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School Secretary Position Job Description

Duties and Expectations:

  1. Meet and interact with public and employees in routine situations which require tact, discretion and courtesy.
  2. Provide a variety of clerical duties involving all but the most complex matters.
  3. Has to have good computer skills that are necessary for doing the job.
  4. Under the direction of the principal, performs a variety of clerical and support work involving both specific routines and broadly defined policies and procedures; greets and interacts with the public, works cooperatively with staff, students, and parents, and performs other related duties as assigned.
  5. Has to have knowledge of modern office practices and procedures
  6. Has to have knowledge of and ability to use oral and written English correctly and appropriately.
  7. Has to have the ability to communicate effectively and help others.
  8. Provide information and interpretations of policies or procedures related to departmental or school activities.
  9. Establish, maintain and monitor accurate, neat and efficient electronic and manual filing systems.
  10. Sort and classify incoming mail and other information for efficient disbursement to appropriate recipients.
  11. Prepare letters, memoranda, reports, bulletins, handbooks, questionnaires, requisitions and other materials from marginal notes, rough drafts, verbal instructions or dictating equipment.
  12. Compile information from various sources on a variety of standardized forms.
  13. Assist in the orientation and training of the employees or volunteers.
  14. Prepare accurate minutes of meeting. (Not necessarily applicable)
  15. Handle confidential information with complete security.
  16. Take lunch count daily and place lunch orders in a timely fashion.
  17. Gather and prepare appropriate attendance/accounting information.
  18. Maintain office bulletin board.
  19. Prepare attendance reports monthly and share them with the principal.
  20. Print report cards and pass them out to the teachers at the end of every quarter.
  21. Follow up on parents to collect cost of missing or damaged books compensation before handing the report cards.
  22. Schedule, keep track of and log all the fire drills, tornado drills and lock downs.
  23. Maintain classroom key distribution and record-keeping.
  24. Conform to District policy regarding attendance and absences.
  25. Employee’s attendance must be adequate to perform the above listed essential job functions.
  26. Checks and follows up on students’ attendance hourly. Calls home to enquire about absent students.
  27. Follow up on parents to have their children vaccinated and provide evidence to be documented.
  28. Updates school website and Facebook with the pictures of public events taking place at the school.
  29. Create school calendars and share them with the principal for approval
  30. Pay the school bills on time.
  31. Place orders for stationery and cleaning supplies in a timely fashion.
  32. Arrange for school field trips and communicate with the field trips coordinators.
  33. Type out checks to pay venders.
  34. Receive and read generic correspondence and report to the principal
  35. Enroll students and collect fees.  Request records from prior schools, distribute school records