What are the responsibilities and job description for the Guidance Secretary/Registrar position at Lunenburg High School?
Lunenburg High School Guidance Secretary/Registrar sought.
This a 35-hour per week, school-year position including five work days following the school-year end and five work days preceding the school-year start. Some summer hours may be required on a needed basis. Salary/benefits per the Lunenburg Association of Secretaries and Clerks agreement.
Guidance Secretary/Registrar Responsibilities
1. Daily and General Operation of Guidance Office
* Answer guidance telephone and aid callers
* Assist students visiting the guidance office--ensure guidance protocol is followed
* Maintain conference room schedule
* Assist counselors with the School Counseling Curriculum by scheduling labs/classrooms, and locating
students who fail to attend guidance classes/programs
* Recording/maintaining guidance related data records on Naviance
* Order Guidance Supplies
* Help coordinate field trips
* Certify attendance/data/graduation for government agencies and process transcript requests
* Prepare guidance reports including the end-of-the-year school committee report
* Assist counselors with other tasks, as needed.
2. Scheduling:
* Assist counselors with student scheduling
* Create courses in PowerSchool for schedules as needed
* Enter transfer courses into PowerSchool for new students entering from other schools
3. Registration:
* Withdraw students
* Maintain student records (grades 6-12)
* Assist in the review of student transcripts to monitor courses/credits needed for graduation
* Review transcripts of incoming transfer students to assess/translate former schools courses/credits
* Provide transfer grades to LHS teachers
4. College Applications:
* Organize college “Decision Days” and schedule college representatives’ visits
* Assist counselors with the processing of college applications via Naviance
* Prepare all paper applications for mailing.
* Certify graduation status for seniors
* Mail final transcripts to colleges following graduation
* Collect information as needed for reports including “future plans” of seniors
5. Grades:
* Process report cards
* Prepare honor roll
* Prepare ineligible list
* Monitor incompletes
* Prepare grade point averages/class rank
6. Test Scores:
* Record/process SAT, MCAS, PSAT, and ACT Scores as required
* File and mail parent reports
* Mail test scores to transferring students new schools and to colleges
* Record test scores in PowerSchool and Naviance
7. Naviance:
* Maintain calendar of all college visits
* Enter new or delete withdrawn students from accounts
* Update email addresses and other student data regularly
* Assist parents and students in accessing various school-related accounts
8. Coordinate Scholarships and Award Ceremonies for Seniors:
* Organize Department Award Ceremony & Community Award Ceremony
* Coordinate scholarships/awards with all donors from January to June
* Keep scholarship applications organized for students
* Generate thank you letters to all scholarship/award benefactors
* Assist with the graduation program by providing administrative an updated list of scholarship/award recipients
* Maintain a list of scholarship/award donors’ addresses for student thank you notes
* Prepare award program including scholarship/award background information
9. Organize Underclassmen Events and Awards Ceremony:
* Organize/prepare materials/assistant staff and students as related to DAR, Boys/Girls State, and Mass Star
* Organize Underclassmen Book Awards and Award Ceremony