Attendance & PEIMS Specialist (26-27)

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About KIPP Texas Public Schools
KIPP Texas Public Schools is a free, public charter school network with more than 45 Pre-K - 12 schools across Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, and San Antonio. With over 30 years in Texas, we work together with our families and communities to prepare students for college, career, and beyond! Our schools provide a high-quality, well-rounded education built on academic success and personal growth, where all students learn and thrive in a productive, safe, and joyful way!

As one of the earliest charter networks in Texas—founded in Houston in 1994 and operating as KIPP Texas since 2018—we hire dynamic, collaborative, and dedicated individuals with an unyielding belief that every child will succeed. Join a Team and Family with an unwavering commitment to creating classrooms, offices, and communities rooted in academic success and joy. 

If you are passionate about joining a mission-driven community that wants every child to "run to school," the KIPP Texas Team and Family is for you! KIPP Public Schools is a national network of public charter schools that prepares students with the skills and confidence to create the future they want for themselves, their communities, and us all. We are a network of 278 schools with nearly 16,500 educators and 190,000 students and alumni. Job Description

***Job Status: Please note that this is a general posting for current and potential future opportunities. At this time, there may or may not be a vacancy. We are collecting applications on a rolling basis and encourage you to apply. Your application will be reviewed and considered for any opportunity that matches your skills and experience. Please be aware that you may not receive communication regarding next steps until an aligned opportunity becomes available. We appreciate your interest in the role and KIPP Texas.***

JOB DESCRIPTION:
About The Role: Every member of the Team & Family at KIPP Texas Public Schools plays a critical role in ensuring our students have the skills and confidence to pursue the paths they choose - college, career and beyond. Our educators are passionate advocates for their students and their families, working tirelessly to ensure that our students have access to opportunity. In our classrooms and across the KIPP family we embrace, honor and celebrate our differences across several characteristics that construct our unique identities in our little and big KIPPsters. We are especially committed to attracting and developing individuals who share the life experiences of our students because we believe the best work we do is grounded in the realities and experiences of our families and KIPPsters.

The School Operations Team is focused on creating the conditions by which our schools can thrive by designing and leading efficient, safe, joyful, and just systems; working to remove obstacles to learning and find creative solutions to challenges to enable the highest level of teaching and learning; and providing best-in-class customer service to families and staff members to ensure they feel welcomed, cared for and a valued member of our community. The
Attendance & PEIMS Specialist is a school based position responsible for maintaining impeccable student information data and record keeping, assisting with seamless school operations, and supporting excellent teaching and learning by providing data to inform decisions. The Attendance and PEIMS Specialist is the data and student information expert at the school.

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES:
Manages school attendance process and maintains attendance records.
● Partners with students, staff and parents to ensure students attend school every day
● Trains teachers on attendance procedures and inputs the data into the Student Information System (SIS)
● Documents all attendance changes, corrects attendance data, and completes audits as needed
● Communicates attendance reporting to staff and indicates when a student is at risk
● Participates in the weekly attendance check-in meeting with increasing responsibilities over time

Maintains accurate student data and information in compliance with federal, state, and school expectations.
● Audits and corrects student data issues in the SIS and completes Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS) reporting
● Generate and review reports and verify with appropriate stakeholders
● Manages incoming and outgoing requests for student records through TREx
● Enters and updates master and students schedules in SIS
● Review and determine eligibility for a variety of programs and ensure that eligibility is correctly documented in systems
● Run grade verification reports for each grading cycle and prints progress reports and report cards

Processes documentation for student enrollment and maintains all lottery records.
● Verifies students are fully enrolled and makes any data corrections in registration packets and the SIS
● Collects any required documents for students to enroll
● Sets up, manages, and audits student folders
● Accepts transfer requests from families and coordinates process with other schools
● Handles external student document requests
● Tracks leaver information and ensures that withdrawal meetings are held
● Prepares transcripts and provides proof of enrollment

Qualifications

QUALIFICATIONS:
Required Education and Experience:
● Bilingual: English and Spanish required

COMPETENCY AND SKILLS:
● Unwavering commitment to the KIPP Texas mission, core values and willingness to go above and beyond to meet the needs of KIPP Texas students, families, and staff
● Strong project and time management skills; ability to effectively backwards plan, juggle multiple priorities with great attention to detail, and deliver consistent and timely results
● Experience with managing and entering data
● Sense of humility, customer service mindset, and shows urgency and the ability to proactively solve problems and make decisions quickly
● Ability to establish relationships and communicate effectively with

Physical Requirements:
● The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
● The person in this position needs to be able to move about inside and outside the school throughout the workday.
● The candidate is expected to attend conferences, meetings and training sessions both virtually and in person within the Region.

Additional Requirements:
● Reliable transportation is needed for travel between campuses
● Ability to maintain emotional control under stress.
● Work with frequent interruptions.

Work Environment:
● Reports to school site Monday-Friday.
● Typical school environment with frequent interruptions.

Travel Requirements:
● Minimal travel; may travel to other school sites or regional offices for professional learning or meetings.

Additional Information

What We Bring to the Table:
● Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans with coverage options for employees and their families.

● Competitive vacation and flexible paid time off (PTO) policies.
● Paid family leave.
● Flexible spending account or high-yield HSA.
● Employee assistance programs.
● KIPP also offers the following employee-paid benefits: legal plans, LifeLock identity protection, life insurance and disability insurance.

EEO:
KIPP Texas is an Equal Opportunity Employer. KIPP Texas ensures equal employment opportunities regardless of race, creed, gender, color, national origin, religion, age, sexual orientation, or disability. Any individual needing assistance in making an application for any opening should contact the Talent Team. Federal law requires employers to provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities.

Please tell us if you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job or to perform your job duties. Examples of reasonable accommodation include making a change to the application process or work procedures, providing documents in an alternate format, using a sign language interpreter, or using specialized equipment.