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Director of Pupil Personnel

Edmonson County School District, Brownsville, Kentucky, United States, 42210

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Location Edmonson County Board of Education

Job Availability 07/01/2026

Director of Pupil Personnel Primary Supervisor: Superintendent

Qualifications

Shall hold a bachelor's degree or higher and the required Kentucky certificate for the assigned position.

Shall have experience as a classroom teacher.

Shall demonstrate the ability to work effectively with students, peers and adults.

Shall demonstrate the ability to communicate effectively with students, parents and faculty.

Job Goal To provide leadership and expertise and assistance to the district staff as needed. To help students acquire the knowledge, skills and attitudes that will contribute to their development into mature, able and responsible men and women.

General Duties and Performance Responsibilities

Shall determine appropriate action within clearly defined guidelines.

Shall present a positive image of the school to parents, and convey to them the school's genuine concern with the education, growth and development of each student.

Shall seek to establish friendly and cooperative partnerships between home and school.

Shall work to develop a positive public relationship between the school district and the community.

Shall carry out assignments in a timely manner without undue checking.

Shall react positively to directives.

Shall have a willingness to cooperate with the superintendent, district administrators, principals and staff.

Shall maintain the confidentiality, both verbally and in written form, of each student's educational record.

Shall strive to maintain and improve professional competence.

Shall take necessary precautions to protect students, equipment, materials and facilities.

Shall adhere to School Board of Education Policies and Procedures.

Specific Duties and Performance Responsibilities

Shall serve as the primary contact between the local school district and the assigned state programs.

Shall attend specific Kentucky Department of Education sponsored meetings.

Shall communicate definitions, timelines, procedures for compiling data and other information as necessary to the appropriate staff.

Shall assist teachers, principals, counselors and parents with questions, problems and concerns regarding assigned areas.

Shall work with the district contact to release information to local news media.

Shall represent the school district at various professional meetings.

Shall assist in the coordination of programs with school personnel in order to provide a comprehensive educational program.

Shall maintain an accurate census of all children between the ages of six and twenty-one inclusive, living within the school district.

Shall assist all principals and teachers in the matter of attendance.

Shall enforce the compulsory attendance law.

Shall compile all records and reports relating to attendance and pupil accounting.

Shall interpret pupil personnel policies and methods to school personnel, parents, children, and community.

Shall work with local and state agencies in seeking solutions to the attendance, truancy and other social problems of school children.

Shall work with authorities of the Juvenile Court in matters involving students.

Shall maintain records on all non‑resident students (reciprocal agreements).

Shall compile reports from parochial and other private schools.

Shall coordinate efforts of principals, teachers, guidance counselors and other groups to reduce the school dropout rate.

Shall make home visits when deemed necessary to understand causes of absenteeism or to enforce the compulsory attendance law.

Shall prepare required reports relating to students who are unable to participate in the regular school program because of mental, physical, or emotional handicaps so that they are properly exempted and participate in educational programs appropriate to the needs.

Shall work closely with teachers, school nurses, guidance counselors, and principals regarding students who are absent or tardy too frequently and who have not responded to the corrective efforts made by the building principal.

Shall coordinate the initiation of petitions to be submitted to the Court Designated Worker for truancy of students and the preparation of cases for formal hearings.

Shall be available to administrators, teachers, students, and parents on an individual basis, to explain attendance laws and policies, and to encourage regular attendance.

Shall work closely with guidance counselors in the identification and counseling of potential dropouts.

Shall maintain the district's records of attendance and student accounting, including projection of future enrollments, transfer of students, determination of tuition‑paying status, implementation and enforcement of school boundaries.

Shall plan and supervise the conducting of the annual school census, and work with private and parochial schools in checking whereabouts of students reported in the census but not present in the schools.

Shall prepare an annual report on attendance and related matters in the district for the Superintendent.

Shall coordinate and administer the Computer Pupil Accounting and Census reporting.

Shall serve as acting chairperson of the District Calendar Committee.

Shall assist Home/Hospital Instructors in the identification of students recommended for this service.

Shall oversee the validation of birth records for social security and retirement purposes.

Shall provide district oversight to ensure that the Policies and Procedures prohibiting harassment and discrimination, and the provisions of such Policies and Procedures, are effectively disseminated and implemented in the school which the Compliance Coordinator serves.

Shall provide district oversight in the process of reporting and investigating responsibilities concerning harassment and discrimination complaints for the school; to follow‑up to make sure that all documentation is completely filled out and that all requisite follow‑up action is taken and documented.

Shall provide district oversight for ensuring that investigations are properly completed and documented.

Shall provide district oversight to ensure that the school administrative staff follows through with whatever discipline the administrative staff determines to employ, if warranted.

Shall provide district oversight to ensure that each incident report is correctly and completely filled out, and retained in a secure location, with respect to each written complaint.

Shall provide district oversight to ensure confidentiality of all records and reports concerning harassment and discrimination in the manner consistent with state and federal law and Board Policy.

Shall provide district oversight to ensure, for review and submission to the Superintendent or the Superintendent's designee, which report shall include, at a minimum, the following information: (1.) All materials contained in any publications to students or parents, specifically including Codes of Conduct and Student Handbooks, concerning the school's Policies and Procedures for preventing, identifying, reporting and responding to harassment and discrimination, including a narrative description of which documents contain these notices and when these notices and materials were distributed during the preceding year. (2.) Statistical information showing the number of incident reports filed during the school year, and a summary of the school's investigation and resolution of each incident. (3.) The Compliance Coordinator shall make specific note of any repeated incidents of harassment or discrimination involving the same alleged perpetrator or the same alleged victim, or both.

Shall attend an initial training session, to learn how Compliance Coordinators are to report, investigate, and remedy allegations of harassment and discrimination, and how to track, record, and report such incidents or complaints, and how to advise and work with staff, students, and parents concerning harassment or discrimination.

Shall not only be familiar with all Policies and Procedures concerning harassment and discrimination, but shall also maintain a current copy of each such Policy and Procedure prohibiting harassment and discrimination as applicable to the school where the Compliance Coordinators are based.

Shall consult with Board counsel as needed for legal guidance.

Shall suggest updates, alterations, or amendments to Policies and Procedures concerning harassment and discrimination.

Shall attend supplemental training as available and appropriate.

Shall perform such other duties assigned by the Superintendent.

Postings current as of 2/21/2026 7:37:33 AM CST.

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