School Residency Officer

at  Gloucester Township Public Schools

Job Description

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Three years of experience that is directly related to the duties and responsibilities specified.
• Demonstrated knowledge of admissions, enrollment, residency documents and student records for a School district.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Required criminal history background check and proof of U.S. citizenship or legal resident alien status.
• Knowledge of student enrollment requirements and issues.
• Knowledge of the rules, regulations, and laws regarding student records.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality of records and information.
• Ability to follow up, good with details, ability to deal with many enrollment issues concurrently.
• Computer literacy as it pertains to residency records.
• Use of their own personal vehicle. (reimbursed for mileage)

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Pursues tips and conducts proactive investigations of students. Promptly and diligently investigates allegations, and keeps records of steps taken to ferret out “educational larceny.”
• Meets with newly enrolled students and parents in person or on the phone to discuss whether the student is a resident and is entitled to be enrolled in district schools.
• On the instructions of the superintendent, institutes random residency audits of school students. In addition to targeted efforts for students suspected of non-residency, investigators will conduct a limited number of residency checks of students selected at random.
• Notifies families about the residency requirement and about consequences for falsifying residency through a variety of means (including letters to parents, policy handbook, neighborhood newspapers, and other avenues).
• Reserves the district’s right to impose additional consequences beyond dismissal from the school, including civil and criminal legal action, against families found to be in violation of the residency policy.
• Assists the district staff in enforcing the requirement for parents of every student to sign an annual legal affidavit at the start of every school year affirming legal residency in the district and to notify the district of any residency changes that take place during the school year.
• Performs other related duties as may be assigned.

THE ABOVE IS INTENDED AS A GUIDELINE, AND IS BY NO MEANS A COMPLETE LISTING OF RESPONSIBILITIES. DUTIES MAY BE ADDED OR DELETED EITHER TEMPORARILY OR PERMANENTLY BY THE DEPARTMENT ADMINISTRATOR.

Primary Location

Administration Building
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