Stewart Elementary School is seeking a secretary for the Counseling Department. The primary duty of this position is to provide secretarial and clerical support for the School Counselor but other duties may arise. The ability to remain flexible is necessary as the Counseling Secretary supports many functions and deals with confidential information throughout the day. The position is 7.5 hours per day.

Interested applicants should submit a letter of application, resume with references, and any other documents to support their candidacy to Principal Mike Marsden at: mmarsden@washington.k12.ia.us

Duties:

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  Registration - Responsible for the student registration process, including possible tours to new families and all of the paperwork needed in student registration.

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  New Student Registration- Attend new student registration day prior to the start of school, enter all new student information into Powerschool, as well as updating returning student information. Manage student ID’s and passwords for all students pertaining to Powerschool.
• File and maintain cumulative records- this includes organizing student information for Withdrawal/Transfer to another school
• State Reporting- Responsible for collecting information for state reporting in Iowa. (3x per year)

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  Term/Midterm Report cards- Responsible for communication of staff timelines and printing/mailing all report cards.

• Student/Parent Mailings- Responsible for all student/parent mailings during the school year including; report cards, attendance letters, and newsletters.

• Conferences- assist office personnel with PT Teacher conferences and Back to School/Family nights

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  Assisting the School Counselor as needed- Responsible for making copies and assist with field trip planning, scheduling appointments, testing coordination, communicating with parents and staff
• Other duties as assigned- scanning lunch/breakfast, etc.

Qualities:

• Kind and Caring
• Tactful
• Positive Communicator - Parents and Internally
• Organized
• Detail Oriented
• Positive Team player
• PowerSchool and technology skills, or willingness to learn
• Maintain Confidentiality
• Eager to learn and energetic to jump in
• Kids first attitude