Attendance Paraprofessional ~ Fifer Middle School

This posting is for a regular, full-time Attendance Paraprofessional for Fifer Middle School. 

The Attendance Paraprofessional serves as the primary point of contact for families, students, and visitors while maintaining accurate, real-time attendance tracking records. This role requires exceptional multitasking, strong communication skills, strict confidentiality, and data entry expertise to ensure a safe, organized, and welcoming front office environment.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Attendance Operations 

• Data Maintenance: Manage daily student attendance records using the Student Information System (e.g., Infinite Campus), ensuring accurate tracking of excused/unexcused absences, tardies, and early dismissals.
• Verification: Review and process parent notes, emails, and voicemail messages regarding student absences; cross-reference and update records accordingly.
• Daily Reconciliation: Identify missing attendance data from teachers and proactively follow up to ensure compliance with district and state deadlines.
• Family Outreach: Initiate daily automated or manual communications to parents of students marked absent without notification.
• Reporting: Generate daily, weekly, and monthly attendance reports for administrators; flag students reaching truancy thresholds.
• Support: Schedule and coordinate weekly multi-disciplinary attendance meetings with school administrators, parents, and visiting teachers (social workers) to address extreme truancy and chronic absenteeism.

Front Desk Operations & Security 

• Visitor Management: Greet all visitors warmly, verify identification, and manage the visitor check-in system to ensure school security protocols are strictly followed.
• Student Support: Manage the steady flow of middle school students visiting the main office for tardy slips, early check-outs, or general questions.
• Customer Service: Answer the main office multi-line phone system, route calls appropriately, provide general school information, and take detailed messages.
• Logistics & Mail: Receive, sort, and distribute incoming mail, packages, and deliveries to staff mailboxes.

Administrative Support 

• Confidentiality: Maintain confidentiality regarding student records, family situations, and office interactions in compliance with FERPA regulations.
• Emergency Response: Assist administrative teams during safety drills or actual emergencies by accounting for attendance records and managing front-gate access.
• General Tasks: Provide clerical backup to the Financial and Registration Secretaries during peak periods (e.g., registration weeks).

QUALIFICATIONS: Individuals who currently hold or are eligible for a Service Paraeducator or Instructional Paraeducator Permit are encouraged to apply.

REQUIREMENTS: To qualify for the permit, you must meet one of the following:

Option 1: 

• Hold a high school diploma or recognized equivalent AND
• Meet testing requirements by either:
  • Earning a qualifying score of 459 on the ParaPro Assessment (1755) (available through August 31, 2026), or
  • Achieving scores of 332 on ParaPathways: Reading and Writing (5758) and 334 on ParaPathways: Mathematics (5759)

Option 2:

• Hold an associate degree or have completed a minimum of 60 semester hours from a regionally accredited institution, with a grade of "C" or better in each course

  (Final approval of accepted credits is determined by the Delaware Department of Education.)

Option 3 (Service Paraprofessional): 

• Hold a high school diploma or recognized equivalent

Important: Apply only if you meet at least one of the options listed above and are able to upload supporting documentation with your application.

For information about the ParaPro Assessment or ParaPathways contact:

• Educational Testing Service (ETS): 1-800-772-9476 or visit ETS ParaPro

Please ensure that Delaware Department of Education is designated as a score recipient during test registration using reporting code R7065.

SALARY:  In accordance with the State of Delaware and local salary schedules, based on experience and degree. Benefits package included. 

PRE-EMPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS:

• Individuals must provide official transcripts, if applicable, updated resume, and three (3) letters of recommendation.
• All persons employed by the Caesar Rodney School District are required to submit a criminal background check and a tuberculosis test.
• Anyone offered employment is required to provide the following:  proper identification (Social Security Card and Driver's License), documentation of eligibility for employment in the U.S.A., completion of I-9 form, and completion of paperwork for the Delaware Child Protection Registry.

ADA ACCOMMODATIONS DISCLOSURE:
Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Caesar Rodney School District is required to provide reasonable accommodations to qualified employees with disabilities, unless doing so would pose an undue hardship. Qualified employees must have the requisite skills, experience, education, and licenses for the job, and must also be able to perform the essential functions of the job, with or without reasonable accommodations.

The Caesar Rodney School District is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in employment or educational programs, services or activities based on race, color, gender, religion, national origin, veteran or marital status, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identification or genetic information in accordance with state or federal laws.  Inquiries about compliance should be made to the Title IX, District 504 and ADA Compliance Officers:  Paul L. Dunbar Administration Building, 7 Front Street, Wyoming, DE 19934.  Phone (302) 698-4800.