- Position Type:

Paraeducators & Instructional Assistants/ Attendance Tracker

- Date Posted:

10/13/2026

- Location:

West Lake STEM

- Date Available

As soon as possible

- Closing Date:

10/22/2026

Please note that this posting closes at 3:00 pm on the date listed above.

If you have questions regarding this position, please contact Tim Mundt, Assistant Principal, at (385)-646-2779 or email [email protected].

Hours per week: 29

Job Summary

Attendance Trackers work with students, families, educators, and other staff members to maintain attendance, support student responsibility in a way that will increase student success. Attendance, physical presence, and timeliness are required and are essential functions of this position.

Essential Functions

- Identify student with excessive absences by generating a weekly "hotsheet".
- Monitor student attendance daily to promote regular attendance habits.
- Establish positive and open communication between the school and parent/guardian of students.
- Recognize student improvement through appropriate and administrator approved activities.
- Interface with administrators, counselors, social workers, psychologists, teachers and other staff to increase communication and identification of potential attendance issues.
- Contact parent/guardian of students with attendance issues.
- Attend team meetings and present communications and success.
- Track contact information, attendance interventions, and progress toward goals.
- Establish and maintain a contract system with students.
- Establish incentive programs with students to meet attendance goals.

Non-Essential Functions

- Other duties as assigned





Required Education and Qualifications

- High school diploma or equivalent

Required Prior Experience

- None

Required Knowledge and Skills

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work well with students, parents, and other adults.
- Ability to develop positive personal relationships with students to build a foundation of trust.

Assigned Decision Making

- Decide the best way to track and positively interact with students and parent to promote regular school attendance.

Interactions with Others

- Positive interaction with students, teachers, social workers, psychologists, support personnel and administrators.

Supervisory Responsibility

- NA

Budget Responsibility

- NA
- Work setting is mainly in the classroom.
- May be asked to work inside and outside the building to accomplish assigned tasks.
- Working conditions can be in hot and cold weather.
- May experience stress from disruptive students and/or groups of students.

Physical Requirements –

Not limited to the following:
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to speak and/or hear. Frequently required to stand, walk, reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, and crouch. Occasionally required to use hands to handle or feel and must occasionally climb or balance.
- Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.
- Must be able to sit/stand for long periods of time.

Note: The list of essential and marginal functions and of physical requirements is not exhaustive and may be supplemented in accordance with the requirements of the job.

📌 Attendance Tracker (Unorganized West Timiskaming District)
🏢 Granite School District
📍 Unorganized West Timiskaming District