JOB DESCRIPTION
NOME PUBLIC SCHOOLS
SCHOOL SECRETARY I
Range B ($19.46/hr - $28.60/hr) DOE
QUALIFICATIONS:
1. High School Diploma or equivalent.
2. Proficiency in meeting the public and working with the staff and students.
3. Proficiency with computers, word processing programs
and computer system operation, Macintosh preferred.
4. General knowledge of office procedures including keyboarding, filing and record keeping.
5. Past experience in a junior or senior high school office or
other school setting preferred.
REPORTS TO: Building Principal or Designee
JOB GOAL: Under the direction of the Principal serves as
Attendance/School Secretary.
PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:
GENERAL:
Work effectively with students, staff and public in a professional
and friendly manner.
Ability to maintain confidentiality.
Place and receive telephone calls and take messages for the administration
and staff.
Provide assistance with disaggregation of data.
Arrange for substitute teachers/staff who provide short notice for illness or other last minute absences.
Perform any other duties that may be assigned by one of the Principals and/or Superintendent of Schools.
ATTENDANCE:
Enter first period attendance into computer each day.
Receive attendance calls and teacher attendance slips.
Keep track of morning tardies and issue appropriate detention slips.
Enter into the computer all previous days unentered attendance.
Distribute daily attendance report to staff.
Make daily phone contact with absent student’s parents.
Generate five, seven and ten day absence letters.
Print summary reports for Principal’s office as needed.
Terms of Employment: School year employment, approximately mid-August to Mid-June, as designated by the Principal. Conditions of employment as established in accordance with the provisions of the School Board policy and District Work Agreement.
Nome Public Schools is a single-site district on the coast of the Bering Sea in Northwest Alaska. We have approximately 675 students enrolled with an elementary school, a middle/high school, a 5-8 charter school and a homeschooling program. We are also pleased to launch an ANSEP Acceleration Academy within our middle/high school in the fall of 2025. Nome has a unique blended history as a gold rush site where gold mining continues to this day, and as a summer gathering place for the Inupiaq people of the region. Our schools combine academically challenging courses, CTE opportunities, top-flight sports teams and culturally affirming education.