Position: Supervisor of Pupil Services
Reports to: Director of Educational Advancement
Employment Status: Regular/Full Time
Status: Exempt
Contract Days: 260 
             
Description: 

Garfield Heights City Schools is seeking a Supervisor of Pupil Services to support district initiatives focused on student engagement, attendance, family partnerships, and community collaboration. This position works closely with district leadership, building administrators, families, and community partners to enhance student support services and ensure consistent implementation of district attendance policies and interventions.
 

The Supervisor of Pupil Services & Attendance plays a key role in coordinating family and community engagement, overseeing attendance initiatives, supporting students with chronic absenteeism, and ensuring compliance with district and state attendance regulations.
 

NOTE:       The below lists are not ranked in order of importance
 
Essential Job Functions:

• Ensure safety of students
• Maintain accurate, complete and correct records as required
• Work with appropriate school personnel (Principals, Guidance Counselors, teachers, etc.) to support when necessary
• Assist the administration in implementing procedures
• Facilitate mobilization of the membership of the FCE team; collaboration amongst internal school district personnel (including linkage to the district leadership team (DLT), families, county and community partners and communicates the vision of FCE)
• Develop a governance structure that serves to establish leadership, create a common vision among stakeholders and support the DLT
• Facilitate the modifications of the plans, strategies, and structures to support continuous improvement
• Facilitate the identification of gaps in assets and resources
• Develop and implement district-wide engagement opportunities for all stakeholders
• Work with a team to vet and engage new organizations for new programming within the district
• Participate in parent meetings district wide
• Build community partnerships
• Work alongside the DEI Coordinator to establish and implement practices
• Work alongside outside agencies to ensure referral processes and services are implemented
• Build and cultivate scholar voice by creating experiences and space for them to build school culture and climate
• Serve as a resource to scholars and families to enhance and guide engagement opportunities
• Act and serve on committees/Task Forces dedicated to building, serving and enhancing all schools
• Work with McKinney-Vento families
• Create professional development opportunities for non-teaching staff
• Work collaboratively with other administrators, coordinators and directors to support the district's mission, vision and strategic plan
• Support school-wide efforts to build and maintain a warm, positive, achievement-oriented school culture
• Collaborate with school leaders, staff members, students and parents to establish a pleasant and supportive school environment designed to support student growth
• Help teachers develop strong, mutually respectful relationships with students and families
• Promote student attendance, behavior and academic success through incentives and other celebrations
• Partner with teachers to implement interventions for students who may be in need of additional support
 

Attendance & Truancy Responsibilities:

• Support district-wide implementation of the Garfield Heights City Schools attendance policy
• Monitor student attendance trends and collaborate with building administrators to address chronic absenteeism and excessive tardiness
• Investigate attendance concerns and assist in developing intervention plans for students experiencing attendance challenges
• Facilitate or assist with attendance intervention meetings, truancy prevention meetings, and mediation conferences with students and families
• Serve as a liaison between the district, families, courts, Children Services, and community agencies regarding attendance matters when appropriate
• Support building staff in maintaining accurate attendance records and ensuring attendance notifications are sent to families in accordance with Board policy
• Assist with residency and attendance-related investigations as needed
• Provide guidance and support to administrators and staff regarding attendance procedures and truancy prevention strategies
• Collaborate with school teams to identify barriers to student attendance and implement support strategies
• Work with the fiscal department regarding funds
• Assist the Director of Educational Advancement with duties as assigned
 

Other Duties & Responsibilities: 

• Serve as a role model for students
• Respond to routine questions and requests in an appropriate manner
• Establish and maintain cooperative professional relationships
• Attend professional growth seminars, workshops, etc., to keep current on relevant issues
• Interact with other departments and school personnel when necessary
• Interact with the Superintendent and/or Board of Education and present information as requested
• Perform other duties as assigned
 

 
Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree (B.A.)
• Experience in education and/or social services
• Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Superintendent and/or Board of Education may find appropriate

 
Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Knowledge of and ability to implement FCE requirements
• Knowledge of the OIP Framework
• Demonstrated leadership abilities and ability to implement reflective supervision
• Ability to work as a cooperative and supportive team member
• Ability to communicate and work with diverse families and professionals
• Proven ability to function as a leader, as well as a team member
• Ability to exercise discretion in handling confidential information and materials
• Ability to communicate and respond in a manner that consistently demonstrates respect and concern
• Must have excellent organizational skills and proven ability to work within prescribed timelines
• Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Knowledge of student attendance laws, truancy prevention practices, and intervention strategies

Equipment Operated: 

• Spreadsheets
• Copy, Fax, Scan
• Computer and printers
• LCD projector and interactive whiteboard
• Overhead projector
• Motor vehicle

Additional Working Conditions: 

• Exposure to blood, bodily fluids and tissue

This job description is subject to change and in no manner states or implies that these are the only duties and responsibilities to be performed by the incumbent. The incumbent will be required to follow the instructions and perform the duties required by the incumbent's supervisor, appointing authority.

About Our District:

The Garfield Heights City Schools collaboratively and cooperatively serve students and families of the City of Garfield Heights. Located in Cuyahoga County and bordered on the north by the City of Cleveland proper, and on all other sides by the first ring communities of Northeast Ohio. Our District proudly serves approximately 3,500 students in three Kindergarten through Grade 5 schools, one middle school, and one high school. The district also provides an award-winning Preschool program to educate the youngest students in our community at William Foster Elementary. All those who seek academic, co-curricular, student leadership, diversity, and community engagement success, can find these things and more in the Garfield Heights City Schools.

As a product of our community-based strategic planning process completed in 2021, our district's mission is: As the heart of the community, Garfield Heights City Schools fully prepares students to pursue their dreams and give back as engaged citizens and future leaders. Our vision is: to become a premier educational institution, recognized throughout Ohio as fully preparing students to be leaders equipped with real-world skills to contribute to a global society.

The Garfield Heights City School prides itself on providing a rigorous and comprehensive pre-k through 12th-grade educational curriculum that clearly focuses on student success through college and career readiness. To that end, Garfield Heights High School offers a variety of Advanced Placement courses, including AP English, AP Government, AP American History, Honors Chemistry, Honors Calculus, Honors Physical Science, and more. While the District offers these high-level academic courses, the GHCS also proudly sends more than 225 students on an annual basis to the Cuyahoga Valley Career Center for those individuals deeply interested in learning a skilled profession or hands-on expertise in one of the trades. Middle School students have increasingly greater opportunities to prepare themselves for high school and parents are readily encouraged to be involved. Elementary School students in the GHCS also participate in such valuable literacy programs as LETRs and social/emotional initiatives as the Zones of Regulation. The GHCS places a great deal of emphasis at all levels of education on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (P.B.I.S.) and each school has won awards from the State of Ohio for encouraging and promoting positive behavior.

A wide variety of co-curricular offerings are available to students of all ages in the Garfield Heights City Schools as well. Such opportunities include more than 18 varsity sports, the district's show choir, Music Express, Marching Band, Theater, A ?Capella Choir, National Honor Society, Student Council, Glass Ceiling, Future Engineers, and more. These co-curricular offerings are award-winning on the state, regional and local levels. Students can expect success when they become involved in the various academic, co-curricular, and student leadership organizations in this District.

Garfield Heights City Schools is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of sex, genetic information, race, color, age, religion, disabilities, military status, sexual orientation, or national origin in its programs and activities, including employment opportunities. 

Application Deadline: Until position has been filled.

To Apply: On-line