other Teacher Assistant duties depending on how the vacancy is advertised. The employee works daily from either 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. or 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and must be able to work flexible hours, including Saturdays from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The position reports directly to the Principal and Assistant Principal and is classified as non-exempt, Grade 54-00 (entry level). A high school diploma and additional postsecondary coursework or an approved equivalent are required. If offered a position, the prospective employee must pass a health exam, criminal records check, and drug test; random drug testing applies because the position is safety-sensitive.

Requirements

High school diploma.
At least 48 semester hours from a regionally accredited college or university, an associate degree from a regionally accredited college, or 96 CEUs earned after 2002 plus passing scores on WorkKeys Workplace Documents (4 or higher), Applied Mathematics (4 or higher), and Business Writing (3 or higher).
Knowledge and skill in Microsoft Excel, including formulas and functions for data analysis.
Knowledge and skill in Microsoft Access for managing and organizing large amounts of data.
Knowledge and skill in Home Base for producing attendance, tardiness, and grade reports.
Ability to use Connect-Ed to contact parents about frequent tardiness or irregular attendance.
Ability to organize materials, follow oral and written instructions, work independently, prepare correspondence and reports, and maintain effective working relationships with students, parents, teachers, and administrators.
Ability to communicate effectively, analyze and interpret data, explain procedures, and consult with parents, teachers, and the community to support student learning.
Must be able to perform climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, reaching, standing, walking, pushing, lifting, grasping, talking, hearing, and repetitive motions.
Must be able to perform medium work, exerting more than 50 pounds of force occasionally, more than 25 pounds frequently, and/or more than 20 pounds constantly to lift objects.
Must be able to meet the stated vision requirements, including close, distance, color, and peripheral vision, depth perception, and adjusting focus.
Must pass a required health exam, criminal records check, and drug test if offered the position; subject to random drug testing as a safety-sensitive employee.

Responsibilities

Attend and lead MTSS meetings; maintain accurate meeting logs and transcripts, follow up on actions, report on previous meeting items, coordinate with relevant school support staff, and send meeting notices.
Track period attendance and tardiness daily; brief the Principal, Assistant Principal, and MTSS on students with irregular attendance; manage attendance recovery and make-up processes; and contact parents about attendance and tardiness issues.
Register and enroll students in Learn and Earn and NCVPHS courses; track grades and login time; update teachers on student progress; and communicate with virtual teachers and Learn and Earn instructors.
Coordinate credit recovery during the school day with counselors, manage students using PLATO and Study Island, and submit grade changes to the Data Manager.
Identify students needing grade recovery, coordinate attendance with teachers, contact parents, and collect student contracts.
Attend data guru meetings, work with data files, develop and present data at faculty meetings, and provide school data reports and analyses to administrators.
Extract Home Base reports on students failing during grading periods; coordinate with counselors and teachers; produce interim, six-week, and semester failure reports; and brief administrators on reports.
Implement the school-wide discipline plan, including assigning students to After School Detention when appropriate, and contact parents about After School Detention and Saturday School assignments.
Train staff on PLATO, Study Island, and new web-based programs; use PLATO and Study Island for grade recovery.
Contact parents and students about Saturday School and provide required letters to students.
Perform other related work as required.
Follow school policies and procedures, maintain confidentiality and accurate records, communicate effectively with students, families, colleagues, and administrators, and participate in professional learning.