About this job
About the School:
Woodcrest State College is a vibrant and innovative P-12 school in the heart of Greater Springfield, proudly educating more than 1,800 students since 1998. With a dedicated team of highly trained professionals, the College is committed to delivering outstanding learning experiences for every child. Our campus also includes the C&K Woodcrest Community Kindergarten and the WesTEC Trade Training Centre, supporting a rich and diverse educational community.
About the role:
Responsibilities include, but not limited to:
- Generate daily reports on absenteeism, send SMS messages to parents/carers, advise and follow up with teachers, and document relevant information on an excel spreadsheet and on OneSchool.
- Generate a ‘Daily Attendance Report' every morning and provide to all teaching staff and deputy principals and advising teachers of amendments to attendance records due to late notification.
- Collect and coordinate data to determine and document reasons for absences by students chronically absent, monitor student programs, and provide information to teachers and school leaders where necessary, liaising with Student Support Officer, Head of Special Education Program, and Guidance Officer to address issues relating to students experiencing problems that prevent their engagement at school.
- Maintain a database listing student that are independent students, students residing with carers (guardian kinship care/child safety officers), students where there are legal orders against the parents/guardians, or other issues that may impact on student attendance.
Interested? To Apply:
- Attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant work history)
- Attach a 2-page written statement in response to the attached role description.
We welcome all applicants to share any support needed to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive.
Applicants need to be a current Queensland Government employee to be eligible to apply.
Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.